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