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