MUSIC 10 - QUARTER 1 - Part 2 - MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY

MUSIC 10 - Quarter 1 PPT

1. Music of the 20th Century EXPRESSIONISM

2. Art M o vement in Europe: EXPRESSIONISM

3. What is expressionism and its history? Expressionism is a modernist movement that started in Germany at the beginning of the 20 th century and was initially an expression in painting and poetry. This evokes mood and ideas for which the artist seeks to express meaning or emotional experience rather than the physical reality.

4. These feelings can be derived from nature, society, or aesthetics. In relation to music, expressionism conveys true emotions in exaggeration through the application of atonality and dissonance or the lack of agreement and consistency in music. One famous composer who applied this technique in composition was Arnold Schoenberg

5. Features of expressionism music are as follows: a high degree of dissonance (dissonance is the quality of sounds that seems unstable) Extreme contrasts of dynamics (from pianissimo to fortissimo, very soft to very loud) Constant changing of textures "distorted" melodies and harmonies Angular melodies with wide leaps.

6. COMPOSERS

7. ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874–1951) Arnold Schoenberg was an Austrian composer born last September 13, 1874, in a working-class of Suburb of Vienna, Austria. He was famous as the exponent of the twelve-tone system with twelve tones related only to one another also known as the serial technique. He was influenced by Richard Wagner, a German composer.

8. ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874–1951) He studied in Vienna’s Realschule and learned to play the cello and violin. When his father died, he sought a job and became a bank clerk and used his earnings to continue his passion for arranging song and opera scores. The “Three Piano Pieces” is one of his first original compositions in 1894. He also studied counterpoint under Alexander Von Zemlinsky .

9. ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874–1951) In 1908, he began to write approximately 213 musical compositions include concerte , orchestral music, piano music, opera, choral music, songs, and other instrumental music. He died last July 13, 1951, in Los Angeles, California, USA where he had settled since 1934.

10. ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874–1951) His works include the following: Verklarte Nacht Three Pieces for Piano, op. 1 Pierrot Lunaire , Gurreleider Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night, 1899)

11. ELECTRONIC MUSIC and CHANCE MUSIC

12. ELECTRONIC MUSIC

13. What is Electronic music? Came about as a result of the transition from traditional music instruments and the use of recording materials like vinyl records, compact cassettes, and compact discs to the current digital technology in music and recording. Is the process of creating music using computers in synthesizing or producing digital audio signals. Music is produced out of the range of traditional musical instruments and can create other sounds from nature and environment which are of larger range, higher pitch, and different qualities of sound. The music produced or composed can be played at a low and fast speed and can be forwarded or rewound.

14. Who is the Father of Electronic Music?

15. Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse (1883 – 1965) Is considered as the “Father of Electronic Music” A French composer who spent most of his career and life in the United States of America. His music highlights rhythm and timber . He was the proponent of the word “Organized Sound” which means a group of rhythms and timbers to define music itself .

16. What is Synthesized sound? Can be defined as sounds generated by electronic signals of different frequencies. Sound can be modified by the use of sound synthesizers.

17. What is a Canon? Is a musical piece that consists of two or more voices or instruments that are being played or started at different intervals.

18. What is a Chance Music? Is also called Aleatory music , which is derived from the Latin word “ alea ”, meaning “dice”. As the name suggests, it is a composition created by chance rather than its logical order. It may also be called indeterministic music. It is a style of music where different sounds, musical or nonmusical, are assembled and combined together to create any kind of musical composition based on chance.

19. JOHN CAGE (1912-1992) Is an American avant-garde composer He was a son of an inventor Was considered the “Father of Indeterminism”

20. ORAL RECITATION

21. 1. If ever you become a composer? What musical style would you choose? How’s your music impact other people? Would it make other people cry, happy, joy, and sorrow?