Minimalist music

Minimalist music is a genre of post-1960s classical music and experimental music which displays some or all of the following features:

Related Topics:
1960s - Classical music - Experimental music

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• emphasis on consonant harmony, if not functional tonality;
• reiteration of musical phrases or smaller units such as figures, motifs, and cells, with subtle, gradual, and/or infrequent variation (no musical development) over long periods of time, possibly limited to simple repetition;
• stasis, often in the form of drones, pulses, and/or long tones.

The term minimalist music is derived from the concept of minimalism, which was earlier applied to the visual arts.

Related Topics:
Minimalism - Visual arts

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