Manuel Maria de los Dolores Falla Matheu (Cádiz‚ November 23‚ 1876 - Alta Gracia‚ Argentina‚ November 14‚ 1946) was a Spanish composer. Representative of musical nationalism‚ is one of the most important Spanish composers of the early twentieth century‚ with Isaac Albéniz‚ Enrique Granados‚ Joaquin Turina and Joaquin Rodrigo. Musical nationalism refers to the use of musical ideas or motifs that are identified with a specific country‚ region‚ or ethnicity‚ such as folk tunes and melodies‚ rhythms
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“I am in the present. I can not know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to serve and I serve it in all lucidity.” –Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (June 17/5‚ 1882 – April 6‚ 1971) lived by this mantra. As a 20th Century composer‚ pianist‚ and conductor‚ music was his truth. Time magazine even named him as one of the 100 most influential people of the century. Music and its livelihood were the fiber of
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MUSI 1306 Study Guide-Twentieth-Century & Non-Western Music The section on twentieth-century music will involve chapters 1-8‚ 15-17. Chapters 1-3 will be utilized for the discussion of Non-Western music. It will be necessary to study these chapters‚ as well as the listening examples contained within‚ to achieve full comprehension of these sections. Twentieth-Century Overview (Chapter 1) Within the music of the twentieth century can be seen influences of folk and popular music‚ Asian
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though‚ it even attracted Ivan Valberkh. Ivan was the first famous native ballet master to be taught at St. Petersburg Academy (1766-1819). This meant that the dance form of Russian ballet was expanding further and overseeing horizons. In 1909 Sergei and Diaghilev created the Ballets Russes and it was phenomenal. The company started with strong Russian formal tradition and attitude. In addition‚ in the 19th century a lot started to get even more interesting. For example in 1913‚ Nijinsky‚ a choreographer
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Ballet 1. Who was Serge Diaghilev and the Ballet Russe? What were the innovations in ballet under Diaghilev? The Ballet Russe was an American Ballet within the first period of the 20th century that was called “Russo-American era”. Dance scholar and author Lincoln Kirstein coined the term because touring Russian dance artist made a huge impact on American audience and dances. The Russian influence was because of Anna Pavlova‚ Mikhail Mordkin‚ and Serge Diaghilev. They showed the American audience
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Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (b. 5/17 June 1882; d. 6 April 1971) is undoubtedly one of the most important and influential musical personalities of the 20th century‚ his musical innovations concerning rhythm‚ harmony‚ melody and sound texture from his early works also making him a pioneer of new music. The 20th century has been marked by tumultuous events and the conflictual and agitated atmosphere surrounding certain nations during the first decade pushed artists towards a nationalist attitude. In
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IGOR STRAVINSKY Igor Stravinsky is considered by many the greatest composer of the 20th Century. Several composers have made breakthroughs and great accomplishments in the past 100 years‚ but Stravinsky has dominated nearly every trend set. He was born near St. Petersburg‚ Russia in Oranienbaum‚ on June 17‚ 1882. He was born to a famous Russian bass opera singer‚ Fyodor Ignatyevich Stravinsky. Igor Stravinsky was third of a family of four boys. He grew up hearing his father
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Diaghilev created a revolution that changed dance history as we know it‚ with a new style of dance: expressive ballet. Whereas traditional ballet focuses mostly on technique and is designed to showcase each dancer’s idiosyncratic movement quality‚ Diaghilev’s dancers were encouraged to express more in their dancing. Choreographers were much more creative in amalgamating this expressiveness into their choreography‚ producing works that the audience fell in love with. Around this time‚ such works as
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What are the roles of artists in W.H. Auden poetry ? W.H Auden was born in 1907 in the town of York. Later he studied at Oxford University to become a literature teacher and a poet. He spent few years in Berlin but travelled also to Spain then to the USA‚ always committed politically. “Selected Poems” is published in 1930‚ after the war‚ to report people’s feelings and reality of the time. W.H. Auden’s poetry raises a wide range of issues and subjects such as love‚ war‚ relations or even
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Nijinsky‚ was born in 1889. He started his dance career after he joined the Imperial Ballet School in 1900‚ in which he studied under Enrico Cecchetti and Nicholas Legat. He took many lead roles until his dance career took a turning point‚ and met Sergei Diaghilev. He danced with famous Anna Pavlova‚ as a lead in the Ballets Russes in Paris‚ and also starred in Fokine’s pieces "Le Pavillon d’Armide‚" "Cleopatra‚" and "The Feast." He then went on to choreograph his own ballets‚ such as "L’Aprés-Midi d’un
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