Composition school

A composition school is a group of composers or a style of composition purportedly shared by a group of composers, often from the same area or who studied in the same place. The membership of almost all groups is assigned by others and disputed. Older groups tend to be larger and are all assigned, while more contemporary groups tend to be more specific and may be self identified.

For example, the title "mighty handful" was coined by music critic Vladimir Stasov in 1867 to describe the composers also referred to as The Five—first by Balakirev in 1870 (Garden 2001), while the "Boston Six" were grouped by others and may include ten members. The international members of the Darmstadt School all attended the Darmstädter Ferienkurse. The Franco-Flemish School (1400–1630) is split into five generations, each of which have at least three members, while Les Six (1920) contains six members.

See also

• Prima pratica
• Seconda pratica

References

• Garden, Edward. 2001. "Five, the [Moguchaya kuchka; Mighty Handful]". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.

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American Five Ars antiqua Ars nova Ars subtilior Bologna Boston Boston Six Burgundian Cologne Darmstadt Franco-Flemish Ears Open Society Grupo de los ocho Grupo de los cuatro Grupo de renovación musical Grupo renovación Khrennikov's Seven Manchester Mannheim The Mighty Five Neapolitan New German New Jewish Neue Einfachheit Ny Enkelhed New York Notre Dame Oeldorf Group Roman Saint Martial Les Six Sonic Arts Union The Turkish Five Venetian Viennese First Second West Coast