OVERVIEW of the 20th century
Focused on diverse types of music. Everything was new.
Genres
- Art Song - Song Cycle (20th Century)
- Chamber Music (20th Century)
- Mass (20th Century)
- Opera (20th Century)
- Symphony (20th Century)
- Unaccompanied Solos
Compositional Techniques
- Serialism
- Atonalty (20th Century)
- Polytonality
- Polyrhythm, Polymeter, Irregular meter, Mixed meter
- Indeterminancy
Styles
Performance Techniques
- Sprechstimme (vocal)
- Extended Technique (instrumental)
- Electroacoustic music