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Classical music inspired by popular
William Grant Still (1895-1978)
--first symphony by an African-American performed by a major orchestra
--first African-American to conduct a major US orchestra
--first opera by an African-American performed by a major US opera company
Afro-American Symphony, third movement “Humor” (1931)
introduction
syncopated, ragtime main theme
Strings soar
Solo oboe takes theme, passes it around
Trombones & horns take it up
Derivative motive in strings passed around
Hints of main theme also present
New theme, bluesy
First theme comes back
Rousing conclusion
minimalism
• 1) soothing
• 2) unnerving
• 3) interesting
• 4) boring
• 5) other
How does this music strike you?
Stella,EccentricPolygons:
Moultonville(1974)
Mondrian,Composition
no. 10(1939-42)
Stella,Color Maze
(1966)
Judd, Untitled (1990)
Terry Riley: "I think I was noticing that things didn't sound the same when you heard them more than once. And the more you heard them, the more different they did sound.
Even though something was staying the same, it was changing...In those days the first psychedelic experiences
were starting to happen in America, and that was changing our concept of how time passes..."
Minimalism seems to favor
• 1) complex structures and harmonies
• 2) intentional simplification
Philip Glass (1937- )
• 10 Operas
• Vocal & Instrumental Music
• 94 Film scores
Einstein on the Beach (1976)
• Opera
• Little singing, no plot
• “Knee Plays”
• small orchestra, chorus, speakers
• simple harmony
• bass repetition
• Bass ostinato
• Singers counting
• Voices divide
• Spoken voices enter
• Illusionist
• Truman Show
• Candyman
• Secret Window
• The Hours
Glass music in Film
Darius Milhaud (
The Creation of the World
• Ragtime-style introduction
• Bass with Jazzy melody
• Trombone, saxophone play melody
• Somewhat more chaotic section
Michael Daugherty (b. 1954)
Dead Elvis (1993)