Avant-garde
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Where the notes of the melody are passed between instruments
Emphasis on rhythm and percussive elements
Very emotional, often hysterical
Revival of 17th century ideas and concepts
More musical than recitative
OCD twelve tone – everything is organized mathematically: form, melody, harmony, rhythm, etc.
Somewhat obscure – harkening back to minimalism
Music organized to use all twelve tones of the scale – dodecaphonic
French style with emphasis on colour, not rhythm
Simultaneous use of more than one tonal centre
Slowly evolving patterns
Experimental artists or composers
Use of chance or random methods
Melody in one key, accompaniment in another
Aleatoricism
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Where the notes of the melody are passed between instruments
Emphasis on rhythm and percussive elements
Very emotional, often hysterical
Revival of 17th century ideas and concepts
More musical than recitative
OCD twelve tone – everything is organized mathematically: form, melody, harmony, rhythm, etc.
Somewhat obscure – harkening back to minimalism
Music organized to use all twelve tones of the scale – dodecaphonic
French style with emphasis on colour, not rhythm
Simultaneous use of more than one tonal centre
Slowly evolving patterns
Experimental artists or composers
Use of chance or random methods
Melody in one key, accompaniment in another
Expressionism
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Where the notes of the melody are passed between instruments
Emphasis on rhythm and percussive elements
Very emotional, often hysterical
Revival of 17th century ideas and concepts
More musical than recitative
OCD twelve tone – everything is organized mathematically: form, melody, harmony, rhythm, etc.
Somewhat obscure – harkening back to minimalism
Music organized to use all twelve tones of the scale – dodecaphonic
French style with emphasis on colour, not rhythm
Simultaneous use of more than one tonal centre
Slowly evolving patterns
Experimental artists or composers
Use of chance or random methods
Melody in one key, accompaniment in another
Serialism
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Where the notes of the melody are passed between instruments
Emphasis on rhythm and percussive elements
Very emotional, often hysterical
Revival of 17th century ideas and concepts
More musical than recitative
OCD twelve tone – everything is organized mathematically: form, melody, harmony, rhythm, etc.
Somewhat obscure – harkening back to minimalism
Music organized to use all twelve tones of the scale – dodecaphonic
French style with emphasis on colour, not rhythm
Simultaneous use of more than one tonal centre
Slowly evolving patterns
Experimental artists or composers
Use of chance or random methods
Melody in one key, accompaniment in another
Total serialism
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Where the notes of the melody are passed between instruments
Emphasis on rhythm and percussive elements
Very emotional, often hysterical
Revival of 17th century ideas and concepts
More musical than recitative
OCD twelve tone – everything is organized mathematically: form, melody, harmony, rhythm, etc.
Somewhat obscure – harkening back to minimalism
Music organized to use all twelve tones of the scale – dodecaphonic
French style with emphasis on colour, not rhythm
Simultaneous use of more than one tonal centre
Slowly evolving patterns
Experimental artists or composers
Use of chance or random methods
Melody in one key, accompaniment in another
Polytonal
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Where the notes of the melody are passed between instruments
Emphasis on rhythm and percussive elements
Very emotional, often hysterical
Revival of 17th century ideas and concepts
More musical than recitative
OCD twelve tone – everything is organized mathematically: form, melody, harmony, rhythm, etc.
Somewhat obscure – harkening back to minimalism
Music organized to use all twelve tones of the scale – dodecaphonic
French style with emphasis on colour, not rhythm
Simultaneous use of more than one tonal centre
Slowly evolving patterns
Experimental artists or composers
Use of chance or random methods
Melody in one key, accompaniment in another
Minimalism
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Where the notes of the melody are passed between instruments
Emphasis on rhythm and percussive elements
Very emotional, often hysterical
Revival of 17th century ideas and concepts
More musical than recitative
OCD twelve tone – everything is organized mathematically: form, melody, harmony, rhythm, etc.
Somewhat obscure – harkening back to minimalism
Music organized to use all twelve tones of the scale – dodecaphonic
French style with emphasis on colour, not rhythm
Simultaneous use of more than one tonal centre
Slowly evolving patterns
Experimental artists or composers
Use of chance or random methods
Melody in one key, accompaniment in another
Impressionism
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Where the notes of the melody are passed between instruments
Emphasis on rhythm and percussive elements
Very emotional, often hysterical
Revival of 17th century ideas and concepts
More musical than recitative
OCD twelve tone – everything is organized mathematically: form, melody, harmony, rhythm, etc.
Somewhat obscure – harkening back to minimalism
Music organized to use all twelve tones of the scale – dodecaphonic
French style with emphasis on colour, not rhythm
Simultaneous use of more than one tonal centre
Slowly evolving patterns
Experimental artists or composers
Use of chance or random methods
Melody in one key, accompaniment in another
Primitivism
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Where the notes of the melody are passed between instruments
Emphasis on rhythm and percussive elements
Very emotional, often hysterical
Revival of 17th century ideas and concepts
More musical than recitative
OCD twelve tone – everything is organized mathematically: form, melody, harmony, rhythm, etc.
Somewhat obscure – harkening back to minimalism
Music organized to use all twelve tones of the scale – dodecaphonic
French style with emphasis on colour, not rhythm
Simultaneous use of more than one tonal centre
Slowly evolving patterns
Experimental artists or composers
Use of chance or random methods
Melody in one key, accompaniment in another
Neoclassicism
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Where the notes of the melody are passed between instruments
Emphasis on rhythm and percussive elements
Very emotional, often hysterical
Revival of 17th century ideas and concepts
More musical than recitative
OCD twelve tone – everything is organized mathematically: form, melody, harmony, rhythm, etc.
Somewhat obscure – harkening back to minimalism
Music organized to use all twelve tones of the scale – dodecaphonic
French style with emphasis on colour, not rhythm
Simultaneous use of more than one tonal centre
Slowly evolving patterns
Experimental artists or composers
Use of chance or random methods
Melody in one key, accompaniment in another
Post-minimalism
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Where the notes of the melody are passed between instruments
Emphasis on rhythm and percussive elements
Very emotional, often hysterical
Revival of 17th century ideas and concepts
More musical than recitative
OCD twelve tone – everything is organized mathematically: form, melody, harmony, rhythm, etc.
Somewhat obscure – harkening back to minimalism
Music organized to use all twelve tones of the scale – dodecaphonic
French style with emphasis on colour, not rhythm
Simultaneous use of more than one tonal centre
Slowly evolving patterns
Experimental artists or composers
Use of chance or random methods
Melody in one key, accompaniment in another
Polytonal
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Where the notes of the melody are passed between instruments
Emphasis on rhythm and percussive elements
Very emotional, often hysterical
Revival of 17th century ideas and concepts
More musical than recitative
OCD twelve tone – everything is organized mathematically: form, melody, harmony, rhythm, etc.
Somewhat obscure – harkening back to minimalism
Music organized to use all twelve tones of the scale – dodecaphonic
French style with emphasis on colour, not rhythm
Simultaneous use of more than one tonal centre
Slowly evolving patterns
Experimental artists or composers
Use of chance or random methods
Melody in one key, accompaniment in another
Sprechstimme
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Where the notes of the melody are passed between instruments
Emphasis on rhythm and percussive elements
Very emotional, often hysterical
Revival of 17th century ideas and concepts
More musical than recitative
OCD twelve tone – everything is organized mathematically: form, melody, harmony, rhythm, etc.
Somewhat obscure – harkening back to minimalism
Music organized to use all twelve tones of the scale – dodecaphonic
French style with emphasis on colour, not rhythm
Simultaneous use of more than one tonal centre
Slowly evolving patterns
Experimental artists or composers
Use of chance or random methods
Melody in one key, accompaniment in another
Klangfarbenmelodie
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Where the notes of the melody are passed between instruments
Emphasis on rhythm and percussive elements
Very emotional, often hysterical
Revival of 17th century ideas and concepts
More musical than recitative
OCD twelve tone – everything is organized mathematically: form, melody, harmony, rhythm, etc.
Somewhat obscure – harkening back to minimalism
Music organized to use all twelve tones of the scale – dodecaphonic
French style with emphasis on colour, not rhythm
Simultaneous use of more than one tonal centre
Slowly evolving patterns
Experimental artists or composers
Use of chance or random methods
Melody in one key, accompaniment in another
