Darmstadt School
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The Darmstadt School was a mid-20th-century avant-garde movement in European classical music centered around the Darmstadt Summer Courses, known for its promotion of serialism and other radical compositional techniques.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
European classical music movement
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avant-garde music movement ⓘ |
| aim |
international exchange among avant-garde composers
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promotion of radical compositional techniques ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedInstitution | Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
experimental music
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high modernism in music ⓘ structuralism in music ⓘ |
| centeredAround |
Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music
NERFINISHED
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Darmstädter Ferienkurse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreTechnique |
atonality
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integral serialism ⓘ pointillistic texture ⓘ rhythmic serialization ⓘ timbre serialization ⓘ total organization of musical parameters ⓘ twelve-tone technique ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
dogmatism
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intellectualism ⓘ rejection of tonality ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary classical music ⓘ |
| historicalContext | reconstruction of German musical culture after World War II ⓘ |
| influenced |
European new music
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electronic music aesthetics ⓘ post-serial composition ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alban Berg
NERFINISHED
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Anton Webern NERFINISHED ⓘ Arnold Schoenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Viennese School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
French
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Italian ⓘ primarily German ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Darmstadt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementIn |
European avant-garde
NERFINISHED
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post-war modernism ⓘ serial music ⓘ |
| notableComposer |
Bruno Maderna
NERFINISHED
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Franco Evangelisti NERFINISHED ⓘ György Ligeti NERFINISHED ⓘ Henri Pousseur NERFINISHED ⓘ Karel Goeyvaerts NERFINISHED ⓘ Karlheinz Stockhausen NERFINISHED ⓘ Luciano Berio NERFINISHED ⓘ Luigi Nono NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierre Boulez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
mid-20th century
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post-World War II era ⓘ |
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