20th Century Music History Flashcards

Excerpt from Pierrot Lunaire
Moon Drunk

Composer: Schoenberg Sprechstimme: sing-talking
tonality is dead

Violes (Sails)

Composer: Debussy Genre: Prelude Pentatonic
scale

Romanian Folk Dances

Composer: Bartok Folk Music Mode: Different
scales

Piece for Prepared

John Cage

Athletes Rag for Super Mario Kart

Koji Kondo Stamatic Transformation Rag time
music Played anytime Mario is on the suicide platform

Maple Leaf Rag

Scott Joplin 2 elements: stride bass, & highly
syncopated melody Father of Ragtime

Violin Phase

Reich Minimalist Movement Repetitive, simple
and lengthy

Dancing Mad from Final Fantasy

Uematsu (un-classically trained) Kefka is the evil
vilian Entire organ solo- something Bach would do
Intro with organ Rock section and then somber organ
comes back Religious elements