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| French artistic movement of the late 19th/early 20th century; Vague forms/rhythms; extended harmonies; colorful orchestrations |
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| Late 19th century artistic movement that stressed suggestion over precision; linked w/ impressionism |
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| Early 20th century artistic movement in Germany & Austria; concerned w/ showing raw, often disturbing emotional states |
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| Compositional technique developed by Schoenberg in which all 12 tones of the chromatic scale are used as a structural unit. |
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| Reaction to Expressionism & Serialism; Similar in style to Romantic music. |
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| Music in which some or all sounds are generated or manipulated electronically |
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| Late 20th century musical style that uses repetitive patterns and surface-level figuration combined with slow or static harmonic foundations. |
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| Music which is structured by indeterminacy, or chance. |
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lack of developmental techniques,
freeform, lack of tonal structure
non-functional harmony
use techniques of old composers, but not structure |
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| Serialist, very mechanical, link to old tradition, still writes gigues, not trying to redefine a genre, rhythmic and motivic unity |
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neo-romantic, identifies himself with the common man
chooses to write in an accessible way
rejects academic serialism
nationalist: american folk music/style
use of pentatonic scales
simple harmonic influence of jazz and blues |
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| music with recorded sounds |
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| use of spoken word in music |
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