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ELEMENT OF MUSIC
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Review! Element of Music
• dynamics – the softness or loudness of a musical sound.
• harmony – a pleasing combination of musical sounds; the relationship between two or more notes
sung or played simultaneously.
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• melody – a succession of notes of different pitch so arranged in relation to each other to be a
recognizable piece
. • meter – the division of beats or pulses.
• pitch – the highness or lowness of tone.
• rhythm – the pattern produced by the relative duration and stress of notes.
• tempo – the speed at which a piece of music is played or is meant to be played.
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 DIFFERENT MUSIC MOVEMENT OF 20TH CENTURY

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IMPRESSIONISM

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There is an extensive use of colors and effects, vague melodies, and innovative chords and
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Impressionism was an attempt not to depict reality, but merely to suggest it
It was meant to create an emotional mood rather than a specific picture. In terms of imagery,
impressionistic forms were translucent and hazy, as if trying to see through a rain-drenched
window.
The impressionistic movement in music had its proponents in the French composers Claude
Debussy and Maurice Ravel.
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 CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918)

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❑Debussy was born in St. Germain-en-Layein France on August 22, 1862. His early
musical talents were channeled into piano lessons. He entered the Paris
Conservatory in 1873.
❑His musical compositions total more or less 227 which include orchestral music,
chamber music, piano music, operas, ballets, songs, and other vocal music.
❑ He gained a reputation as an erratic pianist and a rebel in theory and harmony. He
added other systems of musical composition because of his musical.
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 CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918)

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❑Debussy’s mature creative period was represented by the following works:
● AriettesOubliees Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun String Quartet Pelleas et
● Melisande (1895)
● La Mer (1905)
● Images
● Suite Bergamasque
● Estampes
● Claire De Lune
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❑ On a clean sheet of bond paper or oslo paper (or any available and easy-to-use material of the same
kind), draw/sketch the natural activity/movement in nature that you compare Claire De Lune to

❑ There must be no clear image but point strokes from the tips of the brush and crayons/oil pastels

❑ Once you are done with the task, show the artwork to your family and let them write messages or
comments at the back of your work.
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 “A Deeper Feel of Impressionism

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Answer the following questions after listening to Debussy’s Claire De Lune:
1. How has Dynamics (softness or loudness of musical sound) been useful throughout the
composition?
2. What makes the meter/beat/pulse of Claire De Lune different from that of the Filipino folk
song Leron Leron Sinta?

3. Did you feel the irregular beat/pulse in his music? What natural activity or movements in
nature can you compare it to? Why?
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 MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)

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❑ The compositional style of Ravel is mainly characterized by its distinctively innovative but not
atonal style (music that is written in a way that is not based on any particular key) of
harmonic treatment

❑ Ravel was a perfectionist and every bit a musical craftsman. He strongly adhered to the
classical form, specifically its ternary structure.
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 MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)

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❑ Joseph Maurice Ravel was born in Ciboure, France to a Basque mother and a Swiss father.
At age 14, he entered the Paris Conservatory where he was musically nurtured by a
prominent French composer, Gabriel Faure.

❑ Ravel’s works include the following: • Pavane for a Dead Princess (1899) • String Quartet
(1903) • Sonatine for Piano (c.1904) • Rhapsodie Espagnole • Bolero
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Bolero
❑ On a clean sheet of bond paper or oslo paper (or any available and easy-to-use material of the same
kind), draw/sketch the natural activity/movement in nature that you compare Bolero

❑ There must be no clear image but point strokes from the tips of the brush and crayons/oil pastels

❑ Once you are done with the task, show the artwork to your family and let them write messages or
comments at the back of your work.
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Answer the following questions after listening to Ravel’s Bolero:
1. Did you feel the regular beat or pulse in his music? What activity or movements in nature can
you compare it to? Why?
2. What makes the meter/beat/pulse of Bolero different from Claire De Lune?
3. How was Harmony (a pleasing combination of musical sounds; the relationship between two or
more notes sung or played simultaneously) used throughout the composition?
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EXPRESSIONISM

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The term “Expressionism" was originally used in visual and literary arts and was probably first applied to music
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in 1918
traditional forms of beauty" to convey powerful feelings in his music
a high degree of dissonance
extreme contrasts of dynamics
constant changing of textures.
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 ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874–1951)

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❑ his tonal preference gradually revolved to something dissonant and atonal, as he explored the use of
chromatic harmonies. He was responsible for the establishment of the twelve-tone system

❑ Although full of melodic and lyrical interest, his music was also extremely complex, creating heavy
demands on the listener

❑ Arnold Schoenberg was born on September 13, 1874 in a working-class suburb of Vienna, Austria
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Peripetie
❑ On a clean sheet of bond paper or oslo paper (or any available and easy-to-use material of the same
kind), draw/sketch the natural activity/movement in nature that you compare Bolero

❑ There must be no clear image but point strokes from the tips of the brush and crayons/oil pastels

❑ Once you are done with the task, show the artwork to your family and let them write messages or
comments at the back of your work.
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 Peripetie

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After listening, answer the following guide questions on a separate sheet of
• What genre of movie can this music be used?
• What particular moment in your life does this music remind you of?
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 IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882–1971)

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❑ Stravinsky wrote approximately 127 works, including concerti, orchestral music, instrumental music,
operas, ballets, solo vocal, and choral music.

❑ He added a new ingredient to his nationalistic musical style

❑ He was born in Oranienbaum (now Lomonosov), Russia on June 17, 1882. Stravinsky’s early music
reflected the influence of his teacher, the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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❑ OtherSTRAVINSKY (1882–1971)

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acclaimed works by Stravinsky includes:

• Ballet Petrouchka (1911), featuring shifting rhythms and polytonality, a signature device of the composer

• The Nightingale (1914)

• Three Tales for Children (1917)

• The Rake’s Progress (1951), a full-length opera

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● Impressionism was an attempt not to depict reality, but merely to suggest it
● It was meant to create an emotional mood rather than a specific picture
●CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918)
● MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)
● Expressionism are traditional forms of beauty" to convey powerful feelings in his music with a
high degree of dissonance
● ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874–1951)
● IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882–1971)
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