What are the basic characteristics of European national music system?

Schoenberg's twelve-tone system at the beginning of this century and Stravinsky's neoclassicism have great influence. Schoenberg's twelve-tone composition method completely abandoned the tonality system that ruled European music for nearly 400 years. Twelve tones have the same important position and were inherited by his disciple Berger. Stravinsky's neoclassicism advocates polyphony and counterpoint, and adopts polytonality in tonality, which is not as far as Schoenberg's atonality.

There are some similar songs in different regions and countries in Europe, which is the contribution of medieval European wandering singers to European unified culture. Song genres mainly include narrative songs, love songs and festival songs (including religious festivals and secular celebrations). A wide variety of musical instruments and instrumental music is also an important part of European folk music. The more distinctive ones are Scottish bagpipes, Italian mandolins and Romanian flutes.

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European art music (music created by professional musicians) has developed rapidly in recent centuries, and several generations of musicians have created a large number of music works with diverse genres, strict rules, rich content, profound thoughts, strong expressiveness and appeal.

Romantic music and folk music, in particular, absorbed and used a lot of European folk music materials. Some folk dance music has also been used by masters to create countless famous songs. Pop music composed by some professional composers is often played by folk singers and bands.

Schoenberg's twelve-tone system at the beginning of this century and Stravinsky's neoclassicism have great influence. Schoenberg's twelve-tone composition method completely abandoned the tonality system that ruled European music for nearly 400 years. Twelve tones have the same important position and were inherited by his disciple Berger. Stravinsky's neoclassicism advocates polyphony and counterpoint, and adopts polytonality in tonality, which is not as far as Schoenberg's atonality.

In this century, especially after the war, there have been many schools in the development of western music, such as silent music, noise music and differential music. New technical means such as electronic synthesizer provide new weapons for unconventional musicians. The development trend of western music is increasingly diversified.