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    Expressionism was a 20th century musical movement that revealed the composer's inner emotions rather than impressions of the environment. It used atonality without stable harmonies to express strong feelings like anxiety, rage, and alienation. Composers experimented with new ways of organizing tones without a central pitch or tonality, creating atonal music. Arnold Schoenberg was a key figure who taught himself music theory and created highly experimental atonal works that were met with strong public hostility or enthusiastic support.

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    Expressionism was a 20th century musical movement that revealed the composer's inner emotions rather than impressions of the environment. It used atonality without stable harmonies to express strong feelings like anxiety, rage, and alienation. Composers experimented with new ways of organizing tones without a central pitch or tonality, creating atonal music. Arnold Schoenberg was a key figure who taught himself music theory and created highly experimental atonal works that were met with strong public hostility or enthusiastic support.

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    Expressionism was a 20th century musical movement that revealed the composer's inner emotions rather than impressions of the environment. It used atonality without stable harmonies to express strong feelings like anxiety, rage, and alienation. Composers experimented with new ways of organizing tones without a central pitch or tonality, creating atonal music. Arnold Schoenberg was a key figure who taught himself music theory and created highly experimental atonal works that were met with strong public hostility or enthusiastic support.

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    EXPRESSIONISM

    20th CENTURY MUSIC


    EXPRESSIONISM
    • Expressionism revealed the composer’s mind, instead of
    presenting an impression of the environment. It used
    atonality and the twelve-tone scale, lacking stable and
    conventional harmonies. It served as a medium for
    expressing strong emotions, such as anxiety, rage, and
    alienation.
    EXPRESSIONISM
    • The followers of this movement believe that this world is full of
    tension and people are irrational, rebellious and scared to be alone.
    • Serious art music composers began to experiment with new and
    different ways of organizing tones or pitch. This new music avoided
    any one specific pitch center or any specific tonality. Music in which
    tonality is absent is defined as atonal.
    ARNOLD
    SCHOENBERG
    (1874-1951)
    • Arnold Schoenberg was born in a working-class
    suburb of Vienna, Austria on September 13,
    1874. He taught himself music theory
    • His works were met with extreme reactions,
    either strong hostility from the general public or
    enthusiastic acclaim from his supporters.

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