Music 10 PPT W1

MUSIC 10
MUSICAL STYLES OF THE

TWENTIETH CENTURY

(Contemporary Music)
Learning Objectives:
Explain how musical elements were used
in the twentieth-century music.
Explain the historical and cultural
background of Impressionism.
Sing melodic fragments from music with
impressionistic style.
Listen perceptively to selected Debussy
compositions.
MUSIC OF THE 20 TH
CENTURY

IMPRESSIONISM
EXPRESSIONISM
The music of the 20th century
can be perfectly describe as
eclectic, simply because the
musical styles in this period
have provided listeners a
wide array of music to choose
from.
IMPRESSIONISM

The first important stylistic trend in music.
The term “impressionism” was borrowed from

the field of visual arts, particularly painting.
In 1874, Claude Monet’s painting, “Impression:

Sunrise” did irritate an art critic because it was
viewed as an incomplete work.
IMPRESSION: SUNRISE

IMPRESSIONISM

In music, impressionism is a style of music that
makes use o sound to let the listener feel the
moods that focus on the structure of the music.
Song structure is the arrangement of a song, and

is a part of the songwriting process.
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.
FEATURES OF
IMPRESSIONISM

The use of “color” or in
musical terms, timbre, which
can be achieved through
orchestration, harmonic usage,
texture, etc.
New combination of extended
chords, harmonies, whole tone,
chromatic scales, and
pentatonic scales emerged.
Impressionism was an attempt
not to depict reality, but
merely to suggest it.
Impressionism was an attempt
not to depict reality, but
merely to suggest it.
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
(1862 – 1918)
CLAUDE DE BUSSY

He was born in France on August 22, 1862.
The foremost Impressionist composer.
He was the principal exponent of the

impressionist movement.
Father of the Modern School of Composition.

CLAUDE DE BUSSY

His compositions are more or less 227,
including orchestral music, chamber music,
piano music, operas, ballets, songs, and
other vocal music.
“Claire de Lune”, his popular composition.
He made his impact in the styles of the later
20th century composer like Igor Stravinsky.
MAURICE RAVEL
(1875 – 1937)
MAURICE RAVEL

Joseph Maurice Ravel was born in France to a
Basque mother and a Swiss father.
His compositional style is mainly characterized
by its distinctly innovative but not atonal style
of harmonic treatment.
His works are defined with intricate and sometimes
modal melodies and extended chordal
components.
MAURICE RAVEL

It demands considerable technical virtuosity
from the performer which is the character,
ability or skill off a virtuoso.
Ravel’s defining composition is “Bolero”. It is

a one movement orchestral piece. It
premiered in 1928.
TAKE-HOME TASK

Watch and listen to Maurice Ravel’s
orchestral compostion “Bolero”. As
you watch it, identify the different
musical instruments that play well-
known theme of his piece.
EXPRESSIONISM
IMPRESSION: SUNRISE

THE SCREAM

EXPRESSIONISM

The term “EXPRESSIONISM” was
originally used in visual and literary
arts and was probably first applied in
music in 1918.
It emphasizes the intense and subjective
emotions rather than portraying the
outward appearances.
FEATURES
FEATURES OF
OF EXPRESSIONISM
EXPRESSIONISM
HIGH DEGREE OF DISSONANCE
EXTREME CONTRAST OF DYNAMICS
CONSTANT CHANGING OF TEXTURE
DISTORTED MELODIES AND HARMONIES
ANGULAR MELODIES WITH WIDE LEAPS

o Pianissimo
very soft
o Fortissimo
very loud
o Dissonance
quality of sound
that seems unstable
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
(1874 – 1951)
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG

He taught himself music theory but took
lessons in counterpoint.
His tonal preference gradually revolved
to something dissonant and atonal.
He explored the use of chromatic
harmonies, TWELVE-TONE SYSTEM.
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG

His music was extremely complex,
creating heavy demands on the listener.
He experienced Triskaidekaphobia (fear
of number 13).
His works includes:
 Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21
 A Survivor from Warsaw,
Op.46
 The Violin Concerto, Op.36
 The Piano Concerto, Op.42
IGOR STRAVINSKY
(1882 – 1971)
IGOR STRAVINSKY

His first notable composition, “The
Firebird Suite (1910)” which was
composed for Diaghilev’s Russian
Ballet.
His skillful handling of material and
rhythmic inventiveness went beyond
anything written by his Russian
predecessors.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

The Rite of Spring (1913) was another
outstanding work showcasing his new
technique.
Stravinsky wrote approximately 127

works, including concerti, orchestral
music, instrumental music, operas,
ballets, solo vocal and choral music.
o Concerti or concerto
A musical composition for a
solo instrument or instruments
accompanied by an orchestra,
especially one conceived on a
relatively large scale.

Prepared by:
Niño L. Pasigpasigan
MAPEH Teacher

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MUSIC 10

MUSICAL STYLES OF THE

The term “impressionism” was borrowed from

In 1874, Claude Monet’s painting, “Impression:

Song structure is the arrangement of a song, and

Impressionism is a French movement in the late

The foremost Impressionist composer.

He was the principal exponent of the

Father of the Modern School of Composition.

Ravel’s defining composition is “Bolero”. It is

EXTREME CONTRAST OF DYNAMICS

CONSTANT CHANGING OF TEXTURE

DISTORTED MELODIES AND HARMONIES

ANGULAR MELODIES WITH WIDE LEAPS

Stravinsky wrote approximately 127

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