20th Century Movements
Neoclassicism, Expressionism, Modernism, Minimalism, Experimentalism, Impressionism

MODERNISM

• Rejection of fundamentals - What is Music?
• Encompasses/inlfuences later movements
• Innovativation
• John Cage 1912-1992
• 4'33"

NEOCLASSICISM

• Neo - New; new classicism or revival of classicism
• Less grand, use of smaller/lighter instrumentation
• Return to tonality
• Using form/genres - concerto, suite, etc.
• Return to absolute music - music not connected with text

NEOCLASSICISM COMPOSERS

• Igor Stravinsky 1882-1971
• Rite of Spring, Firebird Suite
• Paul Hindemith 1895-1963
• Symphonic Metamorphis of Themes

EXPRESSIONISM

• Confronting human emotion
• Primitive
• Atonality

EXPRESSIONIST COMPOSERS

• Second Viennese School
• Arnold Schoenberg 1847-1951
• Anton Webern 1883-1945
• Alban Berg 1885-1935

IMPRESSIONISM

• Less structured, moves from idea to idea
• Extended tonality
• Fluid
• Claude Debussy 1862-1918
• Claire de Lune

MINIMALISM

• Slow/little change in musical elements
• Experiments with silence, brevity, repeition
• Phillip Glass 1937
• Einstein in the Beach

EXPERIMENTALISM

• Music that begins to use electronics, tape, anud differrent sounds
• Microtonal
• Heavy influence of techonolgy - live vs recorded
• Chance music
• "Prepared" instruments

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