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 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 purposefully adopted by the members of The Five 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 Dutch 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

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