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– Often highly dissonant
– Often Highly Complex
Composers: Elliot Carter |
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• Often highly dissonant
• Complex or simple
• Polyrhythms |
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• Modern sound
• Reaction to Avant-garde & Great Depression
Composers: Copland, Barber, Still |
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• Composer Oriented
• Performer Oriented
Composers: Cage |
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• Unprecedented demands made on performer
• Performer is often required to use unconventional techniques
Composers: Babbitt, Oliveros |
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• Steady pulse
• Slow rate of change
• Highly Repetitive
Composers: Terry Riley, Glass
(Song “In C”) |
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| New Romanticism/Postmodernism |
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• Return to tonality
• Steady Pulse
• May refer to past styles
Composers: Rochberg, Bolcom |
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