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Fin-de-Siecle = 'Turn of Century'
Schoenberg, Mahler, Strauss
Maximalism and Compressionism |
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One of the major ideas in Fin-de-Siecle Modernism
Thick, Loud
Extended Cadences
Ex: Mahler, Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection," mvt. 5 |
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One of the ideas of Fin-de-Siecle Modernism
Simple; less with more
Ex: Schoenberg, 'Erwartung' |
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Music that is expressive of a "world outlook" of "philosophy music."
Works of huge ambiguous dimensions
Modernism's answer to "absolute music" |
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| Example of Weltanschauungsmusik |
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Mahler, Symphony No. 2, 'Resurrection,' mvt. 5
Emphasis on expansion and long cadences
Chimes are added at the end to emphasize ending |
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| Ringstrasse and urban planning in Vienna |
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Vienna was basically a circle
City walls were torn down, universities/opera houses/courthouses were built all over
Lots of immigration in and and out
Mahler moved here
Unemployment started
City became shithole |
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German for 'youth styles'
French use: New art philosophy and style of art
The secession styles: Decorative modernism |
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Painting: Gustav Klimt, 'The Kiss,' 1909
Theodore Thomas Heine, 'Girl Dancing with Wavy Figures' - heavy emphasis on lines!!
'Serpentinentanzerin,' 1900 - emphasis on moment, not girl herself |
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Never fit in...
Born Jewish
Converted to Catholicism
Spoke German with poor English
Lived in Vienna
Moved to NY
Symphony No. 1 - mvt. 3, 'Funeral March' |
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A collection of Austrian and German folk songs that Mahler musically referenced often.
Especially in Symphony No. 2, 'Resurrection' - mvt. 4, 'Urlicht' |
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A personal trait
The state of a society
Used to describe a person's lifestyle
Late 19th c. fin-de-siecle writers who were associated with symbolism or the aesthetic movement. |
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Vienna's leading decadent poet
Forefront of modernist poetry
Very risque topics
Wrote the text for Erwartung, 1899 (Schoenberg) |
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French for "Deadly Woman"
A woman who seduces her "victims"
Salome? |
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The idea of a strong, independent woman.
Salome from 'Salome' represented her
Instead of men oggling women's bodies, women return the gaze. |
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Oscar Wide's Play (1891)
Aubrey Beardsley's Drawings (1894)
Strauss' Opera (1905) |
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| Oscar Wilde's take on Salome |
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| The Decadent Movement changed "Salome" from an innocent girl and made her a slutty, incestual murderess. 1891 |
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| Aubrey Beardsley's Take on Salome |
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Sexy black and white drawings of Salome
Changed Salome from innocent girl she was in the Bible to slutty and promiscuous
1894 |
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| Popularity of music/theatre, etc. coming mainly from its scandalous characters or plot (tabloids) |
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| Mahler, Symphony No. 1 - mvt. 3, 'Funeral March,' 1888 |
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"Frere Jacque" turned into a funeral march (represents Catholicism)
Kletzmer-sounding (dotted rhythms and reed instruments)
Two separate themes are juxtaposed; he does not seem to want to resolve them... |
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| Mahler, Symphony No. 2, 'Resurrection' - mvt. 1, 1895 |
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Entitled "Funeral Rite"
Tremolo in strings
cataclysmic recapitulation (SOOO DOMINANT!!)
Mahler was famous for calm, lyrical interludes
Progressive tonality, but still tonal because it's so dominant |
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| Symphony No. 2, 'Resurrection' - mvt. 5, 1895 |
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Finale, 'Resurrection'
Debated whether or not this is about Bulow (Friend that died) |
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| Mahler, Des Antonius von Padua, 1893 vs. Symphony No. 2 - mvt. 3, 1895 |
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| Schoenberg, 'Erwartung,' op. 2 no. 1, 1899 |
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An early decadent work during Schoenberg's Atonal Period
Used Fourth and tritone |
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| Strauss, Salome, part 2, 1905 |
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The monologue
Necrophiliac ecstasy
Salome's death |
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