2. • John Cage – Music for Marcel Duchamp
• 1947
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdWS4g6Xv8k&list=P
LHByJKH9Fvin8lP6v7eVKy1U-4oCD_Ner
3.
4. • The innovative
development in
musical language at
the turn of the 20th
century that
challenged and re-
interpreted older
categories of music.
5. • New ways of looking at music
• Rhythm
• Organization
• Atonality
• Materials
• Involved the listener much more than previous
movements.
• Historically, art has been a communication of feelings
• “All art is a form of escape, but music is in particular.” –
Laurie Anderson
6. • In the Modern Music Movement, traditional forms of
music were broken up and recreated during the 20th
century using
• Eastern musical techniques
• Abstract composing ideas
• Technology
• Recording tapes
• Amplifiers and Microphones
• And more…
• Music is a succession of sounds and the composer the
organizer of the sounds
• Requested a new attitude toward listening and the
concept of music itself
7. • The desire to make it new
• Explore new ideas and new sounds
• New modes of expression
• New techniques
• Innovative aesthetics
• Cultural effects
• John Cage‟s Prepared Piano
8. • The use of recording technology
for production
• Preserving individual performances
• Archiving composition
• New technology for composing
9. • The performance as an event
• Involves the audience
• Makes the audience think
• Focuses on audience reaction
• Away from the composer doing all the work
• John Cage‟s 4‟33”
10.
11. • Started around 1890
• Development of new technology
• Recording devices
• Amplifiers
• Electronic generators
• Manipulation
• World War 1
• Looked to past for inspiration
12. • Wanted to be unlike previous movements
• More serious and commonplace
• Classical
• Romantic
• Impressionist
• Went from
• Harmony Rhythm
• Tonal Atonal
• Composition Chance
13.
14. • He was more
interested in rhythmic
ideas than harmonic
ideas
• Searched for new
sounds to use
• “If someone says
„can‟t‟ that shows you
what to do.”
15. • Coined the “Prepared Piano”
• Originally done by Henry Cowell
• Used any sort of materials Including:
• Iron Pipes
• Screw
• Nuts/bolts
• Blenders
• Rubber ducks
• Ice cubes
• Even amplified cacti…….
16. • John Cage - 4‟33”
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN2zcLBr_VM&list=PL
HByJKH9Fvin8lP6v7eVKy1U-4oCD_Ner
17. • Not supposed to be actual silence or the audience‟s
disgruntled reactions to the piece
• Consisted of ambient and unintentional sounds the
audience heard during the time frame
• Was different each time
• Audience‟s experience varied
• He was the composer, but he chose to exercise no
control over the piece whatsoever
18. • He was repetitive and
liked patterns
• He was the founder of
minimalistic music
• “When I struck out in my
own music language, I
took a step out of the
world of serious music,
according to most of my
teachers. But I didn't care.
I could row the boat by
myself, you know? I didn't
need to be on the big liner
with everybody else.”
19. • Emphasized the musical process
• Instead of complex musical structures
• Used Repetitive cycles of rhythm
• Complex layers of sound
• Philip Glass – Night Train
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6rt8rHM2Us
20. • He is an expressionist
composer
• Created the twelve
tone technique
• “Great art
presupposes the mind
of the alert listener.”
21. • Twelve-Tone Technique.
• No Keys
• Atonal
• Arnold Schoenberg – Five Piano Pieces
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMF41nXncEo&list=PL
HByJKH9Fvin8lP6v7eVKy1U-4oCD_Ner
• Each note in the Chromatic scale played exactly once
• No emphasis on one particular note
• Played in any octave
22. • Known for his electronic
work, aleatory
(controlled chance),
serial composition, and
spatialization.
• “The invention of
transformations of
certain figures has
become the most
important in musical
composition.”
24. • He is a minimalistic
composer
• He used tape loops to
create phasing patterns
• “I discovered that the
most interesting music
of all was made by
simply lining the loops
in unison, and letting
them slowly shift out of
phase with other.”
25. • Tape Loops and Phasing
• Rhythmic figures move out of phase with themselves
• (Like a car blinker)
• Steve Reich - It‟s Gonna Rain
• http://vimeo.com/3473292
• Steve Reich - Piano Phasing
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnQdP03iYIo
26. • Systematic Music
• Sound continuously evolves
• Slowly changes over time
• Steve Reich - Clapping Music
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcFyl8amoEE
27.
28. • Much different from past movements
• Listen to music to enjoy it
• harmonic
• Most do not like to think about the music they listen to
• Did not appreciate the concept behind the works of art
• Difficult to wrap your mind around
• Influences- helped break free from old traditions and help
the world see music differently
