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