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1. Debussy, Nocturnes, from Nuages How does Debussy’s treatment of harmony differ from linear progressions of tension and resolution characteristic of most nineteenth-century music?
2. Stravinsky, excerpts from The Rite of Spring: “Dance of the Adolescent Girls” and “Sacrificial Dance” . With Rite of Spring Stravinsky created a work that is sui generis, a genre unto itself. What musical features make this piece unlike any other work we have heard so far in this course? What features does this piece share with Debussy’s Nuages ? What features make this a good example of fauvisme (or primitivism)?Lastly, why do you think the first performance caused a riot?
3. Schoenberg’s Nacht , Berg’s Wozzeck , and Webern’s Symphony, Op. 21 Of the three musical revolutions we are looking at (Impressionism, Primitivism, and Expressionism), only Expressionism is truly atonal. Go back and listen to the three works listed above. How do you respond to atonality, to the lack of a tonal center? Is there anything you can find to enjoy in this music, or does it turn you off completely? Why would these composers choose to write music like this?
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The way in which Debussy treated harmony in his composition, was far much discrete from the
resolution and tension progression features of the classical music of the 19th century in several
ways. He radically treated chords in a way that weakened the illusion of any definite key. He
also employed parallel chords leading to the creation of non-functional harmony; bitonality, as
well as unprepared modulation. The absence of fixed tonality, unlike the case of the other music
of the time, led to the production of a dreamy, vague character that was termed t...
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