Music - MYP 4 and 5 - Samuel Wright - Hodder 2020

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Satie (1866–1925) has become known, through
Erik
championing of modern artists and composers, for
the
is most unique about the work is the composer’s
What
that “… the motif be repeated eight hundred
direction
forty times,” at a slow tempo. What results is a work
and
impossible length and evolving hypnotic sounds. As
of
motif initially sounds jarring and foreign, through
the
it quickly becomes an atmosphere of beauty.
repetition
among both witnesses and performers
“Consistent
reports of the piece’s mystical effects.”
are
for ‘… music that would be a part of the
challenge
YouTube: . Remember surrounding noises…’ in his 1978 ambient album Music
on
His piece ‘Vexations’ (1893–1894) is reinforced by a
ACTIVITY: Satie, Eno, Einaudi
dramatic colouring in
chromaticism
and repetition.
ATL
Communication skills: Using a variety of media to
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with a range of audiences
communicate
his elegant melodies and transcendent piano works.
Figure 9.8 ‘Vexations’ motif by Erik Satie
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Listen to the track on the playlist or watch a score version
https://youtu.be/sKKxt4KacRo
the motif above as we compare ‘Vexations’ to ‘Elegy for
Einaudi’s ‘Elegy for the Arctic’ also manages
for Airports .
the Arctic’ by Ludovico Einaudi (b. 1955). Many pianists
to capture an elemental simplicity with its repeated
sought to build on the simple beauty of Satie’s and accompanying (natural
geophony
arpeggios
have
works. Brian Eno (b. 1948) directly answered Satie’s
sounds).
Figure 9.9 Brian Eno’s ‘Airport’ motif and Einaudi’s ‘Elegy’ arpeggio transcribed into G maj or
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