4. • Impressionism was an attempt
not to depict reality, but merely to
suggest it.
• was meant to create an emotional
mood rather than a specific
picture.
5. • In terms of imagery,
impressionistic forms were
translucent and hazy, as if
trying to see through a rain-
drenched window.
10. •Primary exponent of the
impressionist movement
and the focal point for
other impressionist
composers.
11. • Changed the course of musical
development by dissolving
traditional rules and conventions
into a new language of
possibilities in harmony, rhythm,
form, texture, and color.
14. Compositional Style
• Uniquely innovative but not
atonal style of harmonic
treatment.
• Intricate and sometimes modal
melodies and extended
chordal components
15. • demands considerable technical
virtuosity from the performer
which is the character, ability, or
skill of a virtuoso – a person who
excels in musical technique or
execution.
16. • Harmonic progressions and
modulations are not only
musically satisfying but also
pleasantly dissonant and
elegantly sophisticated.
17. Sample works
• - Maurice Ravel BOLERO - Wiener
Philharmonic.mp4
• Ravel - Rapsodie espagnole -
Barenboim.mp4
18. • EXPRESSIONISM
- revealed the composer’s mind,
instead or presenting an
impression of the environment
- used atonality and the 12-tone
scale, lacking stable and
conventional harmonies
19. •It served as a medium
for expressing strong
emotions, such as
anxiety, rage and
alienation.
21. Compositional style
• dissonant to atonal, as he
explored the use of chromatic
harmonies
• Although full melodic and lyrical
interest, his music is also
extremely complex, creating
heavy demands on the listener.
24. Atonality
• Music that is not in any key.
• Applies when there is no tonal
centre and all 12 notes of the
chromatic scale are of equal
importance, each of which
functions independently.
26. Compositional Style
• Music reflected the influence of
his teacher, the Russian
composer Nikolai Rimsky-
Korsakov
• asymmetrical rhythm.
• nationalistic musical style
27. • Stravinsky_ Le sacre du printemps _ The
Rite of Spring - Jaap van Zweden - Full
HD.mp4
• Pétrouchka (1947); First Part - Danse
Russe by Igor Stravinsky __ Animation by
Victor Craven.mp4
• Stravinsky Petrushka - Yuja Wang.mp4
30. 20th Century Musical Styles
• Electronic Music - music
being produced
electronically and recorded
on tape. It may refer to
synthesized sounds or
everyday sounds.
33. Musical style
• emphasized on timbre and rhythm
• Invented the term “organized
sound”, which means that certain
timbres and rhythm can be
grouped together in order to
capture a whole definition of
sound.
34. • Use of instruments and
electronic resources made him
the “Father of Electronic
Music” and he was described
as the “Stratospheric Colossus
of Sound.”
37. Musical style
• total serialism( influenced by
Schoenberg, Messiaen,
Webern)
• heavily atonal content with
practically no clear melodic or
rhythmic sense.
39. CHANCE MUSIC
• refers to a style wherein the piece
always sounds different at every
performance because of the
random techniques of production,
including the use of ring
modulators or natural elements
that become part of the music.
40. • Most of the sounds emanate from
the surroundings, both natural
and man-made, such as honking
cars, rustling leaves, blowing
wind, dripping water, or a ringing
phone.
41. •As such, the combination
of external sounds
cannot be duplicated as
each happens by
chance.
43. • became one of the most original
composers in the history of
western music
• He challenged the very idea of
music by manipulating musical
instruments in order to achieve
new sounds.
44. • John Cage - 4'33_.mp4
• John Cage - Sonatas and Interludes for
prepared piano [1_5].mp4
• John Cage's Prepared Piano w_ Stephen
Drury.mp4
• John Cage playing amplified cacti and
plant materials with a feather.mp4
• Tim Ovens plays John Cage · Sonata X
for Prepared Piano.mp4
45. SUMMARY
• New musical styles created by the
20th century classical composers
were truly unique and innovative.
• Experimented with the elements
of rhythm, melody, harmony,
tempo and timbre in daring way
never attempted before
