Definitions for totalism
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1. absolutism, totalitarianism, totalismnoun

   the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government

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1. totalismnoun

   totalitarianism

2. totalismnoun

   doctrine of wholeness which may involve brainwashing

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1. Totalism

   Totalism is a style of art music that arose in the 1980s and 1990s as a response to minimalism. It paralleled postminimalism but involved a younger generation of creators, born in the 1950s. This term, invented by writer and composer Kyle Gann, has not been adopted by contemporary musicology and generally still refers only to Gann’s use of it in his writings.

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1. totalism

   Totalism is a principle, practice, or lifestyle which advocates for or supports total control, a complete or all-encompassing view, or total involvement in something. It is often used in a political context to signify the control or influence of a state or government over all aspects of public and private life. It can also refer to a commitment to a comprehensive or holistic approach in different fields such as philosophy, art, music etc. The term can vary in meaning depending on the specific context it is being used.

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1. Totalism

   In music, totalism is a term for a style of art music that arose in the 1980s and 1990s as a developing response to minimalism—parallel to postminimalism, but generally among a slightly younger generation, born in the 1950s. In the early 1980s, many young composers began writing music within the static confines of minimalism, but using greater rhythmic complexity, often with two or more tempos audible at once. The style acquired a name around 1990, when it became evident to composers working in New York City that a number of them—John Luther Adams, Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham, Kyle Gann, Michael Gordon, Arthur Jarvinen, Diana Meckley, Ben Neill, Larry Polansky, Mikel Rouse, Evan Ziporyn, among others—were employing similar types of global tempo structures in their music. The term totalist refers to the aims of the music, in trying to have enough surface rhythmic energy, but also to contain enough background complexity. There is also an echo in the term of serialism's "total organization," here drawn not from the 12-tone row, but from Henry Cowell's theories about using the same structuring devices for rhythm that have been traditionally used for pitch. For instance, the traditional ratio between frequencies of a major second interval is 9:8, and 9-against-8 is an important tempo contrast in many totalist pieces, achieved by having some instruments play dotted eighth-notes while others play triplet half-notes. In practice, totalist music can either be consonant, dissonant, or both, but generally restricts itself to a small number of sonorities within a given piece.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of totalism in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of totalism in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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3. ^ Wikipedia
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5. ^ Wikidata
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