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Serialism is a direct development of Expressionism. From this point on, it becomes irrelevant to organize by the five elements (tonality, vocabulary, texture, sonorities, and time organization) of the Common Practice Period. The break from the past is so complete that comparisons are unproductive.
Postmodern Music. Postmodern music is both a musical style and a musical condition. As a musical style, postmodern music contains characteristics of postmodern artâthat is, art after modernism.t tends to be self-referential and ironic, and it blurs the boundaries between high art and kitsch. Daniel Albright (2004) summarizes the traits of the postmodern style as bricolage, polystylism, and randomness. As a musical condition, postmodern music is simply the state of music in post modernity.