20th Century Music - WIP

20th Century Music - WIP

1. Neo-Classicism

2. Nationalism

3. Impressionism

4. Expressionism

   • Styles in that Period
     • Serialism
       • Definition
         • 12 Tone system, created by Schoenberg, which involved rearranging the 12 chromatic notes of an octave into a set order
       • Features
         • Tone Row
         • Klangfarbenmelodie
     • Minimalism
       • Definition
         • Western music style which tends to very repetitive and sparse. It fuses ideas from different musical sources
       • Features
         • Metamorphasis
         • Phasing
         • Layering patterns
         • No real tune
       • Techniques
         • Note addition/substraction
         • Metamorphasis
         • Add/remove notes/rests
   • Key Features
     • Intensely emotional
     • angular, spiky melodies
     • dissonance
     • mainly atonal
     • contrasting dynamics
     • short music motifs
   • Composer
     • Arnold Schoenberg
       • Peripetie

5. Aleatorism