11/13/07.  R. Strauß’s Rosenkavalier: Musical Modernism

Lecture: Leitmotivs & Tonality

Leitmotivs — general:  “leading motives” or “basic themes”

Leitmotivs— Rosenkavalier: types + examples

Tonality:

Progressive Tonality in Strauß:

In-Class Writing Assignment: Did you listen to Act III of Der Rosenkavalier before this class? What was your reaction to the music? Did you prefer one part of the act over the other in terms of the music?

Lecture: Chromaticism

Slide Presentation: Parallels in Art

Klimt’s evolution of a symbol system:

•      Emilie Flöge (1902)

•      Fritza Riedler (1906)

•      Adele Bloch Bauer (1907)

•     The Kiss (1909)