Why is Stravinsky important?
Stravinsky’s professional life encompassed most of the 20th century, including many of its modern classical music styles, and he influenced composers both during and after his lifetime. In 1959, he was awarded the Sonning Award, Denmark’s highest musical honour.
What is Stravinsky most famous for?
Stravinsky is most famous for his three ballets, “The Firebird,” “Petrushka” and “The Rite of Spring” (the latter causing huge controversy). Most importantly, he was noted for constantly reinventing music and being an overall musical revolutionary, sometimes offending people with his drastic ideas along the way.
What was special about Stravinsky?
Stravinsky was not only the most written-about composer of the 20th century, he was also the most widely quoted, and the most willing to air his occasionally tongue-in-cheek, often penetrating views on a whole variety of subjects.
Who created the American sound?
Aaron Copland
What makes Aaron Copland’s music American?
To put the most obvious one first – in his most popular works, Copland takes American folk songs and makes them his own. The resultant “dissonant” harmonies belong both to modernism and to the unschooled folk tradition.
What were the key characteristics of Copland’s music?
His early music mixes very modern musical ideas with hints of jazz influence. Pieces such as his Piano Variations stand out for their harmonic and rhythmic experimentation, and jazz rhythms are an important part of his Music for the Theater. Copland’s concern with modern techniques lessened during the Great Depression.
What qualities in Copland’s music have been understood as particularly American and why?
What qualities in the music of Aaron Copland are particularly American? He takes folk music and makes it his own. He integrated vernacular & serious music tradition.
Who is a pioneer of process music?
composer Steve Reich
What does Copland’s Appalachian Spring depicts?
The ballet depicts the day of a wedding celebration at a Pennsylvania farmhouse in the early 20th century. It opens at dawn with a gentle theme for strings and winds. The characters are introduced: the revivalist preacher, the pioneer woman, the young couple to be married, and the preacher’s followers.