Pointillism

Pointillism is a style of painting in which non-primary colors are generated, not by the mixing of pigments in the palette nor by using pigments directly, but by the visual mixing of points of primary colors, placed in close proximity to each other.

Pointillism in music

The term pointillism was later borrowed by musicians to describe a style of composition first seen in the works of Anton Webern and used by his followers such as Pierre Boulez through the 1950s and 1960s, in which carefully chosen sounds of different timbres, each apparently standing in isolation rather than linking up to form more obviously melodic relationships, make up the piece. See also: micromontage (transient), microsound, and granular synthesis.

Related Topics:
Music - Anton Webern - Pierre Boulez - Timbre - Melodic - Micromontage - Transient - Microsound - Granular synthesis

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