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Quick questions on Twentieth-century styles overview explained: O-Level Music
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What is impressionism?Show answer
Impressionism keeps a sense of tonal colour but blurs the key for atmosphere:
What is atonality?Show answer
Atonality abandons a key centre altogether:
What is neoclassicism?Show answer
Neoclassicism looks back to the clarity of earlier periods:
What is minimalism?Show answer
Minimalism builds music from small repeating units:
What is q1?Show answer
Explain why twentieth-century composers moved away from traditional tonality. [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Describe the characteristic sound of impressionism. [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
State two features that identify minimalism by ear. [2 marks]
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