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 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 Williams- Philip Glass John Cage Leonard Bernstein- “West Side Story” Sergei Prokofiev- “Peter and the Wolf”