MAPEH 10

WORLD MUSIC
BATCH 2
Time Allotment:

6 – 8hours

CONTENT STANDARD:
The learner demonstrates understanding of the 20th century music and styles and characteristic features.

PERFORMANCE STANDARD:
The learner creates musical pieces using particular style/s of the 20th century.

ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDING:
Knowing the historical and cultural background of the 20th century music promotes understanding of the way
of life in the past.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How do historical background of the 2oth century music promote understanding of the way of life in the past?

LEARNING COMPETENCIES:
The learners should be able to:
1. Describe distinctive musical elements of given pieces in 20th century styles.
2. Explain the performance practice (setting, composition, role of composers/performers, and audience) of 20th
century music.
3. Relates 2oth century music to other art forms and media during the same time period.
4. Performs music sample from the 20th century and evaluates music performances using guided rubrics.

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INTRODUCTION AND FOCUS QUESTIONS

Music in the field of art may be considered as the most ancient because of the urge to sing
and dance in response to feelings of anger, joy or sorrow springs from the body itself.
The 20th century has been a period of radical changes, both in science and art. Advancement
in technology have paved the way to improve almost all aspects of our everyday life. Inventions
such as telephones, televisions, cassette tapes, computers, synthesizers and many others lead to
experimentation in music and arts. New approaches to the organization of pitch and rhythm and
vast expansion of the vocabularies of sounds were made. Although some artists stick with the usual
style, others tried to experiment new means in creating music. Truly the 20 th century has opened its
windows to all kinds of concept.
In this module, you will experience how it is to perform and appreciate the beauty of
the music in the 20th Century. As you go through the module, remember to search for the
answer to this question: How do historical and cultural background of the 20th century music promote
understanding of the way of life in the past?

LESSON COVERAGE
As we go through with our lessons, we will learn these following topic:
 Impressionism
 Expressionism
 Electronic and Chance Music

In the 20th century, many musical styles coexisted with impressionism. The
movement is represented by the two best composers of this era, Claude Debussy
and Maurice Marvel. Transcending moods and suggestive imagery in
Impressionism gave birth to unconventional harmony, rhythm, and tone color.

CHARACTERISTICS OF IMPRESSIONIST MUSIC

MUSICAL
STYLE in IMPRESSIONISM WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
ELEMENT
The harmony is indistinguishable and the
It gives the feeling of floating and day-dreaming
chords are overlapping lightly.
The song does not have a clear finality
Harmony It lacks a tonal center.
It resembles traditional folk music from different
The five-tone scale or whole-tone scale is
countries such as Scotland, China, and Ireland
commonly used.
Rhythm Impressionism lacks a central rhythm is fluid It does not give the feeling of tapping your shoes
and changeable. with the music.
Instrumentation retains the subtle flavor of
Impressionism. Flutes and chimes are set aside,
Tone
Color while shimmering instruments (e.g. harp, It gives a dream-like and magical atmosphere.
triangle, and glockenspiel) are more commonly
used.

Frayer’s Model
Complete the Frayer’s Model chart based on your idea on what is music in the 20th century.
Write your answers on the answer sheet provided for you on this module.

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Unscramble the words on your answer sheet to answer the given
descriptions below. You can refer on your textbook pages 3-18.

UNSCRAMMBLE
1. The word originally used to describe the style of an entire group of Paris-based artists.
2. The artist behind “Impression, Soleil Levant (Impression, Sunrise). “
3. This is Claude Debussy’s most popular work.
4. This is Maurice Ravel’s most popular work.
5. He is known for the atonal music (music without tonal center) and died as an American composer of Austrian
descent.
6. It is known as aleatory music (from the Latin word alea for “dice) for it includes the use of improvisation to
come up with unique performances.
7. He is the pioneer of music. (Related to your answer in number 6).
8. The father of Electronic music.
9. One of the most prominent German Composers of 20th century.
10. It refers to the music that involves the use of electronics.

You are now done with the first part of this module, you will now reinforce the ideas
presented previously by doing the next activity.

We will now bring up your understanding in Firm up!

CHARACTERISTICS OF EXPRESSIONIST MUSIC

MUSICAL ELEMENT STYLE in EXPRESSIONISM WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
It uses atonality or lack of tonal center. The lack of tonal center and the use of
It uses twelve-tone scale. dissonance can create a feeling of anxiety,
Harmony It does not have any stable harmony and it rage, alienation, and other strong emotions.
generally uses dissonance. Dissonance refers to
the use of intervals that cause tensions.
It is unbalanced and generally understated. Like in Impressionism, it does not encourage
Rhythm
swaying with music.
Polyphonic in Expressionism is usually dense The strong synthesis of melodic lines can
Tone Color
arouse strong emotions.

To know the life and compositions of the two famous impressionist

composers. Refer on your textbook on pages 4-7.
FEELING Compared
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvFH_6DNRCY – Clair de lune
Listen to the musical pieces, Clair de Lune by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r30D3SW4OVw – Bolero
Debussy and Bolero by Ravel. Compare and contrast
the two compositions by filling in the table provided on your answer sheets.

Schoenberg is noted for breaking from tonal harmony and for

inventing the twelve-tone, or serial method of composition. Born September
3 MINUTE - PAUSE 13, 1874 and raised in Vienna, Arnold Schoenberg was deeply interested in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkF5HY3QLTk music from an early age.
Pierrot Lunaire His first compositions were modeled on the duets he studied in violin
lessons, yet more formal training was beyond his family’s means. At the age of sixteen, his father died, and he
was forced to go to work as a bank clerk. During this period, he relied on friends for his musical education, and
although during the middle 1890’s, he studied composition with Alexander von Zemlinsky, an accomplished
musician three years his senior, he was primarily self-taught. Died July 13, 1951.

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Fill in the Venn diagram on your answer sheet to show the similarities
and differences between electronic music and chance music.
Venn diagram Refer on your textbook pages 16-19

You are finally done with Firm-up! In this lesson, you were able to hear and felt
the music of the impressionism, expressionism, and differentiate electronic from
chance music. Get ready as you will be able to use that knowledge in the next part.

We are now going to deepen your understanding of the concepts from

the previous lesson. In the next activity, you will experience to perform an
activities that will arouse your talent and creativity. ;). So let’s proceed!

Listen to Schoenberg’s “A survivor from Warsaw.” Afterwards

demonstrate an understanding of the music by writing a poetry using the art
Poetry output of music as the content. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuP0SExoojQ

In this activity you will need either of the following:

 Computer or other gadgets
 Windows movie maker or a mixer application program
Mixes of Music
 Choice of music
Use the music of your choice and create a new kind of electronic music. Using a windows maker or other
music-mixing computer applications, combine the selected music and follow the pattern of the simple music
listened to in the previous activities. Save the created electronic music on a flash drive or you can directly send it
to the messenger of your MAPEH teacher just indicate Activity number, your name and your section.
Or you may also follow the instruction given on page 20 of your textbook. Criteria is given on your
answer sheet.

In this section you were able to give your insights on the music of
impressionism and was able to create a poem based on expressionism.
Good job! Let us now apply the learnings you have in this module by
accomplishing the tasks given to you on the next section on this module.

For your information:

Did you know that listening to music helps create a positive mood and helps you become
productive? Likewise, listening to music positively affects people’s performance at workplace, enabling
them to finish their task at a lesser time than those who are not listening to music.

Congratulations! You have reached the end of this module. You have applied the lessons that we had in the
previous parts. I hope you bring that to your everyday life and surely you can be a successful artist or composer one
day.

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Give your understanding of the lesson by reflecting on the

answers you have to the following questions:

1. If you were given a chance to travel and visit the birthplace of a well-
known 20th –century composer we studied, where and who would it be?
Why did you choose this particular composer?
2. What specific 20th –century composition do you think would be suitable
piece of performance for student in our school to appreciate and relate to?
Why? Explain your answer.
3. As part of Filipino’s young generation
Emergence
how would you convince your fellow of
students or even yourself who are used to K-pop
the pop music culture, to appreciate 20th
– 21st century music styles such as
impressionistic music, expressionistic
music, chance music, and electronic music
of the masters? How would you go about
it?

REFERENCES

Africa, Antonio P. et al., 2018, Practical MAPEH 10 textbook, DIWA Learning systems INC, 2-21 pp.
Africa, Antonio P. et al., 2018, Practical MAPEH 10 Teachers Resource Material, DIWA Learning systems INC, 1-7 pp.
Faculin, Imelda G., PhD. et al., Wow MAPEH IV textbook, Neo Asia Publishing Incorporated, 2-26 pp.
Abayan, Pedelyn Joyce R. et.al, UPSCALE MAPEH textbook and teacher’s manual, Brilliant Creation Publishing, Inc. pp.1-18
Cipriano, Eduardo V. et.al, MAPEH in Action textbook and teacher’s manual, Rex Publishing Company, pp. 1-27

WEBSITES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSzxI_bjLjc- concrete music samples

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkF5HY3QLTk-Pierrot Lunaire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGG-h9-jgXg-serrialism 912 tone row)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Har_7-S3Cgc-example of 12 tone music –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn7Ud_8-xk8 12 tone (piano)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=702knK1mop0- murder of Marie act 3 scene 2 wozzeck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQHR_Z8XVvI-suite for piano op. 25 Schoenberg

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MAPEH 10
WORLD MUSIC
BATCH 2
Time Allotment:

6 – 8hours
ANSWER SHEET
NAME: ___________________________________________________________________ GRADE & SECTION: ________________________
TEACHER: ________________________________________________________________ DATE: ______________________________________

Frayer’s Model
History and Background Electronic and Chance Music

Impressionism Music of 20th Century Expressionism

1. M I S M S S I O R E P I N 1______________________________________
2. D E C L U A NETMO 2______________________________________
UNSCRAMMBLE
3. C A L I R E DENELU 3______________________________________
4. B O O R E L 4______________________________________
5. N A R L D O EOESHCGNBR 5______________________________________
6. N C C H A E CMUSI 6______________________________________
7. O H N J ACEG 7______________________________________
8. A R E D D G EVASRÉ 8______________________________________
9. Z K A N R L I E H N S E T O S C K U A H 9______________________________________
10. N E C T O R E N I L SUMCI 10_____________________________________
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FEELING Compared
Compare and contrast the two compositions by filling in the table.
Musical Describe the Setting that you imagine
Emotions that were invoked in you
Composition harmony while listening to the piece.

Clair de Lune

Bolero

Which of the two compositions do you prefer in
terms of harmony? Why?_______________________
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Which of the two compositions perfectly reflect the
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3 MINUTE - PAUSE
Complete the following statements based on how you understood the concepts presented on Activity 4 page 3.
I became more aware of ____________________________________________________________________________
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I was surprised about _______________________________________________________________________________
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I felt ______________________________________________________ after knowing and hearing its sample music.

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Venn diagram
Similarities
ELECTRONIC MUSIC CHANCE MUSIC
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Poetry output
You will be graded based on the criteria:
Creativity – 20 points, Originality – 15 points, Hand writing 10 – points and Effort- 5 points for a Total of 50 points.

Title:

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Mixes of Music You will be graded based on the following Rubric:

STANDARD POINTS
Creative use of media and instruments (30 points)

Effective use of timbre (20 points)

Effective use of rhythm (20 points)

Clarity of form (20 points)

Overall effect (10 points)

Total 100 points

1. If you were given a chance to travel and visit the birthplace of a well-known 20th –century composer we
studied, where and who would it be? ____________________________________________________________
Why did you choose this particular composer? ______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________.
2. What specific 20th –century composition do you think would be suitable piece of performance for student
in our school to appreciate and relate to? Why? Explain your answer.________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________.
3. As part of Filipino’s young generation how would you convince your fellow students or even yourself
who are used to the pop music culture, to appreciate 20th – 21st century music styles such as impressionistic
music, expressionistic music, chance music, and electronic music of the masters? How would you go about
it? __________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
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