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LESSON 1- MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY/IMPRESSIONISM
Name of Learner: ______________________________
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW?
MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY
IMPRESSIONISM, PRIMITIVISM, NEOCLASSICISM, AVANT GARDE
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Is a movement that started in France in the 1860s, and
characterized by visual impression of the moment in the
terms of the shifting effect of color and light.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE 20TH CENTURY MUSIC

The early half of the 20th century also gave rise to new musical
 Fewer lyrical melodies than the music of former periods.
styles, which were not quite as extreme as the electronics,
 Dissonant harmonies
chance, and minimalist styles that arose later .these new styles
 The use of synthetic and electronic sounds. were impressionism ,expressionism,neo-classicism, avant garde
 Percussiveness music, and modern nationalism.
 Comic rhythms
 Greater use of woodwind, brass and percussion instruments than in music earlier periods

IMPRESSIONISM Based on the art movement started by 19th century Paris-based visual artist,
specifically Claude Monet through his painting “Impression Sunrise” ,There was an extensive use of different timbre and
effects, vague melodies and innovative chords. Resulting in a non-traditional harmonic order and resolution. Made use of
whole-tone scale, suggested reality, created a mood rather than a definite picture, hazy texture

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
 “FATHER OF MODERN SCHOOL OF COMPOSITION”
 He avoided metric pulses and preferred free form
and developed his themes.
 Composed 227 musical compositions
 He gained a reputation as an erratic pianist and
a rebel in theory and harmony.
 Most popular works are: Claire de Lune ( Moonlight) & La Mer

MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937

 He entered the Paris Conservatory at the age of 14 years old.
 Many of his works deal with water in its flowing or stormy moods as well as with human
characterizations.
 A perfectionist and strongly adhered to classical form specifically its structure.
 Most popular works are: Miroirs & Bolero

HOW MUCH DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

ACTIVITY 1: FIRST IMPRESSION
Direction(s): Write down your first impression on the paintings that are given;
1.Impression 2. Impression 3. Impression

ACTIVITY 2: ARRANGE ME!

Direction(s): Arrange the Jumbled Letters and describe briefly

Jumbled Words Brief Description (STYLE)

1. PRESSIONIMNISM
2. USSYDEB DEAUCL
3. RICEMAU LEVAR
4. OLDARN BERGSCHOEN
5. ROGI SKYVINSTRA
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LESSON 2- MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY/ EXPRESSIONISM/ PRIMITIVISM
Name of Learner: ______________________________ Date: _________________________
Name of School: _______________________________ District: _______________________
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW?
EXPRESSIONISM First applied to music in 1918 especially to Arnold Schoenberg.  The emotions
of the music are taken to the extreme, leading to disturbing, unsettling and sometimes violent. Lacking stable and
conventional harmonies .It served as a medium for expressing strong emotions such as anxiety and rage.

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG

PRIMITIVISM It is a word that describes the condition or quality that belongs to something
crude and unrefined. In its purest form, primitivism combines two familiar or simple ideas together
creating new sounds.
IGOR STRAVINSKY
 One of the greatest trendsetter of the 20th century
 He was born in Oranienbaum (Lomonosov), Russia. He was
influenced by his teacher, composer Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov
 His first successful masterpiece, The Firebird Suite (1910)

BELA BARTOK
-Born in Hungary (now Romania) on March 25, 1881 to musical parents.
-He started music lessons with his mother and later entered Budapest
Royal Academy of Music in 1899.
-His first nationalistic poem was Kossuth in 1903
-In 1906, he published his first collection of 20 Hungarian folk songs.
-His compositions were successful because of their rich melodies and lively rhythms.
-He is famous for his Six String Quartets. This represent the greatest achievement of his creative life,
spanning a full 30 years for their completion. Bartok’s approximately 700 musical composition include
concerti, orchestral music, piano music and songs

Bela Bartok: The Romanian Dances Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird

https://youtu.be/tZxs2xcDWb https://youtu.be/kd1xYKGnOE
HOW MUCH DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
ACTIVITY 1: BUBBLE MAP ACTIVITY 2: ABOUT TIME!
Direction(s): Write down words that relate to the Direction(s): Create a short and comprehensive
primitivism and add a short discussion word timeline on the life of Bela Bartok

DATE(S) SIGNIFICANT EVENT

PRIMITIVISM

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LESSON 3 - MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY/NEOCLASSICISM
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW?
NEOCLASSICISM A moderating factor between the emotional excesses of the Romantic period and the
violent impulses of the soul in expressionism. It was, in essence, a partial return to an earlier style of writing, particularly the
tightly- knit form of the Classical period, while combining tonal harmonies with slight dissonances. It also adopted a modern,
freer use of the seven-note diatonic scale.
SERGEI PROKOFIEFF (1891– 1953
 He is regarded today as a combination of neo-classicist, nationalist, and Avant garde composer
 His style is uniquely recognizable for its progressive technique, pulsating rhythms, melodic directness, and a resolving
dissonance 
 Born in the Ukraine in 1891, Prokofieff set out for the St. Petersburg Conservatory equipped with his great talent as a
composer and pianist. His early compositions were branded as Avant garde and were not approved of by his elders, he
continued to follow his stylistic path as he fled to other places for hopefully better acceptance of his creativity

FRANCIS POULENC (1899–1963)

 His compositions had a coolly elegant modernity, tempered by a classical sense of
proportion
 He was a successful composer for piano, voice, and choral music
  His output included the harpsichord concerto, known as Concert Champetre (1928); the
Concerto for Two Pianos (1932), which combined the classical touches of Mozart with a
refreshing mixture of wit and exoticism in the style of Ravel; and a Concerto for solo
Piano(1949) written for the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
SERGEI PROKOFIEFF: FRANCIS POULENC:
CONCERTO IN C MAJOR, OP. 26, NO. 3 (Excerpt) PERPETUAL MOTION, NO. 1 (Excerpt)
https://youtu.be/B4M7abXvreY https://youtu.be/kqCXfdtg6sI

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ACTIVITY 1: MUSIC CHARACTERIZATION
Direction(s): Listen to the selected musical composition (see attached link) and describe
its mood, rhythm, melody, and name one instrument used. Write answer on the table,

MUSICAL CHARACTERIZATION CHART

Music Mood Rhythm Melody Instruments
Romeo and Juliet(ballet)

Piano Sonatas

Concerto of Two Pianos

Dialogues des Carmelites

ACTIVITY 2: LET’S CHAT!

Direction(s): Describe neo-classicism and its musical characteristics as created by Prokofieff and Poulenc
Sergei Prokofieff:
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Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc:

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LESSON 4- MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY/ AVANT GARDE
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 WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW?
AVANT GARDE Closely associated with electronic music, the Avant garde movement dealt with the
parameters or the dimensions of sound in space. The Avant garde style exhibited a new attitude toward musical
mobility,whereby the order of note groups could be varied so that musical continuity could be altered. Improvisation was a
necessity in this style, for the musical scores were not necessarily followed as written. For example, one could expect a
piece to be read by a performer from left to right or vice versa. Or the performer might turn the score over, and go on
dabbling indefinitely in whatever order before returning to the starting point.
GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898–1937
 born in NewYork to Russian Jewish immigrants. His older brother Ira was his artistic collaborator who wrote
the lyrics of his songs. His first song was written in 1916 and his first Broadway musical La Lucille in 1919
 One of his significant work is the “SUMMERTIME”

LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918–1990)

Born in Massachussetts,USA, Leonard Bernstein endeared himself to his many followers as a charismatic conductor,
pianist, composer, and lecturer. His big break came when he was asked to substitute for the ailing
Bruno Walter in conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert on November 14,
1943. The overnight success of this event started his reputation as a great interpreter of the classics
as well as of the more complex works of GustavMahler.

PHILIP GLASS (1918–1990)

One of the most commercially successful minimalist composer is Philip Glass who is also
an avant garde composer. He explored the territories of ballet, opera, theater, film, and even
television jingles. His distinctive style involves cell- like phrases emanating from bright electronic
sounds from the keyboard that progressed very slowly from one pattern to the next in a very
repetitious fashion. Aided by soothing vocal effects and horn sounds, his music is often criticized as
uneventful and shallow, yet startlingly effective for its hypnotic charm.

LISTEN TO THE MUSIC!!!!!

GEORGE GERSHWIN: LEONARD PHILIP
BERNSTEIN:GLASS:
SUMMERTIME (Excerpt) MUSIC IN FIFTHS (Excerpt)
TONIGHT : (Excerpt)
https://youtu.be/HPrPQgm1AoY https://youtu.be/6WNnQTZ2H7g
https://youtu.be/QQC3wgeQyVc

HOW MUCH DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

ACTIVITY 1: COMPARATIVE CHART ACTIVITY 2: REACT!

Direction(s): Write down comparison of Direction(s): Answer the question:
traditional and avant-garde music How does avant-garde music created an impact on the

COMPARATIVE CHART
TRADITIONAL MUSIC VS. AVANT-GARDE
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music history?

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Grade 10- MUSIC MELC Code : (MU10TC-Ib-g-4)
LESSON 5- MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY / ELECTRONIC MUSIC
Name of Learner: ______________________________ Date: _________________________
Name of School: _______________________________ District: _______________________

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW?

ELECTRONIC MUSIC The capacity of electronic machines such as synthesizers, amplifiers, tape
recorders, and loudspeakers to create different sounds was given importance by 20th century. Music that uses the tape
recorder is called musique concrete, or concrete music. The composer records different sounds that are heard in the
environment such as the bustle of traffic, the sound of the wind, the barking of dogs, the strumming of a guitar, or the cry of
an infant. These sounds are arranged by the composer in different ways like by playing the tape recorder in its fastest mode or
in reverse.
3 STAGES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC
1. MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDING
 Made of natural sounds and sound effects •recorded and altered by changing the
speed of the records
 Cutting and splitting of sounds were enabled through this generation.
2. SYNTHESIZERS
 Device for combining sound generators and sound modifiers in one package
 Rca •moog synthesizers •theremin
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3. ELECTRONIC COMPUTER

EDGARD VARESE (1883-1965)

 He was considered an “innovative French-born composer.” However, he spent the
greater part of his life and career in the United States, where he pioneered and
created new sounds that bordered between music and noise. –
“Father of Electronic Music”
 His musical compositions are characterized by an emphasis on timbre and rhythm.
 He invented the term “organized sound,” which means that certain timbres and rhythms can be grouped
together in order to capture a whole new definition of sound. Although his complete surviving works are
scarce, he has been recognized to have influenced several major composers of the
late 20th century. – described as the “Stratospheric Colossus of Sound.”
 His musical compositions total around 50, with his advances in tape-based sound proving revolutionary during his time. 

KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
 He is a central figure in the realm of electronic music.
 Together with Pierre Boulez, Stockhausen drew inspiration from these
composers as he developed his style of total serialism.
 Stockhausen’s music was initially met initially met with resistance due to its heavily atonal content
with practically no clear melodic or rhythmic sense and developed his style of total serialism.

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Copyright by Philips
EDGARDInternational
VARESE: B.V. Karlheinz Stockhausen:
POÈME ÉLECTRONIQUE STUDY II (Excerpt)

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Activity 1: CONCEPT MAP!
Directions: Fill in the boxes below to complete the concept map. Write about the life and the musical compositions made by
the given composer.

KARLHEINZ
MAURICE
STOCKHAUS
RAVEL EN

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LESSON 6- MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY / CHANCE MUSIC

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW?
CHANCE MUSIC refers to a style wherein the piece always sounds different at every performance
because of the random techniques of production, including the use of ring modulators or natural elements that become a part
of the music. Most of the sounds emanate from the surroundings, both natural and man-made, such as honking cars, rustling
leaves, blowing wind, dripping water, or a ringing phone. As such, the combination of external sounds cannot be duplicated
as each happens by chance.
 One of the 20th century composers with the widest array of sounds in his works.
 He was born in Los Angeles, California, USA on September 5, 1912
 Became one of the most original composers in the history of western music.
 He challenged the very idea of music by manipulating musical instruments in order to
achieve new sounds. He experimented with what came to be known as “chance music.”
 Four Minutes and Thirty-Three Seconds (4’33") where the pianist merely opens the
piano lid and keeps silent for the duration of the piece. The audience hears a variety of
noises inside and outside the concert hall amidst the seeming silence.
 Cage created a “prepared” piano, where screws and pieces of wood or paper were
inserted between the piano strings to produce different percussive possibilities.
JOHN CAGE

CONCERT FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA, 1958

(Cover, instruction sheet, and pages 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9)
https://youtu.be/NE6n2VBo2cM

Also watch!!!
WATER WALK
John Cage
https://youtu.be/gXOIkT1-QWY

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Activity 1: COMPARISON TABLE
Directions: List down unique characteristics of John Cage musical style and select 5 composers previously mentioned, write
down differences of their musical style with John Cage.
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Grade 10- MUSIC MELC Code : (MU10TC-Ia-g-3)
LESSON 7- MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY / MODERN NATIONALISM

Name of Learner: ______________________________ Date: _________________________

Name of School: _______________________________ District: _______________________
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW?

MODERN NATIONALISM is a looser form of 20th century music development focused on

nationalist composers and musical innovators who sought to combine modern techniques with folk materials. It refers to
the use of musical ideas or motifs that are identified with a specific country, region, or ethnicity such as folk tunes and
melodies, rhythms and harmonies inspired by them.
BELA BARTOK
 Infused Classical techniques into his own brand of cross rhythms
and shifting meters to demonstrate many barbaric and primitive
themes that were Hungarian—particularly gypsy—in origin.

SERGEI PROKOFIEFF
Both made extensive use of
 He uses striking dissonances and Russian themes, and
polytonality, a kind of atonality
his music was generally witty, bold, and at times
that uses two or more tonal
centers simultaneously. colored with humor.

THE RUSSIAN FIVE - A highly gifted generation of creative individuals known as

the “Russian Five” —Modest Mussorgsky, Mili Balakirev, Alexander Borodin, Cesar
Cui, and Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov. They infused chromatic harmony and incorporated
Russian folk music and liturgical chant in their thematic materials.

VISIONS FUGITIVE (Excerpt)

Sergei Prokofieff
https://youtu.be/rUDPbv-CmxY

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Activity 1: COMPARE AND CONTRAST
Direction: List down similarities and differences of the musical style of Bartok and Prokofieff.

Composer Similarities Differences

BELA BARTOK
&
SERGEI PROKOFIEFF

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LESSON 10- MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY

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Name of School: _______________________________ District: _______________________
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW?
This lesson will help you explain the
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE PRACTICE performance practices of the 20th century music,
from its setting, composition, the role of
composers/performers and audiences.
In this lesson, you are expected to explain the performance practice (setting, composition, role of
composers/performers, and audience) of 20th century music.
HOW MUCH DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
ACTIVITY 1: WHERE AM I?
Directions: Below is the arrangement of the instruments in an orchestra. Classify the instruments according to
their types as to Chordophone, Membranophone, Aerophone, and Idiophone copy the table on your
notebook.
Chordophone Aerophone Membranophone Idiophone
 
     

ACTIVITY 2: REFLECTION TIME

Directions: Answer and explain the following:

1. Based on the guide shown above, how does the conductor arrange the musical instruments in an
orchestra? (5pts)
2. Do you think all the instruments in an orchestra drawn above are essential for a successful performance
practice of music in the 20th century? Why or why not? (5pts)