Twentieth Century Flashcards
(31 cards)
1
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Atonality/bitonality/polytonality
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None
2
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Ballet
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None
3
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Berg, Alban
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None
4
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Brass quintet
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None
5
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Cage, John
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None
6
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Chamber music - 20th century
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Mostly concert or recital Halls (anywhere)
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Concerto - 20th century
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None
8
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Copland, Aaron
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None
9
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Debussy, Claude
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None
10
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Electro-acoustic music
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None
11
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Expressionism
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Characterized as using harsh words to portray strong emotions
12
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Extended techniques
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An example is prepared piano
13
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Impressionism
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Usually Debussy or Ravel
14
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Indeterminacy/aleatory music/chance music
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None
15
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Ives, Charles
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None
16
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Mass
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None
17
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Mass - 20th century
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None
18
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Musique concrete
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None
19
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Nationalism
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None
20
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Opera
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None
21
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Pierrot ensemble
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None
22
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Polyrhythm/polymeter/irregular meter/mixed meter
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None
23
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Prepared piano
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None
24
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Quoting/Borrowing
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None
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Schoenberg, Arnold
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Serialism/twelve-tone system
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Sprechstimme
Speaking on pitch
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Stravinsky, Igor
1882-1971
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Symphony
None
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Webern, Anton
None
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Whole-tone scale
None
