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