Section 6, Unit 3 Vocab Twentieth Century

French style of atmospheric music of the late nineteenth century

• impressionism

• expressionism

• Aleatoric music

• New romanticism

A musical style that combines tonal melody with exotic textures and timbres

• impressionism

• expressionism

• Aleatoric music

• New romanticism

Music in which composers deliberately leave parts of the composition and performance undetermined

• impressionism

• expressionism

• Aleatoric music

• New romanticism

A musical style that subjectively explores deep inner feelings

• impressionism

• expressionism

• Aleatoric music

• New romanticism

Discord in music, suggestion a state of tension

• atonal

• consonance

• dissonance

• tonality

Absence of tension or discord in music

• atonal

• consonance

• dissonance

• tonality

The quality of a system of pitches

• atonal

• consonance

• dissonance

• tonality

Without tonality or a tonal center

• atonal

• consonance

• dissonance

• tonality

Concluding movement or passage in a musical work

• finale

• retrograde

• inversion

• retrograde inversion

Sounded backwards

• finale

• retrograde

• inversion

• retrograde inversion