Transcript Romantic Music Period

Contemporary Classical
Music Period
Time Periods
 1900-Present Day
1. 20th Century-1900-2000
2. Contemporary- 1975-Present
3. 21st Century- 2000-Present
Characteristics:
 Modern form of art music
 Increased use of dissonance
 Dissonance is when notes clash. They are not usually
pleasing to hear.
 America was creating and developing their own
musical styles. (EX: Jazz and Patriotic)
 Use of Atonality
 Atonality means that music doesn’t belong to a particular
key
 Huge variety of classical music
 Composers pushed the boundaries of music making
 Includes many different styles
Different Movements/Styles
•Modernism
•Impressionism- “fantasy of the senses”
•Futurism- uses technology, vocal techniques and
improvisation
•Atonal, 12-tone, Serialism
•Free-Dissonance and Experimentalism
•Electronic Music/Recording Technology
•Jazz-influenced Classical Compositions
•Post Modernism
•Minimalism- simple phrases repeated throughout
•World Music Influence
•Film Score and TV Theme Music- think Star Wars and Harry
Potter
Composers
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Claude Debussy
Gabriel Faure- “Requiem”
Edward Elgar
Carl Orff- “O Fortuna”
Gustov Holst- “The Planets”
Giacomo Puccini
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Richard Strauss- “Also Sprach Zarathustra”
John WilliamsPhilip Glass
John Cage
Leonard Bernstein- “West Side Story”
Sergei Prokofiev- “Peter and the Wolf”