20th Century Composers PDF

**10** **MUSIC** =========  \\ #### Who are the notable 20th century composers that belong to impressionism? - Fetes (Festival)- about the mysterious parade in a nocturnal carnival Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn (Half man and half goat) - Nuages (Clouds) (slow...

**10** **MUSIC** =========  \\ #### Who are the notable 20th century composers that belong to impressionism? - Fetes (Festival)- about the mysterious parade in a nocturnal carnival Prelude to the Afternoon of a Fawn (Half man and half goat) - Nuages (Clouds) (slow moving clouds in the sky) sirens how mermaids hire sad fisherman into the bottomless of the sea. - Pelleas et Melisande (1895)---his famous operatic work that drew mixed extreme reactions for its innovative harmonies and textural treatments. - La Mer (1905)---a highly imaginative and atmospheric symphonic work for orchestra about the sea compositions. - Claire de Lune (Moonlight) one of his lightly textured piece containing his signature work. #### MAURICE RAVEL (1875--1937) - Bolero -- a piece for orchestra without music Daphnis et Chloe, Rhapsodie Espagnole and Pictures at an exhibition are evidences of his being an orchestration master - Pavane for a Dead Princess (1899), a slow but lyrical requiem - Sonatine for Piano (c.1904) - Miroirs (Mirrors), 1905, a work for piano known for its harmonic evolution and imagination, - Le Tombeau de Couperin (c.1917), #### ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874--1951) - Pierrot Lunaire**,** - Gurreleider - Verklarte Nacht Three Pieces for Piano, op. 11, (Transfigured Night, 1899), one of his earliest successful pieces, blends the lyricism, instrumentation, and melodic beauty of Brahms with the chromaticism and construction of Wagner. #### IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882--1971)  #### Who are the notable 20th century composers that belong to Primitivism? #### Who are the notable neo-classicist composers? SERGEI #### PROKOFIEFF (1891--1953) - He also wrote "*Peter and the Wolf"* a light- hearted orchestral work intended for children. - Symphony no. 1 (also called Classical Symphony), his most accessible orchestral work linked to the combined styles of classicists Haydn and Mozart and neo-classicist Stravinsky #### FRANCIS POULENC (1899--1963) - His compositions include "*Concert Champetre"*, the "*Concerto for Two Pianos"*, which combines the classical touches of Mozart and Ravel. - *His musical composition total around 185 which include solo piano works as well as vocal solo.* - Les Mamelles de Tiresias (1944), which revealed his light-hearted character; - *Dialogues des Carmelites* (1956), which highlighted his conservative writing style - *La Voix Humane (1958)* which reflected his own turbulent emotional life.  - 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. - The unconventional methods of sound and form, as well as the absence of traditional rules governing harmony, melody, and rhythm, make the whole concept of avant--garde music quite strange to ears accustomed to traditional compositions. #### Who are the notable 20th century composers that belong to avant-garde? #### LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990) #### PHILIP GLASS (born 1937)  - It is a kind of music in which sounds are produced electronically. - Composers use electronic equipment to - Many composers of electronic music use an equipment called SYNTHESIZERS. #### Who are the notable 20th century composers that belong to Electronic Music? EDGARD VARESE (1883--1965) #### KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN (1928--) - *Kontakte* (1960), a work that pushed the tape machine to its limits; and the epic - *Hymnen* (1965), an ambitious two-hour work of 40 juxtaposed songs and anthems from around the world.