Discussion #1: MUSIC – QUARTER 1

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HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND
OF
20 CENTURY
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MUSIC OF 20TH
CENTURY
New
Rhythms
&
Meters
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Different MUSIC of
Harmony
melodies 20TH
DISTINCTIVE CENTURY
MUSICAL
ELEMENTS

Polyphonic Dynamics
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CENTURY
NEW RHYTHMS & METERS
• POLYRHYTHM – is the simultaneous sounding of contrasting layers of
rhythmic patterns.
• UNUSUAL METERS – occurs when the composer used the 5, 7, 11 or
other uncommon metric groupings. CARLOS L. ALBER
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• MULTI METER – occurs when changes in meter happens within a

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composition. DISTINCTIVE
• SYNCOPATION – occurs when the accents are place on the supposedly MUSICAL
weak beats. ELEMENTS

DIFFERENT MELODIES
• WHOLE-TONE SCALE – a scale having whole intervals.
• PENTATONIC SCALE – consists of five tones.
• TWELVE-TONE SYSTEM – uses the 12 chromatic tones.
MUSIC OF 20TH
CENTURY
DYNAMICS
• UNUSUAL INSTRUMENTAL COMBINATIONS and effects are
evident and these were another innovations made in terms of
the timbre-dynamic element.
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POLYPHONIC DISTINCTIVE
MUSICAL
• POLYPHONY is the simultaneous sounding of two or more ELEMENTS
melodies.

HARMONY
• WHOLE TONE CHORDS – formed by combining notes having
whole interval or two semitones.
• TONE CLUSTERS – produced by sounding adjacent notes.
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✔The music of the 20th century have

DISTINCTIVE FEATURES
✔ The PERFORMANCE PRACTICE (setting,
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compositions and audience) of 20th
Century Music.
✔ The situations around the world greatly
affected the development of 20th Century
Music.
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✔ The wars (WWI & WWII), SHIFTING OF POLITICAL

POWERS and TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT created
a big impact to the sounds made by different CARLOS L. ALBER
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musicians. HISTORICAL
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BACKGROUH N

✔ ADVANCEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY - is the invention

OF 2 0
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CENTURY

and innovation of machines or equipment that

eased the traditional practices of the people.
• ADVATAGE – wide dissemination of music, easier music
production, more musicians were exposed
• DISADVANTAGE – Copyright issues (form of plagiarism)
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✔WORLD WAR I – 28,JUL.1914-11,NOV.1918, is also known

as the “GREAT WAR” or the “WAR to END all WARS”
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✔ WORLD WAR II – 1,SEP.1939-8,MAY.1945, is also known as

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the “LARGEST & BLOODIEST WAR” or the “DEADLIEST BACKGROUH N
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CONFLICT” CENTURY

✔ In the ERA OF NAZI, many musicians migrated to the

United States because Adolf Hitler banned their works.
Great composers like Arnold Schoenberg, Bela Bartok and
Igor Stravinsky were among those who experienced this
event.
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✔MUSIC SOCIETIES emerged. It aimed to produce
musicians that will perform and develop
different musical styles and interpretations.
✔ Started to recognize the NEW SOUNDS, NEW CARLOS L. ALBER
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FORMS and NEW MUSICAL INTERPRETATIONS. HISTORICAL

✔ The International Society for Contemporary

D
BACKGROUH N
OF 2 0
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CENTURY
Music - organized in 1922 that focused on new
music. Annually they conduct music festivals
that displayed the musical skills of performers
from different countries.
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REPRESENTATIVE
MODULE
3 COMPOSERS
OF
20 CENTURY
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HISTORICAL EVENTS
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POWERS CENTURY

ADVANCEMENT OF
TECHNOLOGY
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✔Explain the PERFORMANCE PRACTICE

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compositions and audience) of 20th
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✔Focus on the lives and works of

representative 20th century composers.
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✔A French composer – Aug.22,

1862.
✔ Proponent & considered as the
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“FATHER of the MODERN CLAUDE

SCHOOL OF COMPOSITION” DEBUSSY

✔Coined to be the “FATHER OF IMPRESSIONISM

MUSIC”
✔ His compositions favored the FREE FORM and
avoided METRIC PULSES.
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✔His music were POETIC and GRACEFUL that
created a dreamy atmosphere among its listeners.
✔ He was fascinated by the JAVANESE GAMELAN –a CARLOS L. ALBER
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musical ensemble made up of different percussion CLAUDE

instruments like xylophones, gongs, and bells DEBUSSY
used in his works to achieve a new sound.
✔His signature work, CLAIRE DE LUNE
(MOONLIGHT)
✔ Claude Debussy died in Paris on March 25, 1918.
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✔A Australian composer –
Sept.13, 1874.
✔ Introduced the “TWELVE-TONE
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SYSTEM” – that uses chromatic ARNOLDERG

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tones and harmonies.
✔He also used “DISSONANCES” – use of
UNHARMONIOUS interval or chords.
✔ATONALITY – means no central key, where also evident
in his work, which is complex & hard to perceive.
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✔Founded the Society for Private Musical
Performances in 1920.
✔VERKLARTE NACHT (Transfigured Night, CARLOS L. ALBER
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1899) - a musical piece influenced by Brahms ARNOLD

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and Wagner SCHOENBER

✔THREE PIANO PIECES, Op.11 (1909)

✔ Died in Los Angeles, California, USA on July
13, 1951.
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✔A Russian composer – Jun.17,

1882, received a dual citizenship
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✔ One of the TRENDSETTERS of IGOR KY

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✔He started as a NATIONALIST but later on

shifted to NEO-CLASSICIST.
✔ His music showed a combination of
TRADITIONAL and CONTEMPORARY styles.
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✔He uses POLYTONALITY – the use of different keys
simultaneously
✔ Frequent changing of meters were present in his CARLOS L. ALBER
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music.
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✔ He was able to structure it in a controlled way

IGOR
STRAVINSKY

that created a dramatic atmosphere among its

listeners
✔ He compose the RITE OF SPRING (1913) –
showed the use of dissonances and atonality.
✔ Died on April 26, 1971 in New York City, USA
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✔A Hungarian composer
– Mar.25, 1881. CARLOS L. ALBER
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✔ Known as a NEO-
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BEL A
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CLASSICIST, PRMITIVIST
and NATIONALIST.
✔He used HUNGARIAN FOLK THEMES and
RHYTHMS in his music.
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✔His use of strong syncopations, changing
meters, rich melodies and lively rhythms.
✔Some of his works: CARLOS L. ALBER
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• SIX STRING QUARTETS (1908-1938) – these BEL A

exhibited his greatest achievements that took BARTOK
30 years in completion.
• CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA (1943) – a five-
movement musical composition.
✔Died in New York City, USA on September 26,
1945.
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MUSICAL
MODULE

STYLE
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The musical styles developed and used in

the 20th century is different from the
previous periods. It has characteristics
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that shocked the people at first because
of its ambiguous sounds and
interpretations. In this lesson, we will
discuss it one by one and relate it other
art forms and media during this period.
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• IMPRESSIONISM – CLAIRE DE LUNE
(MOONLIGHT) by CLAUDE DEBUSSY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNcsUNKlAKw
• EXPRESSIONISM – THREE PIECES FOR PIANO,
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrjg3jzP2uI
LISTEN
&
APPRECIAT
• NEO-CLASSICISM – THE RITE OF SPRING by IGOR
E STRAVINSKY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOOOWQmJa6U
• AVANT-GARDE – WEST SIDE STORY by LEONARD
BERNSTEIN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnsihTb_ZQI
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• MODERN NATIONALISM – THREE
HUNGARIAN FOLK SONGS by BELA
BARTOK
CARLOS L. ALBERT HIGH
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LISTEN • ELECTRONIC MUSIC – POEME
&
APPRECIAT ELECTRONIQUE by EDGARD VARESE
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmrchX7qYpU
• CHANCE MUSIC – SONATAS &
INTERLUDES by JOHN CAGE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xObkMpQqUyU