Development of music Prompt: In at least 600 words answer the following: Using SHMRG, compare and contrast the 20th-century contributions made by Stravinsky and Schoenberg to the development of music (especially rhythm, melody and harmony). How did these two composers create a path for the Avant Garde composers who flourished after WWII? Of the two […]
Summarize the reception that Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring met at its public premiere. How can we be certain that this attitude has changed?
ASSIGNMENT Choose one (1) of the following essays to answer. Essay Question Options: 1. The search for new ways of looking at the world, combined with an urge to break down accepted conventions and preconceptions is characteristic of the period around the turn of the century. Consider the various art movements that developed from 1900 […]
Discuss what was occurring in 1913 that might influence Stravinsky, Diaghilev, and Nijinsky to produce such an “oppositional” piece of art?
Background: Why is the World War I Era closely connected to innovations in the arts? At the end of the 19th century and the early 20th century (1890-1914), many art forms began to change significantly. All human creations are an important way to study history. We are accustomed to thinking about history as politics, war, […]