... wind instruments with limited use of strings Primary concern for clear, concise organization Very little chromaticism -- sometimes "pandiatonicism" Transparent textures replace lush, instrumental combinations Tried to eliminate pictorial and literary "meanings" from music Works L'Historie du Soldat (1918) Pulcinella (1919) ballet based on themes of Pergolesi Piano-Rag-Music (1919) Symphony of Wind Instruments (1920) Les ... -- starting after World War II Several works were greatly influenced by Renaissance music. In the mid-to-late fifties Stravinsky became increasingly interested in twe...

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... Rock and Roll" by Charles T. Brown basically proposes methods for analyzing music and anyone who reads the books should be able to develop techniques for listening to music and making legitimate statements about it. It treats rock and roll as a serious art form and traces it cultural ... cold war and blacks had started their movements. Because of the cultural situation rock and roll became a focal point for rebellion. The marketing techniques were very primitive, but started to turn rock and roll into a multimillion dollar business. Chapter five discusses Bill Haley and the Comets and ....

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... the blues genre. This freedom in both ragtime and blues enabled jazz to develop its improvisation. Though they both contain musical freedom, ragtime and blues varied in their forms and techniques that made each unique. Despite the differences in form, the two genres, ragtime and blues, were both forms of entertainment. Whether it was to forget about the current situation or ... " (Tirro 48). Though the blues was initially a way to forget their lifestyles, it grew to be entertainment that connected those who heard it. Hayden Carruth, an American poet and literary critic, noted that "he co...

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... in 1826, Schumann decided to choose music rather than poetry as his future; however, Schumann's mother had her heart set on his becoming a lawyer and she rejected his musical and literary interests as the "indiscretion of youth."" After Schumann finished his high school studies, his mother sent him to the University of Leipzig for law study. Although he worked the best ... him. Yet these criticisms represent the attempt to construct what should and should not be when in fact both Schumann and Schubert were writing to express themselves, not a format; the techniques used by Schumann were...

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... in 1826, Schumann decided to choose music rather than poetry as his future; however, Schumann's mother had her heart set on his becoming a lawyer and she rejected his musical and literary interests as the "indiscretion of youth."" After Schumann finished his high school studies, his mother sent him to the University of Leipzig for law study. Although he worked the best ... him. Yet these criticisms represent the attempt to construct what should and should not be when in fact both Schumann and Schubert were writing to express themselves, not a format; the techniques used by Schumann were...

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... , Beat writers often molded their poetics and style after the playing of such jazz music. "Jazz writers," such as Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, upheld their poetic ideals to the techniques of jazz musicians, such as rhythm, improvisation, and call and response. The structure of creative writing underwent a change, as the importance of form equaled that of theme. Swing, the predecessor ... as swing. Subsequently, bop never became an obsession of popular culture, and remained introspective, for a largely introspective Beat culture. The Beat Generation was a movement that rebelled agains...

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