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20th Century

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

20TH CENTURY

1900 - 2000
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PHILOSOPHY

  • "A world of possibility"
  • Only limit =imagination
  • All the rules are broken
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HISTORICAL FACTS

  • World Wars
  • New technology
  • Cars, airplanes, television
  • Sports become important
  • Mass production
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20TH CENTURY MUSIC

  • Neo-classicism
  • Chance music
  • Atonal music
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NEO-CLASSICISM

  • "New" classical music
  • Sounded more "normal"
  • Ex. The Nutcracker
  • Tchaikovsky
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CHANCE MUSIC

  • Music left up to chance
  • Performer makes choices
  • Seems to make no sense
  • Ex. 4'33'' by John Cage

ATONAL MUSIC

  • 12 note patterns
  • Rhythms are irregular
  • Unexpected notes
  • Sounds like wrong notes
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