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