20th Century Arts

20th Century Arts
By: Robert Niehoff, Angela Balcome, Starsha Vang, Tim Cox, Amber Vroman, Brett Clark-Hedlof, Hui Zhang, Yunfei Hua and Zhen Gu
Cinematography
Created during the 19th Century
Originally geared towards the upper class it wasn't long before the lower & middle were enjoying films as well
German Expressionism of the 1920s is said to have influence classic Hollywood film noir.
The Jazz Singer (1927) First full length film with synchronized dialogue


Nazi Regime and After
No films could be made that contradicted the ideas of the Nazi Party
Triumph of the Will (1935) Propaganda film created by Leni Riefenstahl of the Nuremberg Rally
Many of the films during this time were propaganda, racist, or comedies
Films and Information
1920s
Nosferatu (1922) ‘Dracula’
Redone in 1979 by Werener Herzog
1950s - Attendance was at an all time high during 1956             Main Genres: Heimatfilm ("homeland film"), romance, musicals, comedies
1960s - Less movie patrons             Main Genres: westerns, crime, thrillers, porn
1970s - New Cinema Era             Main Genres: Literature to Film, Feminist films
1980s -  Renewed international recognition for German films
Das Boot (1981)      
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Wings of Desire (1987)
1990s- Focused on independent films and horror movies
Lola Rennt (1998)
Dance
Schuhplatter
Bavarian/Austrian folk dance.
Originally, young men danced to impress marriageable young women.
The dance was a free of rules, but now the dance used traditional steps of a rhythmic hitting the thigh, knees, soles of the feet, and stomping of the feet.
Modern Dance
Rudolf von Laban and his student Mary Wigman had major influence
Began as a dance of experiementation.
Mary Wigman opened a school of dance in Dresden in 1920. However, the Nazis closed her school.
She reopened her school in 1948 in Berlin.
Early 20th Century Music
Cabaret
Rose during Weimar Republic (1920s)
Popular in night clubs
Type of stage entertainment
Similar to Burlesque
Swing
Banned by Nazi Germany because it was associated with “American ways” and promoted sexual promiscuity
Ernst Hermann Meyer
·    Born in Berlin on December 8th, 1905
·    At 11 he started composing
·    Get his PhD at Heidelburg University
·    He was Jewish so he went to the UK so he didn’t get killed by Nazi’s
·    He was one of the most influential music figures in the GDR
·    He was the head of the German Society of Composers and Musicologists, professor of musicology at the Berlin Humbolt University, chairman of the German Handel Society and founder of the annual Handel Festival which is still celebrated in some parts of Germany
·    Some of his works include: Symphony for strings, symphony in b flat and sonata for viola and piano (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrL8iTEeA2o&feature=related)
·    He died October 8th, 1988
Carl Orff
Born in Munich on July 10th, 1895
·    He started taking interest in music as early as five, at 16 some of his music was published
·    He participated and nearly died in ww1
·    He not only wrote music but he also wrote stories and plays
·    He co-founded the Gunther School for gymnastics, music and dance. He worked with mostly beginners and this is how he started to share his ideas of conducting
·    The first way he started this was with Elementare Musikubung, this ended up being too complex for the teachers to follow. He then created Schulwerk, which was much easier to do and get the kids involved in. This helped combine instruments, music and dancing.
·    Later on he created Musik fur Kider which also helps get children up and moving.
·    A lot of his accomplishments were geared towards teaching children and ways of getting them involved in music and such.
·    His most famous piece is his Carmina Burana sometimes known as O Fortuna (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkgcUEGEZv4&feature=fvst)
·    The translation of this song is pretty depressing. It basically about trying to overcome and failing miserably (http://www.puremango.co.uk/2008/03/o_fortuna_translation/)
·    He died March 29th, 1982


Modern Music
Rammestein
formed in 1994
sold 15 million albums worldwide.
Industrial Metal Genre.
Du Hast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My0HQ0QkGLQ
Rap music did not come about until the late 1980s, emerging most in 1995-early 2000s
Bushido- Nie Ein
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA7EB-J9TuA
                Expressionist Art                 Movement
This type of art distorted color, scale and space to convey their feelings about what they saw. 
Mostly from Dresden and Munich
Influenced from Van Gogh's evocative canvases

Works Cited
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//German_film_history
http://worldfilm.about.com/od/germanfilms/tp/germanfilms.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Germany#Cabaret
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressionism#Theatre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rammstein#cite_note-6
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_hip_hop
http://www.ranker.com/list/german-expressionism-paintings/reference