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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region V
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SORSOGON
IROSIN NORTH NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Tinampo, Irosin, Sorsogon
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

MAPEH - MUSIC
Name: __________________________Grade: ______________ Date: _______Quarter 1- W2

I. INTRODUCTORY CONCEPT

Hello! learners you have learned in our previous modules the new
musical styles created by 20th century classical composers were truly unique and
innovative. They experimented with the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony,
tempo, and timbre in daring ways never attempted before. Some even made use of
electronic devices such as synthesizers, tape recorders, amplifiers, and the like to
introduce and enhance sounds beyond those available with traditional
instruments. Among the resulting new styles were electronic music and chance
music. These expanded the concept of music far beyond the conventions of earlier
periods, and challenged both the new composers and the listening public.
To fully understand and appreciate music as a whole, you will
experience and explore the performance practices of the 20th century music
through its setting, composition, the role of composers/performers, and audiences.
Unquestionably, electronics is the major new influence on 20th-century music
performance. Even further the potential audience for concert, artists, broadcasting,
and recording were widened, and at the same time, they tended to decrease the
physical necessity for large new public performance arenas.

II. LEARNING SKILLS FROM MELC’S

At the end of this module you will be able to:

• Explains the performance practice (setting, composition, role of
composers/performers, and audience) of 20th century.

III. ACTIVITIES

A. Let Us Review

Directions: Below is the arrangement of the instruments in an orchestra.

Classify the instruments according to their types as to Chordophone,
Membranophone, Aerophone, and Idiophone copy the table on your notebook.

Chordophone Aerophone Membranophone Idiophone

 B. Let Us Study

20th-century classical music describes art music that was written

nominally from 1901 to 2000, inclusive. Musical style diverged during the 20 th
century as it never had previously. So, this century was without a dominant style.
Modernism, impressionism, and post-romanticism can all be traced to the decades
before the turn of the 20th century, but can be included because they evolved
beyond the musical boundaries of the 19 th century styles that were part of the
earlier common practice period. Neoclassicism and expressionism came mostly
after 1900. Minimalism started much later in the century and can be seen as a
change from the modern to post-modern era, although some date post-modernism
from as early as about 1930. Aleatory, atonality, serialism, musique concrete,
electronic music, and concept music were all developed during the century.

Vocabulary List
• Performance Practice the term applied to musical techniques employed in specific
musical genres during specific musical eras
• Setting – the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or
where an event takes place.
• Composition – a work of music
• Performer - a person who entertains an audience
• Audience - the assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play,
movie, concert, or meeting

Musical Elements Used in Stages

A Composition is a highly disciplined art that requires mastery over often

very sophisticated materials and a creative impulse which origins and mental
processes remain a mystery. In the 20th century, there are elements of music and
musical styles observed, and these are the elements that tend to be basic but were
enhanced by the composers of different movements carried out to the height of
their knowledge, talent, and skills.
 C. Let Us Practice

Activity 1: What’s in Me!

Directions: Complete the table below by answering the improvised elements or

irregularities observed in each stage of musical movements.

D. Let Us Practice More

Activity 2: My Way of Improvisation!

Directions: Write the improvisation used in each element of the musical style
during the 20th century.
E. Let Us Remember
There are stages of musical movements. These stages have distinct
characteristics and they contain the improved musical elements that were
used in the performances of the 20th century music. This became the
performance practices of all musical genres that were observed in this
generation. Composers and performers have a big role in defining these
musical elements into their compositions and performances. From basic
elements, they made them into more complex but more refining that is good
to hear. These elements are evident in the following stages of music the
movement:
POST- ROMANTICISM was characterized by chromatic harmonies,
programmatic elements, expansive melodies, and lush orchestration.
ELECTRONIC MUSIC stepped in the later part of the 20th century
and was created wholly or in part through electronic means or recording
devices such as tape recorders, synthesizers, and/ or computers. A musical
style was developed initially by African Americans in Chicago and New York
by emphasizing syncopation and inflected melodies called jazz.
The Second Viennese School also developed serialism (sometimes
used as a synonym for dodecaphonic) which consists of any number of
musical constraints that are organized using specific order through
manipulation. INDETERMINACY, also known as Aleatoric Music is a
style that evolved in the mid-20th century which relied on randomness and
chance. Parallel harmonies and the use of a non-traditional scale were also
observed in French-style compositions in impressionism that occurs in the
late 19th and early 20th century. Also, a German-style is marked by angular
melodies, extreme dissonance, irregular rhythmic groupings developed in
early 20th called expressionism.
MINIMALISM in music was characterized by the endless repetition of
short melodic patterns, complex cross-rhythms, and the tonal/ modal
principles. In the late 20th century, neo-romanticism musical style was
developed that returned the tonal principles characterized by heightened
emotion.

F. Evaluation

Directions: Unscramble the letters to form a word or words related to the

music performance of the 20th century. Write the word/ words on the space
provided.
IV. ANSWER KEY
A. Let Us Review

C. Let Us Practice (Activity 1)

Let Us Practice More: Activity 2

Evaluation:
1. Aleatoric
2. Impressionism
3. Electronic
4. Post Impressionism
5. Jazz
6. Minimalism
7. Neo-Romanticism
8. Serialism
9. Expressionism
10. Neo-Classicism

VI. REFERENCE
Estarija , Consolacion A. 2005.Music, Arts, Physical Education, and
Health IV. Phoenix Publishing House, Inc.
Padiz, Servillano A. et al. 2005.MAPEH, Phoenix Publishing House,
Inc.
Roxas-Wi , Corazon. 2005. Music,Arts, Physical Education, and
Health IV. Phoenix Publishing House, Inc.

Prepared By:
CHERI ELAINE R. CHAN
Teacher – I