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