Music: An Art and a Language
is an intentional, artistic use of monotony and may be compared to the limitless Russian Steppes. If it seem strange to Western ...
register. The first theme of the movement proper (beginning at the Allegro con anima), on the same harmonic basis as the motto a ...
obvious in certain places,e.g., measures 39-45. The themes, however, have that intensity peculiar to Tchaikowsky, and the origin ...
examples of those periods of depression or exultation (espe- cially on a pedal-point) so characteristic of the Slav, and lastly, ...
upper voice. This is developed to a climax which, in turn, is followed by one of those long periods of “cooling down” which prep ...
founded upon the folk-songs of that country, one should know first of all the conditions that made such songs possible, and one ...
have[317] there is a strong note of freedom not to be missed. His Symphonic PoemTamaraand his fantasy for pianoforteIslamey are ...
[Footnote 318: For a delightful account of the friendship of these two composers consult the volumeBorodin and Lisztby Alfred Ha ...
For the most part it is given to a solo violin. It is a free melodic phrase in Oriental bravura, gently ending in a free cadenza ...
it into closer relation with actual life. [Footnote 321: For biographical information consult the volume by Montagu-Nathan.] “In ...
nature of the Russian people. Rosa Newmarch has called him the Juvenal of musicians. Second, his national music drama, Boris God ...
dances) together with the peculiarly novel harmonic and mod- ulatory scheme. The dances best known outside of Bohemia are thePol ...
life. I have studied theory; I know what style means and I am master of it. But I prefer to have circumstances determine form an ...
canvases—those for example of Vermeer. Dvo[vr]ák’s composi- tions are varied and fairly numerous (some 111 opus numbers) compris ...
(four solo instruments) which is one of many touches in individ- ual treatment. The Finale, in accordance with modern practise, ...
cut short by an early death. In modern times the mantle of Grieg has fallen upon Sinding (1856-still living) whose songs and poe ...
upon universality of appeal. [Footnote 335: An admirable treatment of the whole subject may be found in Vol. III ofThe Art of Mu ...
Chapter 44 CHAPTER XX THE VARIED TENDENCIES OF MODERN MUSIC Modern music—broadly speaking, music since the beginning of the twen ...
These experiments, just referred to, have been particularly no- table on the part of two composers of the neo-Russian group, Str ...
its bold use of the dissonant element. The Roumanians have come to the fore in Enesco, who has written several charac- teristic ...
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