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Gustav Mahler
Made expansions to symphonies and Lieder (solo voice with piano).
Viennese heir to Mozart and Beethoven. Utilized aspects of non-western cultures. -
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Claude Debussy
Most Important French composer of 20th Century.
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Richard Strauss
Supported Wagner's use of chromaticism, and expanded on it. Famous for tone poems and operas. -
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Maurice Ravel
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Maximalism
Extremes of Romanticism, before breaking into expressionism. Defined by extreme chromaticism, extreme size of groups, and extreme use of themes and motif. Thick textured.
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Impressionism
One of the first Anti-Romantic genres. Disregarded "rules," chord progressions and the like. Essentially tonal. Influenced by non-European sources, like Javanese Gamelan. The goal was to avoid the German "heroic" type of music. Non western scales. Made to be an "impression" based on pieces of work like tone poems.
Composers:
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"Prelude to 'The Afternoon of a Faun'"
Tone poem based on Stephane Mallarme's poem.
Poetic title suggests a topic, Faun represented by the flute.
Free ternary form ABA'. -
Salome(underlined)
An orchestration (one act opera) of a French play written by Oscar Wilde. Dramatic play lends itself well to the style that was composed to accompany it. -
Elektra(underlined)
Highly expressionist, based off of the the tragedy it shares its name with. One act opera. -
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Expressionism
Follower to Maximalism. More radical and atonal. Led by Schoenberg. All notes are Equal and there is no tonic to return to.
