music

impressionism

• claude debussy and maurice ravel

• delicate, flowing

• whole tone and pentatonic scales

• dissonant

ostinatu

fixed repeating pattern (usually in lower texture)

pedal point

a single sustained note that is held while the rest of the harmony changes (usually in bass) > creates tensioin and dissonance

expressionism

• perrot lunaire

• wozzek

minimalism

• phasing

• steve reich and philip glass

experimentalism

• john cage

• weird

neo classism