AVANTE-GARDE
MUSIC
TWENTIETH CENTURY MUSIC
QUARTER I - MUSIC
DEFINITION
The term Avant-Garde is
applied to music when it is
considered "ahead of its
time" by critics or fans, i.e.,
it contains unique or
original elements, or it
explores unusual fusions of
different genres.
AVANTE-GARDE MUSIC
There are four kinds of Avante Garde Music, let’s discuss it one by one..
01. Electronic Music 02. Chance Music
▪ Definition of Electronic Music ▪ Definition of Chance Music
▪ Characteristics of Electronic Music ▪ Characteristics of Chance Music
▪ Proponents of Electronic Music ▪ Proponents of Chance Music
03. Futurism Music 04. Minimalism Music
▪ Definition of Futurism Music ▪ Definition of Minimalism Music
▪ Characteristics of Futurism Music ▪ Characteristics of Minimalism Music
▪ Proponents of Futurism Music ▪ Proponents of Minimalism Music
Electronic Chance or
Music Aleatory music
a medium in which sounds of
instrument and from nature leaves some choice to the
could be altered, and performer. The music may
completely new sound could change each time it is
be produced. performed
Futurism Music
Minimalism Music
use of noise in place or
The style is simple because of
in addition to musical
limited or minimal musical
sound.
materials used; steady pulse;
repetition of musical pattern;
and with hypnotic effect.
Divide your class
into four groups
TASK FOR NEXT MEETING!
Meet with your group Every group will be given
mates. Help one another five (5) minutes to deliver
to research your assigned their topics in front of the
topics class
Learners will create a
powerpoint presentation
for next meeting based on
their topic
Electronic Music
It is a music that employs
electronic music instruments
and electronic music
technology in its production. Sample devices includes the
telharmonium, Hammond
organ and electric guitar
In 1954, Stockhausen
composed his Elektronische
Studie II, the first electronic Electronic Music was given
piece to be published as a importance by 20th Century
score composers such as Edgar
Varese, Karlheinz Stockhausen,
and Mario Davidosky
Famous Composers of Electronic Music
Edgard Varese Karlheinz Stockhausen Mario Davidovsky
He was considered as the was a German composer, widely a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
“Innovative French-born acknowledged by critics as one of who opened up new vistas in cha
composer and the “Father of the most important but also mber music by pairing live acousti
Electronic Music” controversial composers of the c instruments with electronics
20th and early 21st centuries
Chance or Aleatory Music
The term is most often associated John Milton Cage was
with procedures in which the chan also the father of the
ce element involves a relatively avant-garde in music during
limited number of possibilities the minimalist movement.
It is a music in which some John Milton Cage,
element of the composition is left American avant-garde
to chance, and/or some primary composer whose
element of a composed work’s inventive compositions
realization is left to the and unorthodox ideas
determination of its performer(s). profoundly influenced
mid-20th-century music.
4’33’’,
A three-movement
composition by John Cage.
The BBC Symphony
Orchestra sat onstage for
four and a half minutes
without making sounds.
Futurism Music
Futurism was an early 20th-century art
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti initiated the move
movement which encompassed painting,
ment with his Manifesto of Futurism, Futurist
sculpture, poetry, theatre, music,
music rejected tradition and introduced
architecture and gastronomy.
experimental sounds inspired by machinery,
and influenced several 20th-century
composers. published in February 1909.
Luigi Carlo Filippo Russolo
He was an Italian futurist painter, composer,
builder of experimental, musical
instruments, and the author of the
manifesto the art of noises.
Born: 30 April 1885 Portogruaro Italy
Died: 4 February 1947 Bottanuco Italy
Artworks: Solidity Of Fog, The Revolt, Dynamism
of a Car, Memories Of A Night etc.
Francesco Balila Pratella
Italian composer, musicologist and essayist.
One of the leading advocates of futurism in
Italian music, much of Pratellas own music b
etrays little obvious connection.
Born: 1 February 1880 Lugo Italy
Died: 17 May 1955 Ravenna Italy
Alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov
He was a Russian composer of the early
soviet era, known best for his early futurist
piano sonatas, orchestral episodes, and vocal
music.
Born: 11 August 1900 Kiev Ukraine
Died: 12 July 1973 Moscow Russia
Movies: Drux flux, Goat the musician
Record Labels:
Nova Classicals, Capriccio, Digicom, etc.
Minimalism Music
Minimalism began as
‘Systems Music’ in
the 1960s Stockhausen’s ‘Stimmung’ is an
extreme example of this
Features of systems music
were repetition, simple melody
and slowly changing harmony
Famous Composers of Minimalism Music
Terry Riley Steve Reich Philip Glass John Adams
Glass describes himself Among the most
An American composer He developed a style
and performing based on the idea of as a composer of "music regularly performed
with repetitive composers of
musician best known as gradual change – of
a pioneer of the texture, rhythm and structures” which he ha contemporary classical
minimalist school of harmony s helped evolve stylistic music, he is particularly
ally noted for his operas
composition
Futurism
Electronic Music
Music
• Edgard Varese
• Luigi Carlo Filippo Russolo Minimalism
• Francesco Balila Pratella
• Karlheinz Stockhausen Chance • Alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov Music
• Mario Davidovsky
Music • Terry Riley
• Steve Reich
• John Cage
• Philip Glass
• John Adams
Thank you so
much, learners!
