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What was the general idea of music in the 20th century?
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"break the rules"
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What was used a lot in the music of the 20th century? like, what type of music was brought out?
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Folk music and incorporation of folk tales
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What were some examples of "instruments" that composers called for in the 20th century?
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Things like telephones and car horns
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What was unique about the harmony of the 20th century?
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No more distinction between consonant and dissonant chords; dissonance didn't create anticipation anymore
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2 traditional traids played together
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Polychords
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More than one key
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Polytonality
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No central tone/chord
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Atonality
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Each note has equal importance
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12 tone row
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Who came up with the idea of 12 tone row?
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Arnold schoenberg
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What was unique about rhythm in 20th century music?
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New emphasis on irregularity and unpredictability; many meters
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Repeated phrase
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Ostinato
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How did music relate to society?
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Performances were broadcast on radio/tv and huge political upheavals affected musicians (hitler and stalin)
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He was the bridge between romantic and 20th century music; his music evokes moods and atmospheres with descriptive titles and new use of damper pedal on the piano
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Claude Debussy
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French impressionist; stroke victim, aphasia; wrote "Bolero"
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Maurice Ravel
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American composer; studied voice, piano and composition at the Curtis Institute;violin concerto; criticized by his contemporaries; "Excursions"; some audiences were startled by the vastly different sound of new harmonies, dissonance, rhythem
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Samuel Barber
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