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counterpoint/contrapuntal

Music; Classical

The combination of two or more simultaneously moving musical lines into a single pleasing harmonic/melodic texture.

tritone

Music; Classical

A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.

nationalism

Music; Classical

Music incorporating materials which affirm a particular national or ethnic identity, analogous to similar intellectual and artistic developments in 19th century European and ...

neoclassical

Music; Classical

A 20th century style of composition exhibiting a return to the use of structural forms and stylistic features employed in earlier times.

neoclassicism

Music; Classical

See Classicism.

New England School

Music; Classical

Late 19th century group of Germanic tradition-trained New England composers who aimed to create a music which was distinctly American but within the contemporary German esthetic.