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