Music Of 20th Century Flashcards

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It is an art movement in painting that started in France in 1860.

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IMPRESSIONISM (in art)

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It is characterized by visual impression of the moment in terms of the shifting effect of color and light.

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IMPRESSIONISM (in art)

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Impressionist artists paint with many colors and their usual subjects are the outdoors: for example, _____ landscape.

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IMPRESSIONISM (in art)
- nature’s

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The name of the style was derived from the title of _______ work, Impression, soleil Levant.

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IMPRESSIONISM (in art)
-Claude Monet

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It was adapted from Art Impressionism.

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IMPRESSIONISM (in music)

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The French turned against Germans Romantic Music because for them Romantic music was ____, too _____ and ______.

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IMPRESSIONISM (in music)
- too heavy
- too pretentious
- too bombastic

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IMPRESSIONISM in music started and developed in _____.

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France

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What style of music is impressionism music?

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It is a style of music that makes use of sound to let the listener feel the moods that focus on the structure of music .

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MUSICAL ELEMENTS (Impressionism)

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• Rhythm
• Melody
• Form
• Harmony
• Texture
• Dynamics

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MUSICAL ELEMENTS (Impressionism)

Rythm

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• Vague and Free
• irregular phrases

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MUSICAL ELEMENTS (Impressionism)

Melody

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use of whole tone scales and
use of modality

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MUSICAL ELEMENTS (Impressionism)

Form

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use of short forms such as nocturne and prelude

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MUSICAL ELEMENTS (Impressionism)

Harmony

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use of primary intervals

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MUSICAL ELEMENTS (Impressionism)

Texture

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sonority (group of notes sounded simultaneously)

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MUSICAL ELEMENTS (Impressionism)

Dynamics

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written in French rather than Italian

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IMPRESSIONISM COMPOSERS

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• Claude Debussy
• Maurice Ravel

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COMPOSERS

Born in St. Germain en Laye, France

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Impressionism:

Claude Debussy

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COMPOSERS

Born on August 22, 1862

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Impressionism:

Claude Debussy

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COMPOSERS

His Parents were Manuel Achille Debussy and Victorine Manoury.

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Impressionism:

Claude Debussy

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COMPOSERS

His first formal school was the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 10.

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Impressionism:

Claude Debussy

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IMPRESSIONISM COMPOSERS

Enumerate Claude Debussy’s works/creation

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Fetes
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn
Nuages
Pelleas et Melisande
La Mer
Claire de Lune (Moonlight)

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COMPOSERS

Fetes

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Claude Debussy

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COMPOSERS

Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn

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Claude Debussy

Impressionism

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COMPOSERS

Nuages

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Claude Debussy

Impressionism

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COMPOSERS

Pelleas et Melisande

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Claude Debussy

Impressionism

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COMPOSERS

La Mer

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Claude Debussy

Impressionism

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COMPOSERS

Claire de Lune

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Claude Debussy

Impressionism

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COMPOSERS

Moonlight

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Claude Debussy

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COMPOSERS

He was born on march 7, 1875

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Maurice Ravel

Impressionism

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COMPOSERS

Born in Ciboure, France to a Basque mother and a Swiss father.

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Maurice Ravel

Impressionism

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COMPOSERS

He entered the Paris Conservatory at the age of 14

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Maurice Ravel

Impressionism

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IMPRESSIONISM COMPOSERS

Enumerate the works/creations of Maurice Ravel

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• Bolero
• Daphnis et Chloe
• Pavane for a Dead Princess
• Water Fountains
• Sonatine for Piano
• Miroirs (Mirrors)

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COMPOSERS

Bolero

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Maurice Ravel

Impressionism

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COMPOSERS

Daphnis et Chloe

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Maurice Ravel

Impressionism

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COMPOSERS

Pavane for a dead princess

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Maurice Ravel

Impressionism

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COMPOSERS

Water fountains

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Maurice Ravel

Impressionism

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COMPOSERS

Sonatine for piano

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Maurice Ravel

Impressionism

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COMPOSERS

Miroirs

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Maurice Ravel

Impressionism

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COMPOSERS

Mirrors

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Maurice Ravel

Impressionism

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originally borrowed from visual and literature during the early 20th century.

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EXPRESSIONISM (in art)

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EXPRESSIONISM (in art)

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It focuses on expressing one’s emotions, like angst, despair, anger and grief.

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Mainly in German

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EXPRESSIONISM in MUSIC

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EXPRESSIONISM in MUSIC

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It revealed the composer’s mind, instead of presenting an impression of the environment.

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It used _______ and the _______ scale, ____________ and _____________.

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EXPRESSIONISM in MUSIC
- atonality
- twelve-tone scale
- lacking stable
- and conventional harmonies

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MUSICAL ELEMENTS (expressionism)

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Melody
Harmony
Texture
Dynamics
Forms

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MUSICAL ELEMENTS (expressionism)

Melody

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Angular melodies

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MUSICAL ELEMENTS (expressionism)

Harmony

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ATONAL High Level of Dissonance

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MUSICAL ELEMENTS (expressionism)

Texture

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Constantly changing

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MUSICAL ELEMENTS (expressionism)

Dynamics

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Extreme contrasts

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MUSICAL ELEMENTS (expressionism)

Forms

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• Episodic
• Fragmentary

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EXPRESSIONISM COMPOSER

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Arnold Schoenberg

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EXPRESSIONISM COMPOSER

He was born in a working-class suburb of Vienna

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Arnold Schoenberg

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EXPRESSIONISM COMPOSER

Born on September 13, ____.

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1874

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EXPRESSIONISM COMPOSER

He taught himself ________, but took lessons in counterpoint.

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Music theory

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EXPRESSIONISM COMPOSER

Enumerate Arnold Schoenberg’s works/creations.

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• Pierrot Lunaire
• Prelude from suite for piano OP 25
• Pelleas and Melisande
• Peripetie
• Erwartung short opera
• Gurreleider
• Moses und Aron an opera
• Transfigured night

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ELECTRONIC MUSIC

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It refers to the music produced largely by electronic components (synthesizers, samplers, computers and drum machines)

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ELECTRONIC MUSIC employs electronic _______ and electronic _________ in its production.

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It employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production

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one of the largest developments of 20th century music.

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ELECTRONIC MUSIC

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It was introduced in the early 1950’s

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ELECTRONIC MUSIC

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The capacity of electronic machines such as synthesizers, amplifiers, tape recorders, and loudspeakers to create different sounds was given importance by 20th century composers like Edgar Varese and Karlheinz Stockhausen.

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ELECTRONIC MUSIC

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ELECTRONIC MUSIC

Examples of musical instruments:

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• synthesizers
• electronic organ
• electric guitar
• electric keyboard

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

a musical instrument which produce arrangement of electronic sounds

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Synthesizer

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

invented by Laurens Hammond in 1930.

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Electronic organ

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

It resembles an ordinary pipe organ

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Electronic organ

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

a string instrument which uses electric amplification

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Electric guitar

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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

reproduce the timbre of every note in a piano with accuracy it is also .

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Electronic keyboard

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ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPOSER

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Edgar Varese

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COMPOSER

French American composer born in Paris

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Edgar Varese

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COMPOSER

Pioneered Electronic music and combined Electronically generated sounds and subjected them to tapes

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Edgar Varese

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COMPOSER

Enumerate Edgar Varese’s works/creations

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• Ionisation
• Poeme Electronique
• Octandre
• Equatorial

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COMPOSER

Octandre

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Edgar Varese

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COMPOSERS

Ionisation

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Edgar Varese

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COMPOSERS

Equatorial

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Edgar

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COMPOSERS

Poeme Electronique

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Edgar

75
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Also called “aleatory music”.

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CHANCE MUSIC

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CHANCE MUSIC

What does aleatory mean?.

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aleatory; Latin word alea meaning “dice”.

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CHANCE MUSIC COMPOSER

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John Cage

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COMPOSER

born in Los Angeles, California, USA on September 5, 1912

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John Cage

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COMPOSERS

he is considered the father of indeterminism or aleatory music.

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John Cage

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COMPOSERS

he often relies on coin flips and dice rolls to decide where or how to place a certain note in his composition.

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John Cage

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COMPOSERS

Enumerate John Cage’s works/creations

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• A chant with claps
• Black mountain piece
• Greek ode
• Three easy pieces
• Triple paced no.2

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COMPOSERS

A chant with claps

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John Cage

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COMPOSERS

Black mountain piece

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John Cage

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COMPOSERS

Greek Ode

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John Cage

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COMPOSERS

Triple paced no.2

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John Cage

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They are free to create their own

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Impressionism (in music)

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Loud and complicated

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Expressionism (in music)

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Expressing emotions with exaggeration

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Expressionism (in music)

89
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How notes of Chance Music produced?

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Notes depends on the result of dice rolls

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John Cage often relies on _______ and ______ to decide where or how to place a certain note in his composition

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coin flips and dice rolls