WCT Music & Expression pt. 3

1. WCT Music &
Expression pt. 3
Music that doesn’t express

2. Is this question
objective or subjective?
• 1) Objective
• 2) Subjective

3. Objectivity
vs
Subjectivity

4. Igor Stravinsky
(1882-1971)

5. Octet for Wind
Instruments (1922)
• Flute, Clarinet, two Bassoons
• Two Trumpets, Two Trombones

6. “My Octet is a musical object”

7. I. Sinfonia
II. Theme and Variations
III. Finale

8. I. Sinfonia
II. Theme and Variations
III. Finale

9. I. Sinfonia
II. Theme and Variations
III. Finale

10. I. Sinfonia
II. Theme and Variations
III. Finale

11. I. Sinfonia
II. Theme and Variations
III. Finale

12. I. Sinfonia
II. Theme and Variations
III. Finale

13. I. Sinfonia
II. Theme and Variations
III. Finale

14. Erik Satie
(1866-1925)

15. “Wallpaper Music”

16. • Satie, from Embryons desséchés

17. • Satie, from Embryons desséchés

18. • Satie, from Embryons desséchés

19. In your opinion, which
matters more?
• 1) the composer’s intent
• 2) the audience’s interpretation

20. Music of Process and
Procedure

21. Ruth
Crawford
Seeger
(1901-53)

22. Ruth Crawford Seeger,
Piano Study in Mixed Accents

23. Ruth Crawford Seeger,
Piano Study in Mixed Accents

24. Ruth Crawford Seeger,
Piano Study in Mixed Accents

25. Rhythm

26. Rhythm

27. Rhythm

28. Rhythm

32. Arnold
Schoenberg
(1874-1951)

33. 12-tone technique

34. C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B

35. F# D E C C# G D# B G# A F A#

36. F# D E C C# G D# B G# A F A#

37. • Schoenberg, Piano Suite op. 25

38. • Schoenberg, Piano Suite op. 25

39. • Schoenberg, Piano Suite op. 25

40. Is the lack of
expression a mode of
expression?
• 1) Yes
• 2) No
• 3) Zzzzz