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