Chamber *Martinu: 1947 Quartet 13 Oboe/Piano Lutoslawski: 1979 Epitaph 5 *Shinohara: 1960 Obsession 9 *Hindemith: 1938 Sonata 12 *Milhaud:

Milhaud: 1954 Sonatina 9 Dutilleux: 1947 Sonatina 12 *Zimmermann 1952 Concerto for Oboe 15 Solo Oboe Agrell: 1993 Blues for DD 3.30 JAZZ influences Expressionism was a cultural movement originating in Germany at the start of the 20th-century as a reaction to positivism and other artistic movements such as naturalism and impressionism.[1] It sought to express the meaning of "being alive"[2] and emotional experience rather than physical reality.[2][3]It is the tendency of an artist to distort reality for an emotional effect; it is a subjective art form. Expressionism is exhibited in many art forms, including:painting, literature, theatre, film, architecture and music. The term often implies emotional angst. In a general sense, painters such as Matthias Grnewald and El Greco can be called expressionist, though in practice, the term is applied mainly to 20th century works. Music In music, Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern and Alban Berg, the members of the Second Viennese School, wrote pieces described as expressionist(Schoenberg also made expressionist paintings). Other composers who followed them, such as Ernst Krenek, are often considered as a part of the expressionist movement in music. What distinguished these composers from their contemporaries such as Maurice Ravel, George Gershwin and Igor Stravinsky is that expressionist composers self-consciously used atonality to free their artform from the traditional tonality. They also sought to express the subconscious, the 'inner necessity' and suffering through their highly dissonant musical language. Erwartung and Die Glckliche Hand, by Schoenberg, and Wozzeck, an opera by Alban Berg (based on the play Woyzeck by Georg Bchner), are examples of expressionist works

Neoclassicism in music was a 20th century development, particularly popular in the period between the two World Wars, in which composers drew inspiration from music of the 18th century, though some of the inspiring canon was drawn as much from the Baroque period as the Classical period for this reason, music which draws influence specifically from the Baroque is sometimes termed neo-baroque. Neoclassicism was born at the same time as the general return to rational models in the arts in response to World War I.[citation needed] Neoclassicism can be seen as a reaction against the prevailing trend of 19th century Romanticism to sacrifice internal balance and order in favor of more overtly emotional writing.[1] Neoclassicism makes a return to balanced forms and often emotional restraint, as well as 18th century compositional processes and techniques. However, in the use of modern instrumental resources such as the full orchestra, which had greatly expanded since the 18th century, and advanced harmony, neoclassical works are distinctly 20th century.