| 1. |
The first movement of the music for strings,
percussion and celesta of Bartok is a fuge. But not a 'classical' one.
| a. |
Eplain in which way the imitation technique in this fugue is different
from what might be expected in a 'classical' fugue. |
| b. |
what is the function of the interval of the tritone (in
connection with the special imitation technique) |
| c. |
In the theme itself the tritone is important too, next to the interval
of the fifth. Show how (for example in a music example). |
| d. |
In which Bartok uses the Fibonacci-row in this piece? Is this
a typical Bartok procedure, or can you think of other examples in the 20th
century? |
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| 2. |
From ca. 1924 most music written by composers
of the viennese school is twelvetone music.
| a. |
Explain the general meaning of 'twelftone technique'. Explain the differnce
with the socalled 'free atonality' of the period 1908-1923. |
| b. |
Show the use of 12-tone technique in a composition from this period
(it is not necessary to analyse a whole piece, it's just to show the principle,
for instance by annotating part of a score like Webern's op.21 or Schoenberg's
suite op.25). |
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| 3. |
After the second world war serialism
is
invented.
| a. |
Explain in a general sense the differences between serialism and twelvetone
technique. |
| b. |
To a certain extent the first movement (i.e. the beginning of it) of
Webern's op.21 can be seen as pre-serialistic. Eplain why. |
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| 4. |
Explain, using some fragments of the Quattor pour le fin de
temps of Messiaen, how the composer works with:
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modes a transposition limitee
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valeur ajoutee
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rhytmical rows
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combination of tonality and octotonic row
A few good examples are enough! |
| 5. |
| a. |
Explain the general meaning of postmodernism. Do you think postmodernism
is a valid and useful 'artistic attitude' (personal opinion!..) |
| b. |
Show postmodernistic aspects in one of the following pieces:
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Lutoslawski Trauermusik
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Lutoslawski Symphony 3 or 4
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Shostakowitsch Symphonie 15, slow movement
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| c. |
Explain the difference between postmodernism and a 'neo-'
style
(like neoclassicism/neobaroque in the twenties and thirties, or neoromanticism
in the eighties). |
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| 6. |
Make an own analysis of a 20th century piece. Free choice, but you
can have my advice of course if you want to have it... m.hooning@cva.ahk.nl |
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