Post-Romanticism Modernism
Debussy, Stravinsky VS Schoenberg, Webern, Berg
Dmitri Shostakovich, Serge Prokofiev (Music under dictatorhsip)
Soviet music, must avoid negative forms, avoid Bourgeois formalism, promote positive optimistic elements that are understood by the people.
Serge Prokofiev (1891~1953)
Classical Symphony: I modeling on the works of Mozart and Haydn
Lieutenant Kizhe: Romance, Troika (Russian Empire folk songs similar to Korobeiniki)
Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights
Peter and the Wolf
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906~1975)
Music more dissonant, angular(large leaps, isn’t smooth, extensive syncopation), got into trouble with the Soviet Union
Influenced by Beethoven, Symphony No.5 IV was modeled on Beethoven’s pieces
Bela Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra interruption theme was inspired by Shostakovich’s theme about Leningrad Symphony
