Atonality - composing music with no tonal center. Using dissonant chords
Twelve tone method - composing music using a tone row of chromatic tones that stay in order throughout the piece. The tone row can appear in retrograde, inversion, and retrograde inversion
Expressionism - using music to express the composer's emotion and state of mind
Impressionism - using tone color to create a feeling similar to those of Impressionistic paintings. The harmonies are brief and hazy sounding.
Chance music - the composer only dictates a portion of the elements of the composition. The rest is up to the musicians or the audience.
Minimalism - music that may include the repetition of a phrase or specific tone, droning or steady long tones, constant harmony and a steady pulse
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D. 20th century
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20th century music consists of a lot of characteristics. Here are a few examples: Repitition Tone/colour Phasing
What was the era in 1912?
1868 was in the 19th century.