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Eugene Paul Gauguin
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Gustav Mahler
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Gustav Mahler
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Claude Debussy
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Claude Debussy
He did not consider himself and impressionist, more of a symbolist. He was one of the most important French Composers of the early 20th Century. -
Richard Strauss
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Richard Strauss
Supported Wagner’s use of chromaticism. He was famous for his tone poems and operas! -
Arnold Schoenberg
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Arnold Schoenberg
Schoenberg led the expressionism movement in Germany. He created the 12 tone system, which created atonality. -
Maurice Ravel
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Maurice Ravel
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Igor Stravinsky
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Leopold Stokowski
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Igor Stravinsky
Style: Ostinati, Harsh, Brash, Rhythmically Complex, Essentially Tonal but with sharp dissonance, self borrowed. -
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Leopold Stokowski
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Alban Berg
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Alban Berg
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Impressionism
This type of genre abandons all traditional chord progressions and does not have major melodies etc. The entire piece more than likely will sound the same for the most part. Extremely VAGUE. Very dream-like style. Harps and flutes are very favored in this genre. -
Expressionism
Started in Germany with Arnold Schoenberg. This is the most rebellious genre in the Post-Romanticism period. Extremely emotional, melodies were optional and harmonies are impossible to analyze. See 12 tone technique. -
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Maximalism
This genre pushed extremes, was post-Wagnerian. It is very thick in motives and themes, which made it difficult to reduce the scoring. Mahler and Strauss are notable composers for this genre. Maximalism can be seen most often in orchestral music. -
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Post-Romanticism
During this time period, music was experiencing very radical changes. Not one style dominated the time period. A lot of rule breaking happened here! -
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Neo- Classicism
This genre was a bit of a return to styles from the 18th century, with some modern techniques implemented.Began with the revival of Bach. -
Sprechstimme
A new type of singing by Schoenberg and Berg. -
The Rite of Spring
Ballet by Stravinsky, who was obsessed with the number 13, choreographed by Vaslan Nijinsky, produced by Sergey Diaghilev, with costumes by Pablo Picasso. -
WWI
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World War I
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Dadaism
Anti-art thinking. Genre against war. People from all arts came together for this time. -
Primitivism
Western visual art movement, folklike. See Rite of Spring -
12 Tone Technique
Invented by Schoenberg in the 1920s, which worked around atonality, or avoiding tonal constructions. Made random sounding music. -
Richard Taruskin
Brave musicologist that uggested renaming the music between the 19th and 20th century.