neoclassical

Neoclassicism (also spelled Neo-classicism) was a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity.

Neoclassicism in Music It is a 20th-century movement that developed between World War I and World War II, and it was a reaction to the lush sounds and dramatic music of the Romantic period. You won't hear emotional soaring passages in neoclassical music. Instead, it focuses on order, balance, and emotional restraint.

Neoclassical then refers to any compositional styles following this brief, especially between 1917 to 1930. Many refer specifically to works by Igor Stravinsky, Paul Hindemith, Arthur Honegger or Dmitri Shostakovich.

Neoclassicism, meaning 'new classicism' ('classicus' means 'highest' or 'best' in Latin), refers to a movement in the 18th and 19th Centuries which took inspiration from the Classical worlds of ancient Greece (8th to 4th Centuries BC) and Rome (5th to 1st Centuries BC).

Neoclassicism was so named because writers imitated the classical structures of the Romans and Greeks of ancient times. Between 1660 and 1798, writers created works that embraced logic and reason and eschewed the ideas of the Enlightenment.

The primary Neoclassicist belief was that art should express the ideal virtues in life and could improve the viewer by imparting a moralizing message.

Neoclassicism in theater is characterized by the purity of theatrical form, five acts, realism, decorum or restraint, and purpose. The dominant forms of the theater during this period were tragedies, which focused on the upper social classes, and comedies, which focused on the lower social classes.

Composers who returned to the sounds and structures of the classics and used them as a model were called neoclassicists and created a new genre of music often identified as neoclassicism. It is commonly understood that the composer Igor Stravinsky and his contemporaries created this genre of music in the 1920s.

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Defining Characteristics of Neoclassicism The style views arts as a reflection of the natural world and highly values science, calculation, symmetry, and mathematics. In comparison to the Rococo style that came before it, Neoclassicism is simple and carefully planned out, almost analytical.

Neoclassicism was so named because writers imitated the classical structures of the Romans and Greeks of ancient times. Between 1660 and 1798, writers created works that embraced logic and reason and eschewed the ideas of the Enlightenment.

Neoclassical new-age music takes a lot of its inspiration from baroque/classical music for its style. Music of this genre is primarily instrumental and heavily takes elements from classical music while drawing on religious traditions from around the world to give it more of a "mystical" vibe to the music.