September 2010
Beginner
376 pages
12h 7m
English
As the 20th century reached its conclusion, composers again experimented with the time-continuum as a musical starting point. But this time, all the other elements of music were included as well.
To put it in list form, postminimalism includes the following attributes:
• a steady pulse, either throughout the movement or the whole piece
• a tonal framework consisting of a few different pitches—rhythm is the concentrated aspect of this music
• even dynamics; music lacks loud/soft climaxes or nuances
• no linear formal framework, which makes postminimalism ...
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