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MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY -Primitivistic music is tonal through the stressing of one note
as more important than the others
MUSICAL STYLES: -primitivism combines two familiar or simple ideas together
-impressionism, expressionism, neo-classicism, avant-garde creating new sounds
music, modern nationalism -primitivism has links to Exoticism through the use of
materials from other cultures, to Nationalism through the use
IMPRESSIONISM of materials indigenous to specific countries, and to Ethnicism
-one of the earlier forms clearly declaring the entry of 20th through the use of materials from European ethnic groups
century music -two well-known proponents: Stravinsky and Bela Bartok
-they mainly showed & expressed moods & impressions
-there was an extensive use of diff. timbres & effects, vague BELA BARTOK
melodies, & innovative chords and progressions -was born in Nagyszentmiklos, Hungary (now Romania) on
-was an attempt to suggest reality not to depict it March 25, 1881 to musical parents
-it was meant to create an emotional mood rather than a -as a neo-classicist, primitivist, and nationalist composer,
specific picture Bartok used Hungarian folk themes and rhythms
-impressionistic forms were translucent and hazy, as if trying -he utilized changing meters and strong syncopations
to see through a rain-drenched window -his compositions were successful because of their rich
-the sounds of different chords overlapped lightly with each melodies and lively rhythms
other to produce new subtle musical colors -700 musical compositions