3. Arrange the jumbled letters in order to form the correct
term/word. The statement beside the jumbled letters are
the clue(s).
1.CLASSEONMISC – it was a partial return to a
classical form of writing music.
2.RENDOM-MISLANTIONA – a looser form of 20th
century music development that focused on
musical innovations.
3.ANTVA-GRADE – is associated with electronic
music of sounds and space.
4. MUSIC OF THE
20TH CENTURY
Describes distinctive musical
elements of given pieces in 20th
century styles; (MU10TCIa-h-2)
5. Arrange the jumbled letters in order to form the correct
term/word. The statement beside the jumbled letters are
the clue(s).
1.NEOCLASSICISM – it was a partial return to a
classical form of writing music.
2.MODERN-NATIONALISM – a looser form of 20th
century music development that focused on
musical innovations.
3.AVANT-GARDE – is associated with electronic
music of sounds and space.
6. NEOCLASSICISM
❑Neoclassicism in music was a twentieth-
century trend, particularly current in the
interwar period, in which composers
sought to return to aesthetic precepts
associated with the broadly defined
concept of "classicism", namely order,
balance, clarity, economy, and emotional
restraint.
7. NEOCLASSICISM
• Neoclassicism is characterized by clarity of form,
sober colors, shallow space, strong horizontal and
verticals that render that subject matter timeless
(instead of temporal as in the dynamic Baroque
works), and classical subject matter (or classicizing
contemporary subject matter).
• It is a partial return to a classical form of writing music
with carefully modulated dissonances.
• It made use of a freer seven-note diatonic scale.
8. AVANT-GARDE
❑ Avant-garde music is music that is considered
to be at the forefront of innovation in its field,
with the term "avant-garde" implying a critique
of existing aesthetic conventions, rejection of
the status quo in favor of unique or original
elements, and the idea of deliberately
challenging or alienating audiences.
9. The AVANT-GARDE
❑ is associated with electronic music of
sound in space.
❑ use of variations of self-contained note
groups to change musical continuity and
improvisation.
❑ Absence of traditional rules on harmony,
melody and rhythm.
10. MODERN NATIONALISM
As a musical movement, nationalism emerged
early in the 19th century in connection with
political independence movements, and was
characterized by an emphasis on national
musical elements such as the use of folk songs,
folk dances or rhythms, or on the adoption of
nationalist subjects for operas, symphonic
poems
11. MODERN NATIONALISM
❑ A looser form of 20th century music
development that focused on nationalist
composer.
❑ It combines modern techniques and folk
materials.
12. Post Activity:
Process Questions:
1. What are the distinct
characteristics of the (3) three
musical styles of 20th century?
2. Which one is best to you? Why?
14. Direction: Through a graphic make describe the
musical elements of Neoclassicism, Avant-Garde
and Modern Nationalism.
Criteria: (1-10 rating scale)
1.Organization
2.Content
3.Creativity