The Four Temperaments Paul Hindermith

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The Four TemperamentsPaul Hindermiths Music
Transformed by Dance

• Julia Cherlow
• Cailean Cooke
• David Long
• Jay Ottovegio

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The Four Temperaments

• Melancholic
• pensive
• ruled by physical body
• marked by despair, frustration
• cautious to embrace new courses of action

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The Four Temperaments

• 2. Sanguine
• Latin meaning blood
• extroverted, confident
• represents nervous system and astral body
• conform with popular ideas
• rush from experience to experience

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The Four Temperaments

• 3. Phlegmatic
• stabilizing forces in group situations
• introverted and impassive

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The Four Temperaments

• 4. Choleric
• forcefulness of will
• must have their own way
• strength is zeal, weakness is anger
• easily agitated, ruled by impulse
• unlikely to judge or offend others

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Paul Hindemith(1865-1963)

• Composed musical component in 1940
• One of four founders of musical modernism
• Inspired by Bach
• Representative of neo-classical school
• One of greatest German composers of century

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George Balanchine (1904-1983)

• Choreographed ballet in 1946
• Founded New York City Ballet
• Formulated American style of ballet characterized
  by quick, precise, syncopated movement

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Hindemiths Composition

• Instrumentals comprised of strings supplemented
  by piano
• Broken up into three themes, four temperaments
• Draws on characteristics associated with the
  humors
• Neo-classic in style

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Transformation to Ballet

• Emphasis on simplicity
• Lack of set
• Minimal lighting effects
• No real costumingpractice attire
• Plotless
• Uninterrupted flow
• Why?

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Manifestation of Music in Movement

• Movement provides percussion to punctuate music
• Lean, angular style reflected in both mediums
• Syncopated movement corresponds to musical
  dynamic

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Manifestation of Music in Movement

• First theme
• Introductory strains of music reflected in
  salutation of movement
• Partnership illustrates burgeoning musical theme
• Convoluted shapes allude to neo-classical
  structure of music

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