emancipation of the dissonance
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Emancipation of the dissonance is a modernist musical concept that frees dissonant harmonies from the need to resolve, allowing them to function as independent, expressive sonorities.
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| emancipation of the dissonance canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: emancipation of the dissonance Context triple: [Arnold Schoenberg, pioneerOf, emancipation of the dissonance]
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: emancipation of the dissonance Target entity description: Emancipation of the dissonance is a modernist musical concept that frees dissonant harmonies from the need to resolve, allowing them to function as independent, expressive sonorities.
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A.
We Insist! Freedom Now Suite
We Insist! Freedom Now Suite is a landmark 1960 jazz album by drummer Max Roach that fuses avant-garde music with explicit civil rights and anti-colonial protest themes.
-
B.
The Ecstatic
The Ecstatic is a critically acclaimed 2009 hip-hop album by Mos Def (Yasiin Bey) known for its eclectic production, socially conscious lyrics, and experimental, global sound.
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C.
Rapsodi
Rapsodi is the debut studio album by Nigerian rapper Olamide, which helped launch him into mainstream recognition in the Afrobeats and hip-hop scene.
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D.
Polyphony
Polyphony is a renowned British chamber choir acclaimed for its precise, expressive performances and extensive recordings of choral music, particularly on the Hyperion label.
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E.
One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue
"One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue" is an episode of the science documentary series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" that explores the origin, evolution, and diversity of life in the universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aesthetic concept
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musical concept ⓘ theoretical concept in music ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
chordal sonorities
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harmony ⓘ melodic intervals ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Arnold Schoenberg
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Second Viennese School ⓘ atonality ⓘ expressionism in music ⓘ modernism in music ⓘ twelve-tone technique ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
common-practice tonality
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functional harmony ⓘ traditional requirement that dissonance resolve ⓘ |
| coreIdea |
dissonance can be used as a stable expressive resource
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dissonance can function as an independent sonority ⓘ dissonance is treated as structurally equivalent to consonance in some contexts ⓘ dissonant harmonies do not need to resolve to consonance ⓘ hierarchical distinction between consonance and dissonance is weakened ⓘ |
| describedAs |
freeing dissonance from obligatory resolution
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granting dissonance equal rights with consonance ⓘ |
| field |
20th-century classical music
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modernist music ⓘ music theory ⓘ |
| goal |
expand harmonic vocabulary
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increase expressive possibilities of harmony ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
decline of functional tonality
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emergence of atonal and serial techniques ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century harmonic practice
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avant-garde music ⓘ post-tonal theory ⓘ serialism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gustav Mahler
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Richard Strauss ⓘ Richard Wagner ⓘ late Romantic chromaticism ⓘ |
| philosophicalAspect |
challenge to traditional aesthetic norms in music
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redefinition of musical beauty ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
consonance and dissonance
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pitch-class set ⓘ post-tonal music ⓘ set theory in music ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| usedIn |
20th-century chamber music
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20th-century orchestral music ⓘ contemporary classical music ⓘ |
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Subject: emancipation of the dissonance Description of subject: Emancipation of the dissonance is a modernist musical concept that frees dissonant harmonies from the need to resolve, allowing them to function as independent, expressive sonorities.
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