Joseph Ravel and Musical Movements

Joseph Maurice Ravel

• Born March 7, 1875, in Ciboure, France.
• Baptized in a Catholic ceremony at the church of Saint Vincent.
• Moved to Paris with family after three months.
• Started piano lessons at age seven with Henry Ghys, who introduced him to harmony, counterpoint, and composition.

Impressionism in Music

• Characterized by refinement, delicacy, and vagueness.
• Creates a hazy atmosphere and dreamlike quality in compositions.
• Started in France in 1860

Popular Composers

Achille-Claude Debussy

• Born August 22, 1862, in France.

• Sent to his formal school at Paris

  Conservative at the age of 10

• First documented musical

  experience from 1870-1871

  during the visit of his aunt

  Clementine in Canes

• On October 25, 1872, he

  attended his first Conservatoire

  piano class under Jean-Francois

Famous Compositions:

• L’enfant prodigue (The Prodigal

Child) 1884, Prix de Rome

• Prelude to the Afternoon of a

Faun, 1982

• La Mer, 1905

• Nocturne, 1892

• Images, 1901-1907

• Pelleas at Melisande, 1895

• Engulfed Cathedral, 1910

JOSEPH MAURICE RAVEL

- Was born on March 7, 1875 at

Ciboure, France

- Joseph Ravel and Marie Delourat

- Was baptized in a Catholic

ceremony in the church of Saint

Vincent, and after 3 months, he

with his family moved to Paris

- In 1882, after his 7th birthday, he

took his first piano lessons under

Henry Ghys, who observed his

young pupil as “intelligent” and

gave the youngster his first

lesson in harmony, counterpoint,

and composition.

Had his first public performance

on June 2, 1889 where he

performed and excerpt from

Moscheles’s “Third Concerto”

- November 4, 1889 when six of

the faculty members of the

Conservatoire made an

unanimous decision to accept

Ravel in the preparatory piano

division

Earliest Essays of his:
• Variation on a chorale by

Schumann

• The movement of a sonata

• Variations on a theme from

Grieg’s Peer Gynt

First Compositions:

• Bolero

• La Valse

• Me marel’oie

• Miroirs

Expressionism

• The term was originally borrowed

  from painting which intended to

  express strong emotion such as

  anxiety, anger, and isolation

• Started in Germany at the beginning of 20th century

Expressionist Movement Areas

• Includes poetry, theater, architecture, dance, literature, music, and film.

Famous Expressionist Composers

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG

- Born in Austria on September 13,

1874 and died in Los Angeles,

California on July 13, 1951

- His method of organizing his

music was the use of 12 different

tones, which was greatly
influenced by the modern

technique

- Was known for his radical sound

of music and abandoned tonality.

• He also introduced the use of 12-

semitones scale

- Famous Compositions

• The Three Piano Pieces

- One of his original

composition in 1894

• Pierrot Lunaire

- He applied the style that we

call Sprechstimme- half sang,

half spoken

MODERNISM IN MUSIC

- Another Avant-garde movement in

music. Noise is like sounds such as

airplane swoosh or water were

considered music.

ELECTRONIC MUSIC

- Transition from traditional music

instruments and the use of recording

materials to the current digital

technology in music

- The process of creating music using

computer synthesizing or producing

digital audio signals

- Can be produced from various

resources

EDGARD VICTOR ACHILLE CHARLES VARESE

- Father of Electronic Music

- The proponent of the word

“organized sound” meaning group of

rhythms and timbers to define music

itself.

CHANCE MUSIC “ALEATORY MUSIC”

- Uses music elements that are left to

chance or bounceless possibilities

and left for the performer to realize

JOHN CAGE JR.

- Pioneer of Chance Music

- An American composer, music

theorist, writer, an artist.

- One of the leading composers of

Post-War avant-garde music

IMPRESSIONISM

- An art style that tried to capture and

impression of what the eye sees at a

given moment

- Effect of sunlight on the subject

WELL-KNOWN ARTIST:

CLAUDE MONET

- Leader of the impressionist

- Had long lasting fascination with

observing and painting light and

nature

- Paintings:

Sunrise, 1872

• Gare Saint-Lazare

PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR

- Liked to paint active groups of

figures

- His pictures were full of sketchy

patches of colors and contrasts of

lights and shades

- Paintings:

• Piazza San Marco

FAMOUS FILIPINO ARTISTS:

1. JUAN LUNA

- Tried his hand at impressionism

- Used small and brightly colored dabs

in creating a quick impression of a

fleeting moment (art work)

- Paintings:

• Tampuhan

2. FERNANDO AMORSOLO

- First National Artist in the

Philippines

- Also known for catching quality of

“Sunlight at high noon” when

contrasts are strongets and “sun

shafts” create dappled light patterns

Painting:

• Sabong

EXPRESSIONISM

- An art movement which artworks

conveyed strong emotional feelings

FAMOUS EXPRESSIONIST ARTIST

1. EDWARD MUNCH

- Forerunner of Expressionism

- His early life was tortured

- Sickness, insanity, death,

unhappy, guilt, love affairs

- Painting:

• The Scream

- Based on Munch’s actual

experience of a scream

piercing through nature while

on a walk, after his two

companions left him

ERNST KIRCHNER

- Suffered a breakdown as a

soldier in WW1

- His paintings showed fears about

humanity’s place in the modern

world

- Painting:

• Artilleryman in the Shower

- Crammed together in a

shower room, naked and

vulnerable, young men on

their way to the trenches of

the WW1

VICTORIO EDADES

- He realized modernist

experimentation and new

perspective on seeing the world

were what Philippine Art needed

- Painting:

• The builders

- Showed Edades’ Modernist

tendancy to experiment with

Expressionist style

PABLO PICASSO

• Weeping Woman

- Painted in 1937 and used

powerful colors to depict the

sadness of the crying woman

• Mandolin and Guitar

GEORGES BRAQUE

• Houses at L’Estaque

One of several paintings

Braque produced of the

village of L’Estaque in France

• The Studio

DADAISM

- This got its name from a nonsense

word

- Throughout its brief lifespan of six

years, dadaism seemed nonsensical

but it had a nonsense aim.

WELL KNOWN ARTIST

1. MARCEL DUCHAMP

- Well known Dadaist where works

were ordinary, selected and with

little or no alteration.

- Painting:

• Fountain

- This was very procative, he

wanted to test if they really

meant that all entries shall be

accepted

SURREALISM

- Showing the image of the

subconcious mind (higher reality)

SURREALISTS

- They believed that the rational mind

repressed the power of imagination,

thus explored dreamlike, sometimes

bizarre imagery across endless

mediums

AUTOMATISM

- The creation of art without conscious

control as in intuition and dream

experience

WELL KNOWN ARTIST

1. SALVADOR DALI

- He is among the most versatile

and prolific artist of the 20th

century

- Painting:

• The Persistene of Memory

ABSTRACT REALISM

- This combines two contradictory

terms, “Abstract” “Realistic”

- Goal is to use hypothetical painting

techniques to somehow change the

perception of a real object

WELL KNOWN ARTISTS IN PH

1. BENJAMIN CRUZ

- Award-winning Filipino painter

who has the ability to dream and

create new worlds “Manipulating

Dimensionality”

- Painting:

• Life and Visionaries

POP ART

RICHARD HAMILTON

- Pop Art Pioneer

- Described Pop Art as “designed for a mass audience

OP ART

- All about physical sensations

- Its artists create and organize lines,

patterns, and designs that sharpen up

the viewer’s eyesight or eye

perception

VICTOR VASARELY

- Was one of the key figures in the

creation of Op Art

- His lifelong fascination with line and

pattern, along with his experiments

with creating the illusion of

movement in his painting,

significantly influenced younger

artists

Painting:

• Zebra

M.C ESCHER

- Whose style has sometimes been

called op art in origin

- Created works with interesting but

complicated compositions. Viewers

began to see Op Art showing up

everywhere; in printing, television

advertising

- Painting:

• Relativity

• 18 Happenings in 6 parts

HAPPENINGS

- Are interactive, participatory and

experimental.

- Jolt into awareness of the traditional

art of the time: no script, no

expectations

ART MOB

- A group of people

who assemble, perform for a brief

time, and quickly disperse, often for the purpose of entertainment, satire,

and artistic expression

LIFESTYLE

- The way people live their lives

- Kind of life chosen by an individual

or a group of people

- Individuals’ behavior and daily

routine activities

WEIGHT MANAGEMENT

- Also an important component of

having a healthy lifestyle

FITNESS ASSESSMENT

- Series of measurements and tests that

will help identify the status of one’s

physical fitness

BODY MASS INDEX (BMI)

- Planning a weight management

program

- One of a measure of one’s body fat

based on one’s height and weight

WAIST-TO-HIP RATIO

- Ratio of circumference of the waist

to the hips

- It measures the fat located in the

abdominal area has been found to

have greater risk of cardiovascular

disease than a low ratio

Balance - Ability to maintain our centre of mass over our base of support

Coordination - Smooth flow of movement in the execution of physical task.

Reaction Time - React to an environmental stimulus

Agility - Quickly and Precisely move or change direction without losing control

Speed- Move quickly across the ground.

Power - Produce force quickly

Cardio Endurance - Ability ro deliver oxygen and nutrients to tissues and to remove wastes over a period of time.

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Muscular Strength

The ability of a muscle to generate a force for a short one-time Manum if using weights

period of time.

Flexibility

Flexibility is the ability of a joint or series of joints to move through an unrestricted, pain free range of motion. Flexibility is joint-specific.

Body Composition

The way your body is made in terms of lean mass (the weight of your muscles, bones,vital E tissues, and organs) and fat mass (the weight of fat tissue in your body).

LIFESTYLE-RELATED DISEASES IN

THE COMMUNITY

1. Type 2 Diabetes

- This condition causes the body’s

cells inability to respond to the

hormone known as INSULIN.

This hormone helps in bringing

glucose into the cells to produce

energy.

2. Cardiovascular Diseases

- These are conditions that may

arise involving the heart and the

blood vessels causing disruption

in the regular blood flow of

blood; thereby interrupting the

delivery of oxygen to the body.

3. Stroke

- A stroke may happen when the

flow of blood is blocked, and the

brain no longer receives oxygen.

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

- 5-17 years old should engage in at

least 60 minutes of moderate-to-

vigorous intensity physical activities

everyday

MODERATE-INTENSITY ACTIVITY

- Working hard enough to raise your

heart rate and break a sweat

MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY IN

FITNESS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

- Plays a significant role in an

individual’s physical activity and

fitness behavior. It’s a new platform

for fitness, health promotions and

interventions for people

- Examples:

• Pedometers

• Heart rate monitors

• Interactive video games

• Smartphone Applications

Natural Remedies and Their Uses

• Garlic (Bawang): Reduces blood cholesterol, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory.
• Guava (Bayabas): Antioxidant, anti-allergy, antimicrobial, and anti-diabetic properties.
• Lagundi: Treats coughs, colds, and fevers.
• Chinese Honeysuckle (Niyog-Niyogan): Eliminates intestinal parasites.
• Blumea (Sambong): Treats rheumatism, cough, and colds.
• Wild Tea (Tsaang Gubat): Skin treatment.
• Peperomia (Ulasimang bato): Treats arthritis and gout.
• Peppermint (Yerba Buena): Used for insect bites, coughs, and colds.

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• Right to be Heard: Consumers can give feedback or complaints.
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Health Fraud and Quackery

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  have not been scientifically proven safe and effective.

• Quackery promotes fake health products and procedures.

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• Medical Quackery: This offers a cure for life- threatening illnesses including

  cancer and other major illnesses.

• NUTRITIONAL QUACKERY - Quacks that sell food, in which ingredients may not contain

  subtances that are good for the body.

• DEVICE QUACKERY

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These professionals complete a

couse of study in colleges and

universities. They also take and pass

professional licensure examinations

before they are allowed to practice

their profession.

MEDICAL SPECIALIST

- Anesthesiologist

Administration of anesthesia like in

surgery

- Cardiologist

Coronary artery disease; heart

disease

- Dermatologist

Skin condition

- Family Practice Physician

General care physician

- Gynecologist

Female Reproductive system

- Internist

Treatment of diseases of adults

- Obstetrician

Pregnancy, Labor, Childbirth

- Opthamologist

Eye disease and treatment

- Primary care physician

General Health and Medical care

- Surgeon

Treats diseases through surgery

DENTAL SPECIALIST

- Dentist

General care of teeth and oral cavity

- Endodontist

Diseases of the tooth below the gum

line and root canal therapy

- Orthodontist

Teeth alignment, malocclusion

- Pedodontist

Dental care of children

- Periodontist

Diseases supporting structures

- Prosthodontis

Construction of artificial appliances

for the mouth

OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

- Nurse

- Midwives

- Medical Technologists

- Radiology Technicians

- Nursing Aide or Assistants

MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER

- Psycologists

- Psychiatrists

- Child and adolescent Psychiatrist

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

- Consist of medical specialists,

dental specialist, nurses, mental

health professionals, and some health

professionals who render health

services.

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- Are activities that are done to

assess, maintain, or improve the

individual’s health. These also

includes the diagnosis and treatment

Healthcare Facilities

• Include hospitals, health centers, private clinics, and maternity centers.

Health Insurance in the Philippines

• PhilHealth: Established in 1995 to provide universal health coverage.
• Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) offer multi-faceted health services.
• Health insurance covers medical expenses for unforeseen illnesses and injuries.