Music from the Romantic Period to the Present Day

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Music from the Romantic Period to the Present Day
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Classical MusicThe Classical Symphony Orchestra
The Classical Symphony Orchestra
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Romantic Classical Musicinspiring, personal,
evocative, highly emotive

• Ludwig van Beethoven, Fifth Symphony pushes
  classicism to the limit this piece is built on a
  short theme that Beethoven likened to his
  shaking a fist against destiny, his triumph
  over fate
• Hector Berlioz, Fantastic Symphony describes the
  hallucinations of an opium-induced dream
• Richard Wagner, Ride of the Valkyrie thought
  of operas as Gesamtkunstwerks, put new emphasis
  on orchestra through leitmotivs

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Modernist Music

• Claude Debussy Claire de Lune (Moonlight),
  impressionistic, evoking the atmosphere of nature
• Arnold Schönberg Pierrot Lunaire, atonal
  expressionist music, deliberately avoids
  traditional chords and harmonies
• Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring, a ballet
  with constantly changing, complex, and violent
  rhythms

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The Age of Jazz

• African-American experience, heritage
• Intonations, rhythms
• Spirituals
• Blue note / the Blues
• Ragtime Scott Joplin
• From New Orleans to Chicago and New York
• Jazz in mainstream culture
• Symphonies, operas of George Gershwin, swing of
  Duke Ellington

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Contemporary Music

• Pop music
• Electronic music