CHRISTOPHER SMITHTHERE AND BACK AGAIN

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There and Back Again Premiere

1920, Berlin Commentary

The “Hommage à BACH” in this work is no accident. With its return to pre-classical forms, . . . the [work] serves as a typical example of the new-classicism on the 1920s.

Genre Piano suites

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Influence The atonality of this work along with

neoclassicism is understood as an influence upon Aaron Copland and Anton Webern

Explored other means to express the relevance to the changing world of music

Strayed from German traditions and form Defies listeners’ expectations Wrote solely for expert listeners

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Christopher Smith Born into Jewish family Music declared degenerate music during rise of

the Nazis Self taught composer Painter, music theorist, composition teacher Had a fear of the number 13, and died on Friday

13 Interested in Sigmund Freud’s experiments of the

subconscious

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Isms and ideas Avant-garde Atonality Developing variation Polyphony Serialism Dodecaphonic