Day: February 19, 2012
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(musTh 212) Assignment: Bartok Syncopation
Due Monday, 2/18/12: Indicate the perceived additive groupings in Bartok’s Mikrokosmos, #133, “Syncopation.” On a copy of the score, write a triangle above the score for groupings of 3 eighth notes, and a square U for groupings of 2 eighth notes. If you encounter groupings of 4 eighth notes, treat it as 2 groups of…
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(musTh 212) Rhythm and Meter: Bartok, Additive Meter and Syncopation
Friday we covered two Bartok Mikrokosmos pieces: No. 115, Bulgarian Rhythm; and No. 133, Syncopation. Additive Rhythm and Additive Meter (“Bulgarian Rhythm”) Bulgarian Rhythm is an example of additive meter. The 5/8 meter is expresses as both (3+2)/8 and (2+3)/8. Additive rhythm is related to some folk rhythmic practices (African drumming, for example), where there…
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(musth 212) Listen/Look Assignment: Messiaen, Carter, and Ligeti
For Monday, 2/18/12: Finish reading chapter 6 in the textbook, including the section on polymeter and tempo modulation. Listen (with the score) to Olivier Messiaen, Quatuor pour la fin du temps, Liturgie de Cristal (pp. 544 – 550). (Quartet for the End of Time) Also listen to the Mov’t VI, Dance of the Furies of…