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