Objectives:

- Describe distinctive musical elements of given

pieces in 20th century styles
- Explain the performance practice of 20th century
music
- Listen perceptively to selected 20th century
music
- Construct concept map about the musical
characteristics of 20th century music
- Manifest perseverance in listening to 20th
century music
20 th

Century
Music
NT #2
Avant-garde
•a French word for “advance guard”, which
is used to describe the musical styles that
evolved after 1945
•considered to be the center of
experimentation and innovation applied in
music
Electronic Music
Electronic music
• refers to the music produced by
synthesizers and other electronic
instruments and devices
• can produce music out of the range of
traditional musical instruments
• use electronic equipment to produce
their desired sounds
Edgar Varese
• a French-born American
innovative composer
• His music was characterized as
dissonant, and non-thematic
• Famous works, Hyperprism,
Ionisation and Density
Chance Music
Chance music
• also known as “aleatoric music”
• a style of music where different sounds, musical or
non-musical are assembled and combined together to
create any kind of musical composition based on
chance
• uses the element of chance as part of the composition
that produces sound
John Cage
• American avant-garde composer
• Famous works, 4’33”, Music of
Changes, Sonatas and
Interludes and Imaginary
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