This document outlines activities for teaching students about 20th century musical styles. It includes having students listen to compositions by Debussy, Schoenberg, Bartok, Stravinsky, and Ravel to observe melodic progression, rhythm, texture, and mood. Students then analyze and discuss the music, identifying which pieces they enjoyed most and the distinct musical styles of different composers. Additional activities include creating video films portraying 20th century elements, performing songs from West Side Story, and conceptualizing a localized presentation of West Side Story or Porgy and Bess.

1. TOPIC: 20th
Century Musical Styles
Objectives:
Students can recognize, identify,
compare and explain the
characteristics of modern
contemporary music.

11. ACTIVITY:
Let the participants identify image of
the 20th
century composers
Listen to the most popular composition
of Debussy ,
Schoenberg, Bartok & Stravinsky Ravel, Pro

12. ACTIVITY:
Observe the melodic progression,
rhythm, texture, mood and style of the
music they have listened to.
Identify the title and the composer of
the songs presented.

13. ANALYSIS:
How do you find the activity? Did you enjoy
listening to the music of the different
composers? Was it challenging?
What can you say about the melody, rhythm,
texture, mood and style of the music that
you have listened to ?
Which among the music did you enjoy
listening most and what distinct musical
style have you observed from their music?
Choose 1 music.

14. ABSTRACTION:
Music of the 20th
century
Introduction
In this history of music and arts, every period
has its own characteristic style which is
associated with the society from which it
originated. The period of the 19th
and 20th
century perceived the two world wars, and had
been a period of many changes:

15. ABSTRACTION:
Music of the 20th
century
Introduction
advancement in technology, a period of many
inventions such as the telephone, television,
electronic light, computers, cassette tapes,
synthesizers, CD players, and many others.
Because of this inventions, experimentations
were made in the field of music and arts.

16. CONTENT STANDARDS:
The learner demonstrated understanding of the 20th
century music styles and characteristics and
features.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD:
The learner creates musical pieces using a
particular style of the 20th
century

17. Suggested performance activities:
Video Films or Live Performances
1. Create and explore other arts
media that portray 20th
century
elements through , video films,
video clips, MTV using your camera
or mobile phones.

18. Discuss and show your video work in
class.
Watch live performances of musical
concerts. Re- enact in class what you
have watched.
Make an audio video presentation of
the 20th
century music and their
selected compositions.

19. Singing activity:
Individual or Group
* If group, you may choose your partners.
You can do a duet, trio or quartet.
*Listen to the song “Tonight”, “ I want to
be in America” and “Maria” from the West
Side Story.

20. *Each individual or group will
choose any of the songs mentioned.
*You may bring your
accompaniment ( guitar,, flute,
recorder, beat box, drums, violin,
maracas, tambourine etc.)
*Perform it in class.

21. *The rest of the groups will act as
judges for the performance
evaluation.
* Each group will have five placards
or score cards or paper marked:
BEST, BETTER, GOOD, FAIR, NEEDS
FOLLOW UP

22. * Each judging group will display a
score card after evaluating each
individual or group.
* One student maybe assigned to be
the scores after the performance
and will announce the “Best Singer”
award.

23. INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP ACTIVITY:
Class concert- live performance
Choose from the following
selections :
West Side Story by Bernstein, Porgy
and Bess by Gershwin

24. You will be grouped into four. You
choose your group if you will be
doing the following: singing,
dancing, acting, directing, script
writing or accompanist.
* Perform in class

25. Performance Practice:
*Research on the 20th
century
musical play “West Side Story”
composed by Leonard Bernstein.
*Watch the film West Side Story.

26. Performance Practice:
Write a reaction paper explaining the
performance through the ff:
Setting
Composition
Role Composer, Performers, Audience
Why or why not? Explain your answers

27. APPLICATION:
WITH YOUR GROUP, CONCEPTUALIZE A
PRESENTATION ON HOW CAN YOU
LOCALIZE WEST SIDE STORY, PORGY AND
BESS.
YOU WILL BE GIVEN 30 MIN. TO PRACTICE
AND YOU WILL BE GRADED THROUGH THE
CRITERIA ON THE RUBRICS RATING SCALE
OF MEASUREMENT

28. RUBRICS: The identifiers for the following
indicators will depend on the given
activity.BEST
BETTER
GOOD
FAIR

29. APPLICATION:
Group the participants by region.
Aside from the activities presented,
what more activities can you
conceptualize that fits the lessons on
the 20th
Century Music?

30. Make a budgeted outlay of the 1st
quarter lessons based on the items on
the session guide ( TOPIC, MUSICAL OR
ARTISTIC CHARACTERISTICS, FAMOUS
COMPOSERS/ARTISTS AND THEIR
CONTRIBUTIONS (WITH HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND)L0CALIZATION/

31. CONTEXTUALIZATION,DIFFERENTIATED
INSTRUCTION (ACTIVITIES), to see to it that
all the significant informations in the
different genre will be discussed.

32. THANK YOU!!!
DR. MA. FE BRILLANTES SUMACULUB
DepEd Region VI, Division of Iloilo