Music Appreciation A Short Introduction to Modern Classical Music The Fast and Friendly Guide to the Modern Era of Classical Music Characteristics A break with the past rules are made to be broken ID: 801137
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Slide1
Modern Classical Music
Slide2Modern Era of Music
Music Appreciation
A Short Introduction to Modern Classical Music
The Fast and Friendly Guide to the Modern Era of Classical Music
Characteristics
A break with the past / “rules” are made to be broken
Dissonance / atonal
Aleotoric
Music = Chance Music
Use of prepared pianos,
sprechstimme
, & musical use of non-instruments
Slide3Modern Era of Music
Music Appreciation
Notable Composers:
Neo-classicist: Stravinsky
Modernist:
Schoenburg
Neo-Romantic: Mahler
Aleotoric
composer: Cage
Minimalist: Glass
Electronic: Stockhausen
Many composers write music for films: John Williams
Slide4Igor Stravinsky
Seen as the musical counterpoint to Picasso
Changed his style many times
Firebird Suite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
RZkIAVGlfWk
Slide5Arnold Schoenberg
Developed twelve-tone music
Fled from Germany to escape Hitler’s reign
Pierrot
Lunaire
(see next slide)
Note use of “
sprechstimme” in song
Slide6Slide7John Cage
Aleotoric
composer
Known for “prepared piano” pieces & avant-garde music
4’33’’
Read
as “4 minutes and 33 seconds”
AND now…a live performance
by your Queen…or Mrs. Fritts
Slide8Karlheinz
Stockhausen
Known for electronic &
aleatoric
music
Gesang
der Junglinge “Song of the Youths”
Slide9Is this music?
Reading Article A & B
Instructions:
Find one partner
Decide who will be Reader 1 & who will be Reader 2
Find a piece of blank paper, a writing utensil, & your article
Reader 1 reads 1
st
paragraph out loud to Reader 2, Reader 2 listens carefully & takes notes
Reader 2 reads next paragraph & Reader 1 takes notesReader 1 & 2 keep switching roles until entire article is read.
Questions
Both articles are titled “Why Do We Hate Modern Classical Music?” Do they agree
?
What does “sound like bus crashes” refer to & do you agree?
Retell a story from the articles that you remember/thought was interesting.
Slide10Additional Examples of Modern Classical Music
“Einstein on the Beach” by Philip Glass
“Helicopter Quartet”
by
Karlheinz
Stockhausen“Clair de Lune” by Claude Debussy – example of Impressionism
Six
Bagatelles
by ANTON WEBERN – example of Twelve Tone music
Slide1120
th Century American Classical Music
A brief list of American Classical Composers with musical examples
Discussion Question: Why are these composers not included in the “Modern Classical Composers” section of this unit?
Slide12Modern Classical Review
What do you know?
Classical/Romantic era rules broken
Atonal is _______
Dissonance sounds like ________
Major Genres / Styles are ________
Aleotoric music is ________Major modern & American composers are _________
What is the genre/style of each composer?
Give examples of each genre
Perform your own sprechstimme – ready go!