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MUSIC AND THE CHANGING WORLD ============================ - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBXl-] [LynNno]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBXl-LynNno) - The phonograph was invented sometime in 1877 and was a popular musical gadget during the 19th century. -...

MUSIC AND THE CHANGING WORLD ============================ - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBXl-] [LynNno]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBXl-LynNno) - The phonograph was invented sometime in 1877 and was a popular musical gadget during the 19th century. - It must have been popularly used by Filipinos from the upper and middle classes from 1902 up to the time it was replaced by cassettes, CD players, and recorders. - The 20th century is well-known for #### Understanding 20^th^ Century Music - Teens like you love listening to music as it can make you feel good by creating a positive mood and helping you become more productive. - Through understanding 20th century music, you will recognize music\'s role in various fields of arts and culture, religion, the entertainment industry, the academe and the economy, and even with medicine. #### HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL FACTORS IN THE - Twentieth century music was a mirror of the era\'s discoveries and philosophies. After the First World War, some composers used **[Neoclassicism]**, **[Futurism]**, **[12-tone scale]**, and **[Microtones]**. - The emergence of new genres is evident. The radio became popular, as well as technologies that capture, reproduce, and distribute music. - Industrialization made music education and performance more accessible and widespread due to printing, mass media, and technological inventions. - It is a new musical style that conveys a certain mood, emotion, or atmosphere through the use of bizarre harmony, unresolved or incomplete chords, extreme chromaticism, and heavy use of the piano pedals. These produced dreamlike musical sounds. - Derived from Monet\'s painting \"Impression, Sunrise\" which uses contemporary visual art techniques, Impressionist music\'s modern characteristics includes CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918) -------------------------- - Achille-Claude Debussy was born in France on the 22^nd^ of August 1862. - Manuel-Achille Debussy and Victorine Manoury. - He was the favorite among the siblings and was sent to his first formal school at the Paris conservatoire at the age of 10. - Debussy entered the Paris conservatoire in . On the 25^th^ of October 1872. - ["Academie des Beaux-] [Arts"] - The \"[Prelude to the] [Afternoon of a Faun]\" was his orchestral height. Other famous orchestral parts include \"[La Mer],\" \"[Nocturne],\" \"[Images],\" and \"[Clair De Lune].\" Joseph MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) -------------------------------- - He was born on March 7, 1875 to Marie Delourat and Joseph Ravel in the town of Ciboure,France. - In 1882, shortly after his 7^th^ birthday, - He had his first public performance on  - In the Piano competition held on July 10, 1890, Maurice Ravel was awarded second place, making his initial year at the conservatoire rather successful. - He died on December 28, at the age of 62 in Paris - [Bolero], [La Valse], [Ma merel'oie]," and - In the Philippines, Dr. Antonio Molina was one of the 20^th^- century Filipino composers who wrote art music. - He was called " Claude Debussy of the Philippines" for composing music that has characteristics of impressionist music. - MALIKMATA  11 ### EXPRESSIONIST MUSIC - Impressionist and Expressionist musicians are actually considered rebels because they tend to break away from the conventional way of writing music. - They practiced musical freedom and diversity. Hence, they tend to discover different sounds that opened doors for more revolutionary music and art movements. - Composers maximize pitch ranges, use abrupt dynamics, tempo changes, and different instrumental timbres to bring out extreme emotions through their music works. 12 13 - **Expressionist music often features a** - **Expressionism is a nightmarish reaction to the dreamlike sweetness of Impressionism. Instead of having impressions of natural beauty, expressionism invokes fear, anger, torment, or anxiety creeping into the subconscious mind.** - Arnold Schoenberg was a great American composer born in Austria on September 13, 1874 and died in Los Angeles, California,USA on July 13, 1951. - He studied in Vienna's realschule and learned to play the cello and the violin. - The "three piano pieces" is one of his first original compositions in1894.  - He also studied counterpoint under alexander Von Zemlinsky. - One of his most popular expressionist compositions was the "Pierrot lunaire" MODERNISM IN MUSIC ================== ### [MODERNISM IN MUSIC] - The 20th century gave birth to modern music. Progress in the fields of science and technology found its way to music. - Recorded sounds from the environment were used as accompaniment to certain music. Such techniques include Electronic music, Chance music, minimalist sounds, and other unusual mixes of sonar activities. - Music can be produced by controlling sound through electronic instruments, keyboards, or synthesizers. - The emergence of electronic musical instruments was an effect of various experimentations by composers and music producers using the developing technology of that time. - Electronic music can be produced from various resources such as computer installations and microphones which are recorded, and then enhanced to produce the desired sounds.  - Electronic music permits more creativity and versatility in music creation, including voice editing. layering of harmony, and background rhythm. - Because pop music is usually recorded using digital technology and distributed over the Internet, it may be difficult to distinguish between electronic and non- electronic music in our current time. #### WHO IS THE FATHER OF ELECTRONIC - Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varese (1883-1965) is considered as the "Father of Electronic music." - Varese's music highlights rhythm and timber. He was the proponent of the word "organized sound," - **Polyphony** (two or more different melodies sung at the same time), - "Tribal Dance" and "Music Mix"  - Aleatory or Chance Music - The composition or performance is determined by unpredictability, like a random selection of pitches and rhythms. - Performers may be told to arrange the structure of the piece, like rearranging or playing sections simultaneously as they want. ### WHAT IS CHANCE MUSIC? - In Chance music, it is different. Chance music is also called aleatory music, which is derived from the latin word "Alea" meaning "dice." - It is a style of music where different sounds, musical or nonmusical, are assembled and combined together to create any kind of musical composition based on chance. - He was born in Los angeles, California, USA on September 5, 1912 and became one of the most original composers in the history of western music. - John cage, an American avant-garde composer, was the son of an inventor. - He challenged the very idea of music by manipulating musical instruments in order to attain new sounds. - "Father of Indeterminism" [https://www.youtube.com/watc](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXOIkT1-QWY)h?v=gX[OIkT1](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXOIkT1-QWY)-[QW](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXOIkT1-QWY)Y