EXAMS 1-3 MUSIC AND ARTS

• Claude Debussy - Father of the Modern Composition
• Impressionist composers experimented with writing music by using an unusual scale called whole tone scale
• Claude Debussy broke the traditional rules of music theory through his harmony, rhythm, and color.
• Atmosphere allows the audience to be transferred to another place.
• Stockhausten's work was initially met with resistance due to its heavily atonal content.
• Synthesizer are capable of producing sounds far beyond the range of versatility of conventional musical instruments like guitar.
• Electronic Music is a music that involves the electronic processing of the output
• According to John Cage, "Everything we do is music"
• 4:33 is a musical technique where the performer would do nothing for 4 minutes and 33 seconds.
• The impressionist movement in music originated in France during the early 19th century
• Virtuoso is a person who is exemplary at musical technique execution
• Musique Concrete allows composer to be able to experiment with different sounds that cannot be produced by any regular instruments.
• Theremin creates electromagnetic fields that create sounds at different pitches.
• Chance music refers to a style which piece always sounds differently at every performance
• One characteristic of expressionism is its high degree of dissonance.
• Arnold Schoenberg was responsible for developing the 12-tone system
• Dynamics refers to the use of loudness and softness in Expressionism
• Igor Stravinsky is a composer who is considered one of the most important figures in modernist music
• One of the features of expressionist melodies and harmonies is that it is distorted and dissonant.
• Arnold Schoenberg was a mentor to Alban Berg and Anton Webern
• Expressionism is vague in concept but has deep meaning
• Impression, Sunrise - Painting by Claude Monet that is considered as one of the hallmarks of the impressionist movement.
• Impressionists typically avoided formal portraits
• Claude Monet - His work gave the impressionist movement its name.
• Impressionist Exhibit - Title of Louis Leroy's published critic regarding the work of Claude Monet
• Auguste Renoir - Considered as the transition from realisim to impressionism
• Impasto - Painting technique that involves laying paint thickly to make brushstrokes visible
• Pointillism - Technique where small dots of color are used to create an image
• Pointillism - Used by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac
• Vincent Van Gogh - Known for using stong, heavy brushstrokes, and intense emotions in their artwork.
• Paintings in Impressionism:

  • La Promenade
  • Argenteuil
  • The Hyde Park in London
  • Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies
• Paintings in Post-Impressionism:

  • Harlequin
  • The Starry Night
  • Boy in the Red Vest
  • The Potato Eaters
  • The cirucus
• Africa - From this country were slaves brought to the americas between the 16th and 19th century
• Banshaw - Instrument that the African slaves bring to America
• Banshaw is known today as Banjo
• The defining characteristic of ragtime music is its Syncopated rhythm
• Blues - A genre which is known for flexibility and improvisation
• Jazz Music's most notable feature is its unique spotaneity in every performance
• Scott Joplin - Famous for ragtime music "Maple Leaf Rag"
• Bebop - Genre of Music that is characterized by complex melodies and not recommended for dancing