Music Compare "The Rite of Spring" by Stravinsky, "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" by Debussy and "Mondestruken" by Schoenberg as to compositional techniques. Why do they sound so different from each other and still from the same time period?

Nostalgia for an idealized version of a mythic past was an obsession with many 20th century composers, including Stravinsky, Debussy, and Schoenberg. All three of these artist's most works deal in some way with humanity's wrestling with myth and how to render this into modern music, whether a violent religious ritual such as "The Rite of Spring" or a more ideal version such as "Afternoon of a Faun."

"The Rite of Spring" by Stravinsky...

It is deliberately primitive in its use of musical theme and melodies, and makes use of assaulting rhythms, as well as folk tunes. But the "Afternoon of a Faun" by Debussy derives not from Lithuanian myth, as does Stravinsky's work, but from a poem. Debussy's poem set to music, rather than a violent ritual, depicts an ideal of a long-lost and mythical Greek world. (Music with Ease, 2005)
Stravinsky thus engages in nostalgia for a world where there was no morality, Debussy is nostalgic for a simpler paradise where…