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Chapter 16: Music of the 20th Century – Exploring the Arts

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This section includes readings that will provide an overview of major trends in the Modern era. The readings will specifically focus on impressionism, expressionism, and twelve-tone technique. It also provides specific information on composers and pieces created in those styles. This section includes the following pages: Let’s begin the study of our final historical period with an overview of major trends and composers from the era. As you read this page, please pay special attention to the fact that this description focuses on compositional techniques and very little is said about dominant genres. The 20th century was clearly a period of widespread experimentation, and many composers wanted the freedom to explore new compositional approaches without the restrictions and expectations that accompany traditional genres. Even when longstanding genres were used, composers felt very comfortable abandoning the traditional structures of those genres. At the turn of the century, music was char

Chapter 16: Music of the 20th Century – Exploring the Arts Skip to content Introduction to Impressionism, Expressionism, and Twelve-Tone This section includes readings that will provide an overview of major trends in the Modern era. The readings will specifically focus on impressionism, expressionism, and twelve-tone technique. It also provides specific information on composers and pieces created in those styles. This section includes the following pages: Music of the 20th Century Impressionism Claude Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Maurice Ravel Daphnis et Chloe Expressionism

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