Polystylism is the use of multiple styles or techniques of music, and is seen as a postmodern characteristic. Style may refer to genre, design, format, or appearance, including: Clothing: fashion Flower part: flower Music: music genre Sundial part: Gnomon Titles or honorifics: Style (manner of address) including Chinese courtesy names Web design: Cascading Style Sheets Writing: style guide and literary genre Linguistics: Variation in language use of an... A technique is a way of efficiently accomplishing a task in a manner that is not immediately obvious or straightforward. ... Postmodernity (also called post-modernity or the postmodern condition) is a term used by philosophers, social scientists, art critics and social critics to refer to aspects of contemporary art, culture, economics and social conditions that are the result of the unique features of late 20th century and early 21st century...

Polystylist composers include Lera Auerbach, Sergio Rendine, George Rochberg, Dmitri Silnitsky, Alfred Schnittke, John Zorn, and Michael Jackson (Morphine, 1997). See: postmodern music. Lera Auerbach Lera Auerbach (Russian: ; b. ... George Rochberg, (July 5, 1918, Paterson, New Jersey – May 29, 2005, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) was an American composer. ... Alfred Garyevich Schnittke (Russian: Альфре́д Га́ррьевич Шни́тке, November 24, 1934 – August 3, 1998) was a Russian- German Jewish composer of classical music. ... John Zorn (born September 2, 1953 in New York City) is a American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist. ... Michael Jackson in his classic Beat It style outfit. ... Postmodern music is both a musical style and a musical condition. ...

See also: bricolage, collage. Bricolage – from the French-language verb bricoler, meaning to tinker or to fiddle – is that languages equivalent of the English phrase do-it-yourself. Bricolage is also often contrasted to engineering: building by trial and error rather than based on theory. ... Collage (From the French, collé, to stick) is the assemblage of different forms creating a new whole. ...