Music
Historical & Cultural Factors in the Formation of
20th Century Music Both Debussy & Ravel started off criticized for not
following conventional music rules. Today, they’re
20th century music was a mirror of the era’s considered 2 of the most innovative composers in
discoveries & philosophies. After WW1, some the history of music
composers used Neoclassicism, Futurism, 12-tone
scale, & Microtones 3) Dr. Antonio Molina:
● Emergence of new genres ● One of the 20th century Filipino
● Radio became popular composers who wrote art music
● Artists gained fame faster ● Claude Debussy of the Philippines
● Listeners were exposed to a wider range ● Famous work: Malikmata
of music
● Performances became visual through
music videos Expressionist Music:
● Able to bring music wherever they want ● Developed before WW1
● Breaks away from conventional way of
Industrialization: made music education & writing music
performance more accessible & widespread ● Practiced musical freedom & diversity
● More revolutionary music & art
New playing methods & sound production movements
techniques: magnetic tape, computer, ● Contemporary musicians ignored the
synthesizers, multimedia processors rules & designed their own
● Atonal: harmony & chords aren’t strictly
Impressionist Music: observed
● Created during the late 19th & early 20th ● All 12 notes are given = importance
centuries ● Tone quality is as important as the
● Started amidst world wars melody
● Conveys a certain mood, emotion, or ● High level of dissonance
atmosphere through the use of bizarre ● Constant changing of textures
harmony ● Distorted harmonies
● Derived from Monet’s painting ● Angular melodies w/ use of modalities &
“Impression Sunrise” which uses wide leap
contemporary visual art techniques ● Originated in the visual arts
● Invokes fear, anger, torment/anxiety
Arnold Schoenberg
● Avoided traditional forms of beauty to
provoke powerful feelings
● Austrian-American music theorist,
● Use of extended chords composer, professor, painter & writer
● Uses scales (whole-tone, pentatonic, & ● Famous for creating 12-tone scale
church modes) ● Targeted the German Nazis that labeled
his works as immoral or corrupt music
Famous Impressionist Composers: The Colors of Music:
1) Achille-Claude Debussy:
Breaking Prejudice Through Music
● 1st Impressionist composer
● Modest family w/ little cultural ● Before the American Civil War in the
involvement 1860s, African slaves used music to
express their feelings of sadness or joy &
● Accepted in Conservatory of Paris at the
gave them inspo despite experiencing
age of 10
racism
● Studied piano 1st, but discovered his
● The music you like influences your
passion for innovative composition
identity
● Regarded classical music as obsolete
● Music is a source of pride
● Focused on chamber music
● Ex: Filipinos working abroad listen to
● Famous works: Prelude to the Afternoon
Original Philippine Music (OPM) when
of a Faun, La Mer, Nocturne, Images,
they miss the Philippines
Claire De Lune
● For Latinos in foreign lands, listening to
Latin music is a means to embrace their
2) Joseph Maurice Ravel:
heritage
● Experiments w/ elements of modernism,
● Members of the LGBT community may
baroque, neoclassical, & jazz
also use music as their expression or
● Family of music lovers relate songs to their experience
● Orchestration abilities are shown in his
famous works
● Famous work: Bolero African-American Music:
Historical & Cultural Factors in the Formation of
20th Century Music Both Debussy & Ravel started off criticized for not
following conventional music rules. Today, they’re
20th century music was a mirror of the era’s considered 2 of the most innovative composers in
discoveries & philosophies. After WW1, some the history of music
composers used Neoclassicism, Futurism, 12-tone
scale, & Microtones 3) Dr. Antonio Molina:
● Emergence of new genres ● One of the 20th century Filipino
● Radio became popular composers who wrote art music
● Artists gained fame faster ● Claude Debussy of the Philippines
● Listeners were exposed to a wider range ● Famous work: Malikmata
of music
● Performances became visual through
music videos Expressionist Music:
● Able to bring music wherever they want ● Developed before WW1
● Breaks away from conventional way of
Industrialization: made music education & writing music
performance more accessible & widespread ● Practiced musical freedom & diversity
● More revolutionary music & art
New playing methods & sound production movements
techniques: magnetic tape, computer, ● Contemporary musicians ignored the
synthesizers, multimedia processors rules & designed their own
● Atonal: harmony & chords aren’t strictly
Impressionist Music: observed
● Created during the late 19th & early 20th ● All 12 notes are given = importance
centuries ● Tone quality is as important as the
● Started amidst world wars melody
● Conveys a certain mood, emotion, or ● High level of dissonance
atmosphere through the use of bizarre ● Constant changing of textures
harmony ● Distorted harmonies
● Derived from Monet’s painting ● Angular melodies w/ use of modalities &
“Impression Sunrise” which uses wide leap
contemporary visual art techniques ● Originated in the visual arts
● Invokes fear, anger, torment/anxiety
Arnold Schoenberg
● Avoided traditional forms of beauty to
provoke powerful feelings
● Austrian-American music theorist,
● Use of extended chords composer, professor, painter & writer
● Uses scales (whole-tone, pentatonic, & ● Famous for creating 12-tone scale
church modes) ● Targeted the German Nazis that labeled
his works as immoral or corrupt music
Famous Impressionist Composers: The Colors of Music:
1) Achille-Claude Debussy:
Breaking Prejudice Through Music
● 1st Impressionist composer
● Modest family w/ little cultural ● Before the American Civil War in the
involvement 1860s, African slaves used music to
express their feelings of sadness or joy &
● Accepted in Conservatory of Paris at the
gave them inspo despite experiencing
age of 10
racism
● Studied piano 1st, but discovered his
● The music you like influences your
passion for innovative composition
identity
● Regarded classical music as obsolete
● Music is a source of pride
● Focused on chamber music
● Ex: Filipinos working abroad listen to
● Famous works: Prelude to the Afternoon
Original Philippine Music (OPM) when
of a Faun, La Mer, Nocturne, Images,
they miss the Philippines
Claire De Lune
● For Latinos in foreign lands, listening to
Latin music is a means to embrace their
2) Joseph Maurice Ravel:
heritage
● Experiments w/ elements of modernism,
● Members of the LGBT community may
baroque, neoclassical, & jazz
also use music as their expression or
● Family of music lovers relate songs to their experience
● Orchestration abilities are shown in his
famous works
● Famous work: Bolero African-American Music:
