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Choose THREE (3) contrasting works and describe how the composer uses the following concepts:
1. “Tension and Release” (How the music plays with our expectations as a listener)
2. “Programming” (how the title enhances how the listener perceives the piece).
Be sure to address specifics such as:
1. the composer’s other musical influences (from what genre they may be pulling elements)
2. at least one specific element which they may have used from that genre and how that element was used.
Answers can include information about the following, but it is not required to write about each element:
Texture
Tempo
Collage
Volume
Rhythmic Intensity
Instrumentation
Performance
Multi-media (Lighting, Electronics, Recordings etc.)
VIDEOS:
Traditional Post-modernism
1. George Rochberg “String Quartet no. 3”
2. Gyorgi Ligeti “Piano Concerto”
3. Luciano Berio,Mvt. 2 from “Sinfonia”
Neo Romantics
1. David Del Tredici “Tattoo”
2. John Adams “Short Ride in a Fast Machine”
Neo Impressionists
1. Toru Takemitsu “From Me Flows what you call Time”
2. Caroline Shaw “Allemande” from Partita for 8 voices
Rock and Jazz Influenced Post-Modernists
1. Steven Mackey, Mvt. 6 from “Heavy / Light”
2. Glenn Kotche, “Triple Fantasy”
3. Missy Massoli “Harp and Altar”
4. David Lang “Cheating, Lying, Stealing”
5. Louis Andriessen “Hout”
Electronica Influenced Post-Modernists1. Tyondai Braxton “Scout1″
Additional Requirements
Level of Detail: Answer Only
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