This group report discusses primitivism and neoclassicism in music. Primitivism features the stressing of one note over others and combining simple ideas, as seen in Béla Bartók and Igor Stravinsky's works. Neoclassicism moderates between romanticism and expressionism through a partial return to classical forms while combining tonality with slight dissonance. The report examines Bartók, Prokofiev, and Poulenc as composers who incorporated primitivism and neoclassicism in their compositions through the use of folk themes, rhythms, and a blend of tonality and modern techniques.

1. GROUP REPORT
MUSIC GROUP
Grade 10 | Music
Neoclassical
and
Primitivism
music

2. Good day everyone!
Today we're going to discuss about
Primitivism music and Neoclassical
Music.
Introduction

3. Primitivism
PRIMITIVISM MUSIC is tonal through the stressing
of one note as more important than the others In
its purest form, primitivism combines two familiar
or simple ideas together creating new sounds.
Two well-known proponents of this style is Bella
Bartok and Stravinsky. It eventually evolves to
Neo-classicism.

4. CHARACTERISTICS
•Made used of atonality and 12-
tone scale
• Lacked stable and conventional
harmonies
• Reveals composer's mind
instead of presenting impression
of environment
• Medium for expressing strong
emotions
(anxiety, rage, alienation)

5. BELA BARTOK As a neo-classicist, primitivist, and
nationalist composer, Bartok used
Hungarian folk themes and rhythms.
He also utilized changing meters and
strong syncopations. His
compositions were successful
because of their rich melodies and
lively rhythms.

6. BELA BARTOK He admired the musical styles of
Franz Liszt, Richard Strauss,
Claude Debussy, and Igor
Stravinsky. But he eventually shed
their influences in favor of
Hungarian folk and peasant
themes. These later became a
major source of the themes of his
works.

7. BELA BARTOK:
SIX STRING
QUARTET
Bartok is most famous for
his Six String Quartets
(1908-1938). These represent
the greatest achievement
of his creative life, spanning
a full 30 years for their
completion. The six works
combine difficult and
dissonant music with
mysterious sounds.

8. SIX STRING
QUARTET
https://youtu.be/xaQvPhVv
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9. NEO-CLASSICISM
NEO-CLASSICISM was a moderating factor between
the emotional excesses of the Romantic period and
the violent impulses of the soul in expressionism, It
was, in essence, a partial return to an earlier style of
writing, particularly the tightly-knit form of the
Classical period, while combining tonal harmonies
with slight dissonances. It also adopted a modern,
freer use of the seven-note diatonic scale.

10. CHARACTERISTICS
—combining tonal harmonies
with slight dissonances
—seven-note diatonic scale

11. SERGEI
PROKOFIEFF
Sergei Prokofieff is
regarded today as a
combination of a neo-
classicist, nationalist, and
avant-garde composer. His
style is uniquely
recognizable for its
progressive technique,
pulsating rhythms, melodic
directness, and a resolving
dissonance.

12. SERGEI
PROKOFIEFF
His contacts with Diaghilev and
Stravinsky gave him the chance
to write music for the ballet
and opera, notably the ballet
Romeo and Juliet and the opera
War and Peace.
He became prolific in writing
symphonies, chamber tusic,
concerti, and solo instrumental
music.

13. FRANCIS POULENC
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc was
one of the relatively few composers
born into wealth and a privileged
social position.He rejected the
heavy romanticism of Wagner and
the so-called imprecision of
Debussy and Ravel.His compositions
had a coolly elegant
modernity,tempered by a classical
sense of proportion. Poulenc was
also fond of the witty approach of
Erik Satie, as well as the early neo-
classical works of Stravinsky.

14. FRANCIS POULENC
Poulenc's vocal works reveal his
strength as a lyrical melodist. His
opera works include Les Mamelles
de Tiresias (1944), which explain his
light-hearted character: Dialogues
des Carmelites (1956), which
highlighted his conservative writing
style; and La Voix Humane (1958),
which reflects his own turbulent
emotional life.

15. WE HOPE YOU LEARNED SOMETHING
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