What Does the Term Serialism Mean

Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms Starter Tasks for Caitlin

1. What does the term Serialism mean? What were the key musical features of this style. Name two other composers than Stravinsky who were composers in this style of music. 2. What does the term Neo-Classicism mean? What were the key musical features of this style. Name two other composers than Stravinsky who were composers in this style of music. 3. In a typical 19th-Century Orchestra, what instruments for the Wind and String section would you expect, and are omitted from Symphony of Psalms? 4. Which instruments that Stravinsky uses indicate that the work was composed in the 20th Century? 5. Write out the sounding pitch of the Cor Anglais, Horn 1 and trumpet in D in bars 145-146. 6. Can you tell me anything that you think is unusual and/or interesting about the spacing of the final chord of the work?