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Pastiche vs Transposition - What's the difference?

pastiche | transposition |

As a verb pastiche

is .

As a noun transposition is

the act or process of transposing or interchanging.

pastiche

Noun

(en noun)
  • A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist.
  • A musical medley, typically quoting other works.
  • An incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge.
  • (uncountable) A postmodern playwriting technique that fuses a variety of styles, genres, and story lines to create a new form.
  • Verb

    (pastich)
  • To create or compose in a mixture of styles.
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    Anagrams

    * ----

    transposition

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of transposing or interchanging.
  • (music) A shift of a piece of music to a different musical key by adjusting all the notes of the work equally either up or down in pitch.
  • (chess) A sequence of moves resulting in a position that may also be reached by another, more common sequence.
  • Derived terms

    * transpositional

    See also

    * twelve tone technique * serialism

    References

    * DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465, Ch. 6.