Movement Characteristic - Some Key Followers
baroque harmonic complexity Bach, Vivaldi classical clarity, balance, and order; form rather than emotion Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart expressionism atonality or harmonic distortion for expressive effect Schoenberg impressionism focus on moods and emotions Debussy, Ravel nationalism incorporation of national elements such as folk songs or folk dances Grieg, Bartók, Dvoˇràk, Copland neoclassical return to classic forms Stravinsky realism portrayal of life as it is (in opera form) Bizet, Puccini romanticism emotion and picturesque expression over form and structure Mendelssohn, Liszt, Chopin
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