music-3-chance-music.pptx what is your favourite

What is the meaning of the song that I was absent for the first week of the class of the year and was the crust of the following is the simplest form of the

1. Avant Garde to Modern Classicism Rhyan A. Valgomera

2. Avant Garde Music Closely associated with electronic music, the Avant Garde movement dealt with the parameters or the dimensions of sound in space. The Avant Garde style exhibited a new attitude toward musical mobility, whereby the order of note groups could be varied so that musical continuity could be altered.

3. GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898–1937) George Gershwin was born in New York to Russian Jewish immigrants. His older brother Ira was his artistic collaborator who wrote the lyrics of his songs. Gershwin’s melodic gift was considered phenomenal, as evidenced by his numerous songs of wide appeal. His musical compositions total around 369 which include orchestral music, chamber music, musical theatre, film musicals, operas, and songs . He died in Hollywood, California, U.S.A. on July 11, 1937.

4. LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918–1990) Born in Massachussetts , USA, Leonard Bernstein endeared himself to his many followers as a charismatic conductor, pianist, composer, and lecturer. Bernstein’s philosophy was that the universal language of music is basically rooted in tonality. This came under fire from the radical young musicians who espoused the surrealist principles of that time.

5. PHILIP GLASS (1937– ) Philip Glass who is also an avant garde composer. He explored the territories of ballet, opera, theatre, film, and even television jingles. His distinctive style involves cell-like phrases emanating from bright electronic sounds from the keyboard that progressed very slowly from one pattern to the next in a very repetitious fashion. Aided by soothing vocal effects and horn sounds, his music is often criticized as uneventful and shallow, yet startlingly effective for its hypnotic charm.

6. ELECTRONIC and CHANCE MUSIC

7. Electronic Music The musical styles that evolved in the modern era were varied. Some of these were short lived, being experimental and too radical in nature, while others found an active blend between the old and the new. Technology has produced electronic music devices such as:

8. - cassette tape recorders - compact discs and their variants - the video compact disc (VCD) and the digital video disc (DVD), - MP3 - mobile phones and synthesizers. - MP4 - karaoke players - Ipod - Iphone

9. EDGARD VARESE (1883–1965) Edgard ( also spelled Edgar) Varèse was born on December 22, 1883. He was considered an “innovative French-born composer. Spent the greater part of his life and career in the United States, where he pioneered and created new sounds that bordered between music and noise.

10. He invented the term “organized sound,” which means that certain timbres and rhythms can be grouped together in order to capture a whole new definition of sound. Varèse’s use of new instruments and electronic resources made him the “Father of Electronic Music” and he was described as the “Stratospheric Colossus of Sound.”

11. Chance Music Chance music refers to a style wherein the piece always sounds different at every performance because of the random techniques of production, including the use of ring modulators or natural elements that become a part of the music. Most of the sounds emanate from the surroundings, both natural and man-made, such as: - honking cars - or a ringing phone. - rustling leaves - dripping water - blowing wind

12. As such, the combination of external sounds cannot be duplicated as each happens by chance. An example is John Cage’s Four Minutes and Thirty-Three Seconds ( 4’33" ) where the pianist merely opens the piano lid and keeps silent for the duration of the piece. The audience hears a variety of noises inside and outside the concert hall amidst the seeming silence.

13. JOHN CAGE (1912–1992) John Cage was known as one of the 20th century composers with the widest array of sounds in his works. He was born in Los Angeles, California, USA on September 5, 1912 and became one of the most original composers in the history of western music.

14. He challenged the very idea of music by manipulating musical instruments in order to achieve new sounds. He experimented with what came to be known as “chance music.”

15. Cage also advocated bringing real-life experiences into the concert hall. This reached its extreme when he composed a work that required him to fry mushrooms on stage in order to derive the sounds from the cooking process. As a result of his often-irrational ideas like this, he developed a following in the 1960s.

16. GROUP ACTIVITY

17. Experimentation with the Chance, Electronic Music and Musique Concrete 1. Chance Music – Record any sounds that is present in the area. Create a music using the sounds available in the area. 2. Electronic Music/Musique Concrete – sing simple song using electronic gadget and record with your cellphone. Send your video in group chat.

18. CRITERIA 4 3 2 1 RATING CREATIVITY 40% EXECUTION 40% OVERALL IMPACT 20%

19. QUIZ #1

20. 1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Electronic Music? Broad genre b. Sound crafting c. Cold or clinical d. Traditional

21. 2. He popularized the Four Minutes and Thirty-Three Seconds ( 4’33" ) where the pianist merely opens the piano lid and keeps silent for the duration of the piece. The audience hears a variety of noises inside and outside the concert hall amidst the seeming silence. a. John Cage b. Bela Bartok c. Philip Glass d. Edgard Varese

22. 3. He was considered an “innovative French-born composer. a. John Cage b. Bela Bartok c. Philip Glass d. Edgard Varese

23. 4. Varèse’s use of new instruments and electronic resources made him the _________. Father of Electronic Music Father of Chance Music Father of Traditional Music Father of Sound Crafting