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MUSIC UNIT 6: NATIONALISM AND IMPRESSIONISM IN MUSIC - Coggle Diagram
MUSIC UNIT 6: NATIONALISM AND IMPRESSIONISM IN MUSIC
THE RISE OF MUSICAL NATIONALISM
Mid-19th Century
Political movements of national self-assertion in European countries
Characteristics of nationalism
Rooted in cultural self-assertion in countries of Europe
Use of extra-musical elements
Use of musical elements and classical music influenced by folklore
Consolidation of program music and symphonic poem
Nationalist schools of music
Bohemia --> Smetana and Dvorák
Scandinavia --> Grieg and Sibelius
Russia --> The Five
The Americas --> Gershwin, Copland and Villa-Lobos
Spain --> Albéniz, Granados, M. de Falla, Turina, Rodrigo, Mompou and Guridi
In the late 19th Century, composers recover their past and musical identity
Bizet's opera Carmen
Hungary --> Bartók and Kodály
THE VISUAL EVOCATION OF MUSICAL IMPRESSIONISM
In 1842, it was originated in the world of painting
In 19th Century, in music and literature
Characteristics
Ancient, traditional and exotic modes
Sound arises from ambiguous chords without a defined key
Musical atmosphere is vague and with rhythmic changes
Composition is organised in very free forms
Melody is not highlighted, phrases are fragmented and uneven, cadences not clearly heard
TONALITY
Major and minor scales
Modulation --> Proccess of changing from one key to another
Harmonic functions
Dominant
Subdominant
Tonic
Tonic --> The first degree of a scale
Harmonic progressions
POP MUSIC
1950s
Rock and roll and fashionable music genres
Characteristics
Verse-chorus form
Catchy tunes
Short songs
Fused with other styles