2. 21ST CENTURY MUSIC
TRENDS
• Music scholars predict that the innovative and
experimental development of 20th century
classical music will continue to influence the
music of the 21st century. With so many technical
and stylistic choices open to today’s composers,
the possibilities for “new” music, and radical
experimentation are promising. At present,
modern technology and gadgets still have a
3. SUMMAR
Y
• The early half of the
20th century also
gave rise to new
musical styles, which
were not quite as
extreme as the
electronic, chance
and minimalist styles
4. IMPRESSIONISM
•Made use of the whole-tone scale. It
also applied suggested, rather than
depicted, reality. It created a mood
rather than a definite picture. It had a
translucent and hazy texture, lacking
6. EXPRESSIONISM
•Revealed the composer’s mind,
instead of presenting an
impression of the environment. It
used atonality and the twelve-
tone scale, lacking scale and
10. AVANT-GARDE MUSIC
•Style was associated with
electronic music and dealt with
the parameters or dimensions of
sound in space. It made use of
variations of self-contained note
groups to change musical
15. Activity 3
• Using the cut-out illustration
board, the students will identify
if the statement and composers
are belonging to
impressionism, expressionism,
