scholarly journals Schubert and Beethoven - Adorno’s early antipods of the music in bougeois epoch

2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-236
Author(s):  
Dragana Jeremic-Molnar ◽  
Aleksandar Molnar
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Practical Reason ◽  
Ludwig Van Beethoven ◽  
Franz Schubert ◽  
Negative Dialectics ◽  
20Th Century Music ◽  
Theodor Adorno

In this article the authors are reconstructing the dichotomies which the young Theodor Adorno was trying to detect in the music of the bourgeois epoch and personify in two antipodes - Franz Schubert and Ludwig van Beethoven. Although already a devotee of Arnold Sch?nberg and the 20th century music avantgardism, Adorno was, in his works prior to his exile from Germany (1934), intensively dealing with Schubert and his opposition towards Beethoven. While Beethoven was a bold and progressive revolutionary, fascinated by the ?practical reason? and the mission to rise up and reach the stars, Schubert wanted none of it (almost anticipating the failure of the whole revolutionary project). Instead, he was looking backwards, to primordial nature and the possibility of man to participate in its mythic cycles of death and regeneration. The lack of synthesis between this two opposing tendencies in the music of early bourgeois epoch lead to the ?negative dialectics? of Sch?nberg and 20th century music avantgardism and to the final separation of Beethovenian musical progress and Schubertian musical mimesis.

scholarly journals The Orderliness of Music from the Perspective of Complex Information Systems

Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Shan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
The Other ◽  
Western Music ◽  
Classical Period ◽  
20Th Century Music ◽  
Complex Information ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One

By applying the concept of natural science to the study of music, on the one hand, we can understand the structure of music macroscopically, on the other, we can reflect on the history of music to a certain extent. Throughout the history of western music, from the classical period to the 20th century, music seems to have gone from order to disorder, but it is still orderly if analyzed carefully. Using the concept of complex information systems can give a good answer in the essence.

The Thames and Hudson Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Music

Notes ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 756
Author(s):  
Marion S. Gushee ◽  
Paul Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
20Th Century Music

The Complete Book of 20th Century Music

Notes ◽  
1953 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 456
Author(s):  
James K. Dickson ◽  
David Ewen
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
20Th Century Music

scholarly journals Modern Approaches to the Study of Music of the Twentieth Century

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-82
Author(s):  
Liang Lyu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Special Kind ◽  
20Th Century Music ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Art Departments ◽  
Effective Development

the subject of research – modern academic music of the 20th century is a special kind of art, the effective development of which by students of art departments and universities requires appropriate methods. The purpose of the work is to consider problematic teaching methods that ensure the effective mastery of complex artistic material by university students who do not have sympathy for 20th century music. To verify the effectiveness of the application of problem learning techniques when students mastered avantgarde music, a pedagogical experiment was conducted to introduce problem problems, the case method and the design method into the process of mastering musical and historical disciplines. The study carried out a theoretical justification and introduced into creative practice the methods considered, which made it possible to involve the student in the development of discipline in the process of creative activity, which significantly increases the level of cognitive activity and contributes to the formation of students; to solve the problem of modern musical skill, students of the musical and pedagogical profile of education were presented with problem problems, and the task requiring brainstorming – to practically “guess” the alleged image of the author – had the necessary didactic effect. Methodological recommendations related to the use of problematic methods in music education are formulated.

“Can a Leopard Change His Spots?”: The American Composers’ Fortunes in Nicolas Slonimsky’s Letters to Vladimir Dukelsky

10.34690/26 ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 170-189
Author(s):  
А.С. Максимова
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Library Of Congress ◽  
American Composers ◽  
20Th Century Music ◽  
Research Material ◽  
The Usa ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time

Исследовательским материалом статьи послужили письма Н. Слонимского к В. Дукельскому из Коллекции Вернона Дюка Библиотеки Конгресса США. Впервые публикуются фрагменты писем с 1937 по 1969 год, в которых Н. Слонимский высказывался о музыкальной жизни ХХ века. Кратко освещена история знакомства (1918) и общения Н. Слонимского и В. Дукельского. Тема избранной для статьи переписки - судьбы профессии композитора в США, включая взаимоотношения композитора и дирижера, проблему творческого успеха. В статье освещены некоторые подробности визита Слонимского в СССР. The research material of the article comprise Nicolas Slonimskys letters to Vladimir Dukelsky from the Vernon Duke Collection of the Library of Congress (USA). Large fragments from the letters of 1937 to 1969 which contain Slonimskys thoughts on the 20th century music are being quoted for the first time. The author briefly observes the history of the two musicians acquaintance (1918) and contacts. The correspondence selected for the article embraces such topics as: the profession of composer in the USA, arrangements between composers and conductors, and a problem of public success. The article also contains some details on Slonimskys visit to the USSR.

Influences of Classical Indian Music in Albert Roussel’s Evocations

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-141
Author(s):  
Noémi Karácsony ◽  
Mădălina Dana Rucsanda
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Musical Work ◽  
20Th Century Music ◽  
Musical Discourse ◽  
Orchestral Work ◽  
Indian Music ◽  
Albert Roussel ◽  
The Impact

"An important figure of early 20th century music, the French composer Albert Roussel was deeply influenced by his encounter with India, which led to the composition of several orientalist works. The present paper aims to disclose the influences of classical Indian music in the orchestral work Evocations. Despite the Impressionist sound of the musical discourse, a careful analysis reveals the incorporation of several scalar structures in which Hindu rāgas can be recognized. Roussel goes beyond the musical representation of India: his goal is not the creation of a musical work with powerful oriental sound, but the evocation of the impact this encounter had on his creation. Situated at the crossroad of several stylistic orientations, Roussel incorporates Impressionist, Neo-classical and Post-romantic influences in rigorously devised structures, aiming to create an unusual and novel sound. Keywords: Albert Roussel, orientalism, Impressionism, India, rāga "

Composing the Volk

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin R. Hochman
Keyword(s):  
Interwar Period ◽  
Ludwig Van Beethoven ◽  
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe ◽  
Franz Schubert ◽  
Walther Von Der Vogelweide

This chapter looks at cultural commemorations for the anniversaries of the deaths of Ludwig van Beethoven in 1927, Franz Schubert in 1928, Walther von der Vogelweide in 1930, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in 1932. It explores how Germans and Austrians used these festivals to stage a transborder German community in the interwar period. They hoped that a focus on culture, rather than politics, would help them overcome the sociopolitical fragmentation of the interwar years. At first glance, these cultural celebrations appeared to bridge the numerous divisions running through both societies, as people from various social and political backgrounds wanted to honor these German cultural heroes. Nonetheless, political fights broke out among participants as they interpreted the lives and impact of these cultural figures according to their own divergent worldviews. By investigating these disagreements, this chapter underscores the numerous understandings of Germanness in the Weimar era.

Shostakovich and the Ustvolskaya Connexion: a textual investigation

Tempo ◽  
1992 ◽  
pp. 10-18
Author(s):  
Louis Blois
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
20Th Century Music ◽  
Galina Ustvolskaya ◽  
Soviet Music ◽  
Women Pioneers

In the atlas of Soviet music, many roads lead to and from Shostakovich. A New York Continuum conceit last year drew attention to an intriguing and little known thematic connexion between Shostakovich and his fellow composer Galina Ustvolskaya (born 1919). The works of this composer shared the program with those of Ruth Crawford Seeger and Grazyna Bacewicz under the banner ‘Three Women Pioneers.’ Each was among the first women in their country to have forged an original and distinguished body of work from the resources of 20th-century music.

The Light and the Dark: contrasts in the Music of Jacob Druckman

Tempo ◽  
1994 ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Bret Johnson
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Expressive Power ◽  
American Composers ◽  
20Th Century Music ◽  
New York Philharmonic ◽  
The Future ◽  
To Come ◽  
Artistic Director

Among established American composers, Jacob Druckman's music remains unique in the breadth of its range, the mastery of its orchestration and the totality of its expressive power. There is little point in spending too much effort in drawing comparisons with some of his closest contemporaries and, in any event, such comparisons are hard to come by. He has had a remarkable career: as an academic, as composer-in-residence to the New York Philharmonic, as a conductor (he has conducted a number of his works with the BBC Philharmonic), as artistic director of many festivals, and as lecturer and administrator. He now devotes as much times as he can to composing, but whatever the future brings, there can be little doubt that he has already made a major contribution to the growth and development of 20th-century music.

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