Across
- 2. a method of composition developed by Arnold Schoenberg in which the twelve pitches of the octave are ordered and strictly manipulated
- 6. an early 20th century movement in art, music, and literature in Germany and Austria
- 9. a sequence of chords consisting of intervals that do not change as the chord moves; also referred to as parallel motion
- 11. a late 19th century movement in the arts that emphasized suggestion rather than precise reference
- 14. a 20th-century movement involving a return to the style and form of older music, particularly 18th-century music
- 15. an early 20th century philosophy of composition with an emphasis on innovation and change
- 16. in the most advanced style
- 17. a five-note scale (familiar from folk music) playable on the black notes of a keyboard
- 18. an eight-note scale (used by Stravinsky and others) consisting of half and whole steps in alternation
Down
- 1. an ordering of all twelve notes of the chromatic scale, used in composing serial music
- 3. a vocal style developed by Schoenberg, in between singing and speaking
- 4. the technique of composing with a series; generally a twelve-tone series
- 5. a French artistic movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries
- 7. a scale, sometimes used by Debussy, comprising only six notes to the octave, each a whole tone apart
- 8. the absence of any feeling of tonality
- 10. intervals or chords that sound relatively tense and unstable, as opposed to consonance
- 12. a set of variations on a short theme in the bass
- 13. intervals or chords that sound relatively stable and free of tension, as opposed to dissonance