MFH Edition PPT MUSIC-OF-THE-20TH-CENTURY-G10

Music, Grade 10
2nd Quarter
Week 1
Objectives:
1. Describe distinctive musical elements of given
pieces in 20th century styles.
2. Explain the performance practices in the 20th
Century Music
3. Relate 20th Century Music to other art forms and
media during the same time period.
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What Music do you
usually hear or
listen?
Let’s Review!
01 MIDDLE AGES TO
ROMANTIC PERIOD
CHARACTERISTICS OF MUSIC
Let’s Review!
MEDIEVAL PERIOD
• A capella
• Monophony
• Unaccompanied Music
• Simple
Let’s Review!
RENAISSANCE PERIOD
• Polyphony
• Blending
• Harmonuos
Let’s Review!
BAROQUE PERIOD
• Ornamentation
• Contrasting
• Contrapuntal
• Harpsichord Continuo
Let’s Review!
CLASSICAL PERIOD
• Homophony
• Balanced
• Great Variety
Let’s Review!
ROMANTIC PERIOD
• Nationalism
• Freedom of Form and Design
• Dramatic
01 Music of the 20th Century
Also known as “Contemporary Music”
Two (2) Prominent Music of the 20th Century
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IMPRESSIONISM EXPRESSIONISM
IMPRESSIONISM
One of the earliest musical forms that paved way to this modern era.
IMPRESSIONISM- Is a French movement in the late 19th

and early 20th century.
Characteristics of Impressionism in Music
1. 3.
The rhythm of It has unresolved
impressionism music is dissonance.
irregular in terms of
phrases.
2. 4.
It avoids the It uses the whole-tone scale,
traditional harmonic uses the 9th chord, and also
progression frequently uses modality and
exotic scale.
1.
The use of
“Color” or in
Features of musical terms,
IMPRESSIONISM timber, which can
be achieved
through
orchestration,
harmonic usage,
texture, etc.
2.
New
combinations of
Features of extended chords,
IMPRESSIONISM harmonies, whole
tone, chromatic
scales, and
pentatonic scales
emerged.
3.
Impressionism
Features of was an attempt
IMPRESSIONISM not to depict
reality, but
merely to
suggest it.
Two (2) Prominent Composers of Music of the 20th Century
He reformed the course of

musical development by
eradicating traditional rules and
conventions into a new language
of possibilities in harmony,
rythym, form, texture, and color.
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
“Father of the Modern School of August 22, 1862
Composition” St. Germain-en-Layein in France.
He was the principal exponent of

the impressionist movement and
the inspiration for other
impressionist composers
LISTEN TO CLAUDE DEBUSSY’S
“Prelude to the
Afternoon of a Faun.”
How do you find the flow of music?
How will you describe impressionism based

on what you have heard?
If you are going to compose a song, would

you consider adapting this genre of music?
What made Claude Debussy’s work known to the
world?
This are the following characteristics of Claude Debussy’s work:
1. He used special melodic passages which at times did not have specific
tonality or key center.
2. He often used parallel chords which are just really chordal melodies and
enriched unisons.
3. The use of bitonal chords; whole tones and pentatonic scales. (whole-tone
is a scale in which each note is separated from its neighbors by the interval
of a whole step)
4. He used modulations randomly.
Two (2) Prominent Composers of Music of the 20th Century
At age 14, he entered the Pairs

Conservatory. A french composer
named Gabriel Faure musically
nurtured him in the conservatory
March 7, 1875
Town of Cilboure, France.
MAURICE RAVEL
His compositional style is
mainly characterized by its
distinctively innovative but not
atonal style of harmonic
treatment
LISTEN TO MAURICE RAVEL’S
“Bolero” and “La

Valse”
What are the
similarities of
Debussy and
Ravel’s musical
compositions?
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What made them unique in their compositions is the use of the whole-tone
scale, which is observable in their compositions.
EXPRESSIONISM
It was originally used in visual and literary arts.
EXPRESSIONISM- Probably first applied to music in 1918

especially to Schoenberg.
Characteristics of Expressionism Music
● Expressionist art tried to convey emotion and meaning rather than reality. Each artist
had their own unique way of "expressing" their emotions in their art.
● In relation to music, expressionism conveys true emotions in exaggeration

through the application of atonality and dissonance or the lack of agreement and
consistency in music.
● Expressionism is a style of music where composers seek to express emotional

experience rather than impressions of the external world.
1.
A highly degree
of dissonance
Features of (dissonance is the
EXPRESSIONISM quality of sounds
MUSIC that seems
unstable.)
2.
Extreme contrast
of dynamics
Features of (from pianissimo
EXPRESSIONISM to fortissimo very
MUSIC soft to very loud.)
3.
Constant
changing of
Features of textures.
EXPRESSIONISM
MUSIC
4.
“Distorted”
Melodies and
Features of Harmonies
EXPRESSIONISM
MUSIC
5.
Angular melodies
with wide leaps
Features of
EXPRESSIONISM
MUSIC
LISTEN TO THE 12-TONE or
“Chromatic scales, ascending

and descending”
Scale of 12 semitones (teacher play piano on screen)
1. Original form (forward)

2. Retrograde form (backward)
3. Inversion
4. Retrograde inversion (played
backward)
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Music of the 20th Century
Impressionism Music Expressionism Music

Impressionist music may be This evokes moods and ideas for
described generally as which the artist seeks to express
having refinement, delicacy, meaning or emotional experience
and vagueness rathen than physical reality.
Claude Debussy Maurice Ravel

“Prelude to the Afternoon of “Bolero” and “La Valse”
the Faun.”
Activity 1 in Music
answer “Assess and Learn” Page 16 and “
Listen and Learn” Page 19
“With good music, we can
bring people together because
good song will touch your soul
no matter what and where it is
coming from.”
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Praise Be Jesus
and Mary!
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part of
cultural
tradition
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Music, Grade 10

IMPRESSIONISM- Is a French movement in the late 19th

He reformed the course of

He was the principal exponent of

How will you describe impressionism based

If you are going to compose a song, would

At age 14, he entered the Pairs

“Bolero” and “La

It was originally used in visual and literary arts.

EXPRESSIONISM- Probably first applied to music in 1918

● In relation to music, expressionism conveys true emotions in exaggeration

● Expressionism is a style of music where composers seek to express emotional

“Chromatic scales, ascending

1. Original form (forward)

Impressionism Music Expressionism Music

Claude Debussy Maurice Ravel

Mass Diameter Surface gravity

Mercury 0.06 0.38 0.38

Mars 0.11 0.53 0.38

Saturn 95.2 9.4 1.16

2015 2017 2020 2023

Mars Mercury Saturn Venus

Mars Jupiter Venus

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