Comparison With Music Before Bartok
I would like to point out how symphony works by Bela Bartok get compared with music preceding Bartok. I will mainly focus on the development from the 18th century to the Bartok period. For the comparison, here I introduce Beethoven Symphony No.3 for the 18th century symphony work and Berlioz Symphony Fantastique for the 19th century symphony work.
Beethoven Symphony No.3 “Eroica” is a masterpiece of the late 19th century. It shows many features of classical periods as well as showing numerous characteristics of early Romantic period. The length of this piece is twice as long as the symphonic composition from the Classical period. This piece contains many emotional features. In the first movement, it has remarkable harmonic and rhythmic tension …show more content…
He included title “Concerto” because of virtuosity of this piece. In terms of its form, it is structured in “arch” form. The 1st movement is closely related with the 5th movement, and the 2nd movement is related with the 4th movement. The 3rd movement acts as a foundation of the arch. Bartok noted that the progression of this piece goes from darkness to lightness and brightness. In the beginning of the 1st movement, sound of nature of the night played by cello and contrabass subject is answered by upper string tremolo. This thematic material will reappear in the last movement with faster tempo. Bartok presented his interest in folk music, specifically in rhythms and melodies throughout this piece. He did not mainly use major and minor scale, but, instead, used mode from folk tune. For example, we can listen to the scale of close intervallic relationship played by woodwinds in the 2nd movement. In terms of style of string, it is very virtuosic and demands a lot technical challenges. On the part in violin section, Bartok put several notes for specific string instruments techniques. He included sliding up and down, muted, spicatto, ponticello, sul G (use only G string). String players also face challenges in counting rhythm because of use of frequent meter
Beethoven Symphony No.3 “Eroica” is a masterpiece of the late 19th century. It shows many features of classical periods as well as showing numerous characteristics of early Romantic period. The length of this piece is twice as long as the symphonic composition from the Classical period. This piece contains many emotional features. In the first movement, it has remarkable harmonic and rhythmic tension …show more content…
He included title “Concerto” because of virtuosity of this piece. In terms of its form, it is structured in “arch” form. The 1st movement is closely related with the 5th movement, and the 2nd movement is related with the 4th movement. The 3rd movement acts as a foundation of the arch. Bartok noted that the progression of this piece goes from darkness to lightness and brightness. In the beginning of the 1st movement, sound of nature of the night played by cello and contrabass subject is answered by upper string tremolo. This thematic material will reappear in the last movement with faster tempo. Bartok presented his interest in folk music, specifically in rhythms and melodies throughout this piece. He did not mainly use major and minor scale, but, instead, used mode from folk tune. For example, we can listen to the scale of close intervallic relationship played by woodwinds in the 2nd movement. In terms of style of string, it is very virtuosic and demands a lot technical challenges. On the part in violin section, Bartok put several notes for specific string instruments techniques. He included sliding up and down, muted, spicatto, ponticello, sul G (use only G string). String players also face challenges in counting rhythm because of use of frequent meter