MUSIC 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Neo-Romanticism, Wood Block, Ostinato
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Very common in north american composer and some european composers. Some current trends (minimalism and post-minimalism: barest essentials. Turns away from serialists: non-western ideas, primary composers: Reaction against big excesses you see in the 19th centurty and early 20th century. Rhythms going on at the same time. Composers bring the music down to the essential. Very chromatic melody not necessarily the same musical style with neoclassicist and neoromanticist. Very little variation and a lot of repitition. Minimal art first found expression in painting and sculpture. Composers of this style stripped their compositions down to the barest essentials, instead using repetition of melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic patterns with little variation. Turning away from the highly intellectual style of the serialists, minimalism points the listener"s attention to focus on a few basic details. Minimalists often incorporate non-western ideas, including sources from india and africa. Terry riley, steve reich, and philip glass are among the most noteworthy minimalists.
