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- 1. COMPOSERS of the 20th CENTURY MR. DOMINGO A. PRESA T-III
- 3. CLAUDE DEBUSSY(1862-1918) He is the primary exponent of the impressionist movement and focal point for other impressionist composers. He has more than 227 musical compositions which includes orchestral music, chamber music,piano music, operas, ballets, songs and other vocal music.
- 4. MAURICE RAVEL(1875-1937) Born in Ciboure,France He entered the Paris Conservatory at the age of 14 where he studied with eminent French composer Gabriel Faure His compositional style is mainly characterized by its uniquely innovative but not atonal style of harmonic treatment.
- 6. ARNOLD SCHOENBERG(1874-1951) Born in Vienna, Austria on September 13, 1874. He taught himself Music Theory, but took lessons in Counterpoint. He was influenced by German Composer Richard Wagner He has approximately 213 musical compositions which includes concerto, orchestral music, piano music, operas, choral music, songs and other instrumental music.
- 7. IGOR ISTRAVINSKY(1882-1971) Born in Lomonosov, Russia on June 17, 1882. He was influenced by his teacher Nikolai Rimsky- Korzakov His first successful masterpiece is “The Firebird Suite”(1910) His music is characterized by being contemporary, structured, precise, controlled and full of artifice and theatricality He has more or less 127 musical compositions.
- 9. BELA BARTOK(1881-1945) Born in Romania, Hungary on March 25, 1881. He studied piano lessons with his mother and later entered Budapest Royal Academy of Music in 1899. He also performed as a concert pianist as he travelled exploring the music of Hungarian peasants. In 1906, with his fellow composer Zoltan Kodaly, he published his first collection of 20 Hungarian folk songs. Bartok has approximately 700 musical compositions.
- 10. NEO-CLASSICISM
- 11. SERGEI PROKOFIEFF(1891-1953) Born in Ukraine in 1891 His style is uniquely recognizable for its progressive technique , pulsating rhythm , melodic directness and a resolving dissonance. His early compositions were branded as avant-garde and were not approved of by his elders. With his contact with Stravinsky, he was given the chance to write music for the BALLET and OPERA, notably the ballet ROMEO and JULIET and the opera WAR and PEACE. He was highly successful in his piano music compositions.
- 12. FRANCIS POULENC(1899-1963) He was a successful composer for piano, voice and choral music His vocal works reveal his strength as a lyrical melodist. His choral works tended to be more somber and solemn. He has a more or less 185 compositions He was a member of the group of young French composers known as “Les Six His composition had a coolly elegant modernity, tempered by a classical sense of proportion.”
- 14. GEORGE GERSHWIN(1898-1937) Born in New York His older brother was his artistic collaborator who wrote the lyrics of his songs. His first song was written in 1916 and his first Broadway musical , La La Lucille , in 1919. He is a true “CROSSOVER ARTIST” in the sense that his serious compositions remain highly popular in the classical repertoire, as his stage and film songs continue to be jazz and vocal standards He was considered as “ FATHER of AMERICAN JAZZ” He has a total 369 musical compositions
- 15. LEONARD BERNSTEIN Born in Massachusetts, USA A charismatic conductor , pianist, composer, and lecturer. His philosophy was that the universal language of music is basically rooted in tonality. He achieved preeminence in conducting and composing for Broadway musicals, dance shows, and concert music. He has a more or less 90 compositions.
- 16. PHILIP GLASS(Born 1937) Born in USA He explored the territories of ballet, opera, theater, film, and even television jingles. He became an accomplished violinist and flutist at the age of 15 His music often criticized as shallow , yet startlingly effective for its hypnotic charm. He has a total of 170 compositions.
- 17. NEW MUSICAL STYLES a. ELECTRONIC MUSIC b. CHANCE MUSIC
- 18. ELECTRONIC MUSIC A. EDGAR VARESE-Born in Dec. 22, 1883. *He was considered as an INNOVATIVE FRENCH-BORN Composer.” *He invented the term “organized sound,” which means that certain timbres and rhythms can be grouped together in order to capture a whole new definition of sound. *He was considered as Father of ELECTRONIC MUSIC and STRATOSPHERIC COLOSSUS OF SOUND. *He has more or less 50 compositions.
- 19. KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN(born 1928) Born in Cologne , Germany. His music was initially met with resistance due to its heavily atonal content with practically no clear melodic or rhythm sense. He experimented MUSIQUE CONCRETE
- 20. CHANCE MUSIC JOHN CAGE(1912-1992) Born in Los Angeles, California USA on September 5,1912 and become one of the most original composers in the History of Western MUSIC. *Famous composition is 4’33.