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At approximately 1890, impressionism in music begins in France. Impressionism is characterized by exotic scales, unresolved dissonances, parallel chords, free rhythms, and a general sense of vagueness.
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In approximately 1890, maximalism in music begins in Germany. Maximalism is characterized by extreme chromaticism, extreme sizes of performance groups, motivic complexity, and thick textures.
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Claude Debussy composes "Prelude to 'The Afternoon of a Faun'", an impressionist (symoblist in his opinion) tone poem based on the symbolist poen written by Stéphane Mallarmé.
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Richard Strauss composes "Salome", a maximalist opera.
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Richard Strauss composes "Elektra", a maximalist opera.
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At approximately 1910, epressionism in music begins in Germany and Austria. Expressionism focused on freeing music from tonality and chord progression rules.
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Igor Stravinsky composes "The Rite of Spring", and exressionist ballet piece. The piece alongside the ballet recieved polarizing reviews due to it's radical nature.
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Arnold Shoenberg develops the 12 tone method, otherwise known as serialism.