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Program Music

Program Music Distinguish between program music and absolute music Connection with the other fine arts and with life. Varieties of Program Music Concert overture Incidental music Program symphony Symphonic poem Hector Berloiz (1803-1896) Report on Hector Berlioz by Erin Coward

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Program Music

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  1. Program Music • Distinguish between program music and absolute music • Connection with the other fine arts and with life.

  2. Varieties of Program Music • Concert overture • Incidental music • Program symphony • Symphonic poem

  3. Hector Berloiz (1803-1896) • Report on Hector Berlioz by Erin Coward

  4. Symphonie fantastique - Berlioz • Idée fixe • Story from personal life • 4th movement - “March to the Scaffold” • Duple meter march, minor • Dreams he has killed his beloved • Idée fixe (at end) interrupted by fortissimo chord - fall of the axe

  5. Musical Nationalism • Songs and dances of the people • Folklore and peasant life • Exploits of national heroes • Historic events • Scenic beauty of their country

  6. Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) • Czech composer - 1st bohemian to achieve international prominence • Conductor of reputation • 8 operas • The Bartered Bride

  7. Má Vlast - Smetana • Cycle of 6symphonic poems • Beauty of Bohemia’s countryside • Folk songs, dances and legends • #2 - “The Moldau” • Programmatic themes

  8. Other Nationalist Composers • Anton Dvorák (1841-1904) - Czech • Edward Grieg (1843-1907) - Norway • Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) - Finland • “The Mighty five” - Russia • Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) - Russian

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