Post-Romanticism (1890-1930)

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    Eugene Paul Gauguin

    Symbolist/Impressionist Artist
  • Gustav Mahler

    Gustav Mahler
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    Gustav Mahler

    A composer who expanded symphonies, and can be found in the Maximalism genre.
  • Claude Debussy

    Claude Debussy
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    Claude Debussy

    He did not consider himself and impressionist, more of a symbolist. He was one of the most important French Composers of the early 20th Century.
  • Richard Strauss

    Richard Strauss
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    Richard Strauss

    Supported Wagner’s use of chromaticism. He was famous for his tone poems and operas!
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Arnold Schoenberg
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    Arnold Schoenberg

    Schoenberg led the expressionism movement in Germany. He created the 12 tone system, which created atonality.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Maurice Ravel
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    Maurice Ravel

    French Impressionist Composer
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Igor Stravinsky
  • Leopold Stokowski

    Leopold Stokowski
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    Igor Stravinsky

    Style: Ostinati, Harsh, Brash, Rhythmically Complex, Essentially Tonal but with sharp dissonance, self borrowed.
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    Leopold Stokowski

    British conductor
  • Alban Berg

    Alban Berg
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    Alban Berg

    Austrian Composer of the Second Viennese School. From the expressionism genre.
  • Impressionism

    This type of genre abandons all traditional chord progressions and does not have major melodies etc. The entire piece more than likely will sound the same for the most part. Extremely VAGUE. Very dream-like style. Harps and flutes are very favored in this genre.
  • Expressionism

    Started in Germany with Arnold Schoenberg. This is the most rebellious genre in the Post-Romanticism period. Extremely emotional, melodies were optional and harmonies are impossible to analyze. See 12 tone technique.
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    Maximalism

    This genre pushed extremes, was post-Wagnerian. It is very thick in motives and themes, which made it difficult to reduce the scoring. Mahler and Strauss are notable composers for this genre. Maximalism can be seen most often in orchestral music.
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    Post-Romanticism

    During this time period, music was experiencing very radical changes. Not one style dominated the time period. A lot of rule breaking happened here!
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    Neo- Classicism

    This genre was a bit of a return to styles from the 18th century, with some modern techniques implemented.Began with the revival of Bach.
  • Sprechstimme

    A new type of singing by Schoenberg and Berg.
  • The Rite of Spring

    The Rite of Spring
    Ballet by Stravinsky, who was obsessed with the number 13, choreographed by Vaslan Nijinsky, produced by Sergey Diaghilev, with costumes by Pablo Picasso.
  • WWI

    WWI
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    World War I

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    Dadaism

    Anti-art thinking. Genre against war. People from all arts came together for this time.
  • Primitivism

    Western visual art movement, folklike. See Rite of Spring
  • 12 Tone Technique

    12 Tone Technique
    Invented by Schoenberg in the 1920s, which worked around atonality, or avoiding tonal constructions. Made random sounding music.
  • Richard Taruskin

    Richard Taruskin
    Brave musicologist that uggested renaming the music between the 19th and 20th century.