Variable time signature

Japanese: 可変拍子 - かへんびょうし
Variable time signature

…His style is rooted in the neoclassical style of the interwar period, and is characterized by a matter-of-fact tone and the repeated stacking of short motives. Technically, he was noted for the variable meter he introduced in his piano piece Ornamente (1950), and his Abstract Opera No. 1 (1953) was entirely based on meaningless text (combinations of phonemes, neologisms), which influenced the new timbral possibilities of the voice. His other major works include the chamber opera Deluge (1946), Piano Sonata (1951), Ornamento for Orchestra (1953), and the electronic music piece Electronic Impulse (1965). …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "variable time signatures" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…作風は両大戦間の新古典主義に根ざしており,即物的なトーンと短い動機の反復的な積重ねに特徴がある。技法的にはピアノ曲《オルナメンテ》(1950)で発表した〈可変拍子〉が注目され,また《抽象オペラ第1番》(1953)は,すべて意味をもたないテキスト(音素の組合せ,造語)によっており,音声の新しい音色的可能性として影響を与えた。他の主要作品に,室内オペラ《洪水》(1946),《ピアノ・ソナタ》(1951),《管弦楽のオルナメント》(1953),電子音楽《電子インパルス》(1965)がある。…

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