Transcript 26 GM Day Twenty Six

1.
Bell
Work
How
To
Always LABEL you bell work with the date.
You may use the same page for several of your bell works.
3. ALWAYS use at least THREE complete sentences to
answer the question.
4. Save your bell work for bell work check in’s.
5. If you miss class, you may go onto Mrs V’s website to get
the missed bell work question. It is YOUR responsibility
to get the bell work completed.
2.
Bell Work #26
0You have been asked to redesign the
case for your favorite CD. Draw the
cover, explain why you chose its design.
0You will DRAW A PICTURE and write
three complete sentences.
Planner
0 Homework: No Homework
Today I will learn:
0 I will learn about Schoenberg and
Stravinsky.
Arnold Schoenberg
Few composers in
history have caused
the kind of
controversy that
Arnold Schoenberg
has.
Vienna, Austria
Schoenberg was born in _____________,
where he began his career as a composer
_________
and teacher
_______.
He was forced to flee Austria when Hitler
came to power, partly due to his Jewish
_______
heritage and partly because Hitler banned
degenerate
his music, labeling it “___________”.
After a brief stay in Paris, he settled
Los Angeles, USA and lived there for
in _______________
the rest of his life.
Schoenberg was very controversial
___________
because he pushed the boundaries of
musical composition to the absolute
limits.
For centuries, western music had been
keys
and
scales
based around particular _____________.
Schoenberg moved further and further
away from this basis until he eventually
abandoned it altogether.
His music became atonal
______, or lacking any
sense of key or tonal center. His well known
Pierrot Lunaire is an example of
work ____________
atonality.
Schoenberg’s created a system or formula for
writing music in which all the twelve musical
notes are given equal
____________.
emphasis
This style became known as
serial music
Twelve-tone
music or __________.
______________
Throughout all these changes in styles,
Schoenberg still wrote intraditional
________
forms such as:
String Quartets Concertos
Opera
Orchestral Music
Cantatas
Vocal Music
Schoenberg’s compositions can be quite
difficult to listen to because our ears are
not used to music that is not based on a
___________.
tonal
center
Many musicians have dismissed his works,
whilst others have labeled him a genius.
Schoenberg is regarded as one of the
most influential composers of the 20th
century.
Schoenberg's grave in the
Zentralfriedhof, Vienna.
Fast Facts:
Name: Arnold Schoenberg
Dates: 1874-1951
Country of birth: Austria
Historical Era: 20th century
Contemporary Composers: Stravinsky,
Copeland, Gershwin
Contemporary Artists: Munch, Kandinsky
Other People/Events: Einstein, Freud, World
War 1, World War 11, invention of the ballpoint
pen
Fun Fact:
Schoenberg suffered from a condition known as
triskaidekaphobia: a fear of the number 13.
He was terrified of his 65th birthday, as 65 was a
multiple of 13 and he feared he would die during
that year He survived, but his paranoia was fueled
by an astrologer who wrote to Schoenberg on his
76th birthday, warning him that this was a very
dangerous year for him as 7 + 6 = 13. It could be
that Schoenberg literally scared himself to death,
for on Friday the 13th of July that year he felt ill,
went to bed and died just before midnight.
“Varklarte Nacht
(Transfigured Night)”
0Composer: Schoenberg
0Historical Era: 20th Century
0Type of composition: Instrumental
Genre: Symphony
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Igor Stravinsky
In 1913, in a theater
house in Paris, a
hushed and expectant
audience sat awaiting
the start of the
premiere of The
Rite of Spring.
The Rite of Spring was a new ballet
_______ by
prominent Russian
_______ composer, Igor
Stravinsky.
What began as murmurs of protest from the
audience at the unusual music of the opening
refrain, erupted into a riot
____ as the
violent rhythms and __________________
wild dance
_____________
intensified.
movements
It was a huge scandal in Paris and also one of
the defining moments in ushering in the
modern
_______ era of music.
Russian opera
Stravinsky’s father was a ________
singer.
His parents wanted him to become alawyer
_____.
Like so many artists around the turn of the
century and beyond, Stravinsky was truly
cosmopolitan
___________.
He spent time living in France,
Switzerland and the United States.
There were many different musical
techniques and styles being developed
during this time.
Stravinsky wrote in the following styles of
music:
•Nationalistic Russian
•Neoclassical
•Serial or Twelve Tone
•Modern Sounding Music
Stravinsky is probably best known for his
______ which include:
ballets
•The Firebird
•Petrouchka
•The Rite of Spring
He also wrote:
•Concertos
•Oratorios
•Choral Music
•Instrumental Music in Unusual
Combinations
Stravinsky and Pablo Picasso
collaborated on Pulcinella in 1920.
Picasso took the opportunity to
make several sketches of the
composer.
Despite all these different styles and
forms, his unique and remarkable musical
_______
signature
_________ can be heard throughout all his
works.
His creativity and influence changed
musical composition forever, and in doing
so, earned him a place in Time Magazine’s
100 most influential people of
list of the “________________________
th century
the
20
_____________”.
Fast Facts:
Name: Igor Stravinsky
Dates: 1882-1971
Country of birth: Russia
Historical Era: 20th century
Contemporary Composers: Ravel, Schoenberg,
Copeland, Gershwin
Contemporary Artists: Picasso, Degas
Other People/Events: Einstein, Freud, J.F.
Kennedy, World War 1, World War 11, first man
on the moon, invention of the television
Fun Fact:
In 1940, Stravinsky was arrested in Boston, USA
for
breaking a law that forbade tampering with the
National Anthem. Stravinsky had added an unusual
harmony to his arrangement of the Star Spangled
Banner and was subsequently taken into custody.
He was released when he finally convinced the
police that he meant no harm by the arrangement.
You can see a photo of his mug-shot here:
http://besttheorypresentationever.com/stravinsky
_trivia.html
“Petrushka”
0Composer: Stravinsky
0Historical Era: 20th Century
0Type of composition: Instrumental
Genre: Ballet
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Exit: 3-2-1
0 Use complete sentences
0 1. Write down three things you found interesting
about today’s lesson.
0 2. Write down two things you learned.
0 3. Write down one question you still have about
today’s topic.