CVSP 241 Final, Spring 2000

C.S. 241 - FINAL EXAM June“6, ,2000 (252) vocalise atonality Neo~classicisn Pierrot Lunaire serialisn Dance of the Adolescents The Unanswered Question ethnomusicology scherzo Totentanz The Great Gate of Kiev Erlkonig (Elf King) Leitmotiv Liebestod [Emperor] II.. Answer three of the following questions (25% each) A. Although Wagner and Verdi differ considerably in their approach to Opera they do share a common feeling about established religion. How does this manifest itself in "Aida" and "Die Walkure”™? Emotion and emotionalism play a major role in the music of Beethoven and Schubert. How do you find this expressed (give several specific examples) and how did their approach to music and musicians differ from general attitudes up to their time? How did Nationalism figure in music of the late Romantic period? Which composers were more affected by it? Which less so? What were composers in the 20th century trying to accomplish through their music? In what ways did they succeed and injway have they reached a dead end? what What makes Alban Berg's "Wozzeck" so different from earlier operas we have studied? Even by critics who do not appreciate atonal writing this work is almost universally regarded as great music. Why? and do you agree? Have a good summer