EXPRESSIONISM

( 1918 )
Modernist movement
started in Germany
 The Scream (1893)
Modernist
Artist: Edvard movement
Munch
focused on scenes of death, agony, and anxiety
started Germany
in and emotionally charged
in distorted
 Modernist movement
started in Germany
modern and radical art
s ubject is always

* distorted
* painted in intense color
* strong bold lines
 Expressionism
typical characteristic:

presents the world

solely from a subjective perspective,
distorting it radically for emotional effect

in order to evoke moods or ideas.

composer
Arnold Schoenberg
* 1874 -1951
* Austrian
* composer, pianist, painter
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He avoided "traditional forms
of beauty" to convey
powerful feelings in his music
He had some compositions
that were
almost impossible to play!!

This made him very happy

 Completely abandoned
tonality

Completely abandoned
TONALITY
 Completely abandoned
tonality

....and created a new musical style!!!

 Atonality
does not use a tonal center or key

It applies to music that

does not conform to the system of tonal hierarchies
which characterized classical music
composition
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 PIERROT LUNAIRE

meaning:
("Pierrot in the Moonlight")

Pierrot- stocky man in pantomimes

 PIERROT LUNAIRE

1. a set of songs sung in a way that

sounds almost as if the singer
is speaking instead of singing

2. lyrics- from 21 selected poems

VIOLIN CONCERTO ( WITH SOLO VIOLIN)
 He invented a completely new way
of composing called SERIALISM

SERIALISM
a serial pattern in music
one that repeats over and over
for a significant stretch of a composition.

Many composers throughout

the 20th century copied this style
MUSICAL STYLE
1. EXTREME DYNAMICS
very quiet to very loud music
2. LOTS OF DISSONANT CHORDS
clashing chords and noise
3. UNUSAL COMBINATION
OF INSTRUMENTS

at times playing the very lowest and

very highest notes of their range
3. UNUSAL COMBINATION
OF INSTRUMENTS

at times playing the very lowest and

very highest notes of their range
4. MELODIES TEND TO BE DISJUNCT
lots of leaps
4. MELODIES TEND
TO BE DISJUNCT

lots of leaps
5. THE TUNE or MELODY is NOT a priority
6.More concerned with SOUND COLOR
(combination of instrumental sounds)
REFERENCES
1.EXPRESSIONS BOOK 10
2. http://www.theartstory.org/movement-
expressionism.htm

3. www.scribd.com/Mis-Gloria