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(french) very beautiful, defined beginning of 20th century music and art. Expressed exterior feelings of happiness and beauty. Harp is introduced.
[Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun- Debussy] |
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“inside the box” using the form from an earlier period but using harmonies from 20th century.
[Symphony of Psalms- Stravinsky] |
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(german) Very harsh, dissonant, an artistic movement which expressed intense subjective emotion. Tonal opposite of impressionism
[Wozzeck- Berg] |
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“Style of music that takes from language, culture and historical references of a nation found in legends, myths, dances, landscapes, references,“ expresses a composer's nationality with the use of folk songs central to a particular nation/nationality.
[Appalachian Spring- Copland] |
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Style of music that offers insistent rhythms and use of defined percussive sounds. (sounds tribal on purpose)
[Rite of Spring- Stravinsky] |
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use of an ordered set of pitches based on a numerical pattern.
[Composition for Synthesizer- Milton Babbitt] |
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insistent repetitions, melodic passages that evolve and change.
[Short Ride on a Fast Machine- Adams] |
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Outside the norm, braking tradition, experimental, ahead of its' time.
[Poeme Electronique] |
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composition chosen by chance and performance is not specified.
[4:33- John Cage] |
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inserting quotations from existing pieces into a new work.
[Concerto Grosso- Ellen Zwilich] |
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the use of a variety of techniques in a single work that are relatively alien to the composer
[Symphony #3- Lutoslawski] |
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