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  2. Composition (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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    Arrangement: for example, use of the golden mean or the rule of thirds; Lines; Rhythm; Illumination or lighting; Repetition (sometimes building into pattern; rhythm also comes into play, as does geometry) Perspective; Breaking the rules can create tension or unease, yet it can add interest to the picture if used carefully

  3. Minimal music - Wikipedia

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    Minimal music (also called minimalism) [2] [3] is a form of art music or other compositional practice that employs limited or minimal musical materials. Prominent features of minimalist music include repetitive patterns or pulses, steady drones, consonant harmony, and reiteration of musical phrases or smaller units.

  4. Rhythm - Wikipedia

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    Thus, the loop of interdependence of rhythm and tempo is overcome due to the simplicity criterion, which "optimally" distributes the complexity of perception between rhythm and tempo. In the above example, the repetition is recognized because of additional repetition of the melodic contour, which results in a certain redundancy of the musical ...

  5. Minimalism - Wikipedia

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    In visual arts, music and other media, minimalism is an art movement that began in the post-war era in Western art. The movement is often interpreted as a reaction to abstract expressionism and modernism; it anticipated contemporary post-minimal art practices, which extend or reflect on minimalism's original objectives. [1]

  6. Ternary form - Wikipedia

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    Baroque opera arias and a considerable number of baroque sacred music arias was dominated by the Da capo aria which were in the ABA form. A frequent model of the form began with a long A section in a major key, a short B section in a relative minor key mildly developing the thematic material of the A section and then a repetition of the A section. [4]

  7. Repetition (music) - Wikipedia

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    Repeat sign. Repetition is important in music, where sounds or sequences are often repeated. It may be called restatement, such as the restatement of a theme.While it plays a role in all music, with noise and musical tones lying along a spectrum from irregular to periodic sounds, it is especially prominent in specific styles.

  8. Musical form - Wikipedia

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    In music, form refers to the structure of a musical composition or performance.In his book, Worlds of Music, Jeff Todd Titon suggests that a number of organizational elements may determine the formal structure of a piece of music, such as "the arrangement of musical units of rhythm, melody, and/or harmony that show repetition or variation, the arrangement of the instruments (as in the order of ...

  9. Through-composed music - Wikipedia

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    This stands in contrast to the practice, as for example occurs in Mozart's Italian- and German-language operas, of having a collection of songs interrupted by recitative or spoken dialogue. [4] Examples of the modern trend towards through-composed works in musical theater include the works of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Claude-Michel Schönberg.