MUSIC

IMPRESSIONISM
Grade 10
 Introductory Message

Welcome to the Grade 10 first quarter music subject where you can
describe distinctive musical elements of given pieces in 20th century
styles which were collaboratively helps the learners in meeting the
standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming their personal,
social, and economic constraints in schooling.
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners in guided and
independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this
also aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking
into consideration their ability to adapt to change.

After going through this module, you are

expected to:

1. Distinctive musical elements of given pieces in 20 th century styles;

2. Explain the performance practice (setting, composition, role of
composers/performers, and audience) of 20th century music;
3. Relate 20th century music to other art forms and media during the same
period.

After going through this module, you are

expected to:

Complete the given task in this module

• Make sure to search my Facebook account: Pacita Vien Jalandoon and

message me your full name, age, and year so that I can help you with your
modular experiences
• Your facebook account will also help you to our lessons via video call with
your other classmates
• I expect your message in this particular dates August 24, 2020 – August 30,
2020
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PRE TEST

Directions: Inside the box are the names of the prominent composers in the 20th century. Identify
the pictures by writing the number on the space provided before each name.

PROMINENT COMPOSERS

CLAUDE DEBUSSY ________________

KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN ________________

JOHN CAGE ________________

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG ________________

EDGARD VARESE ________________

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 Lesson 1 – IMPRESSIONISM

Impressionism is an art movement or style that originated in France in the late 19 th century. It is a
counter effect of the Romantic style, which expressive of emotionalism.

Remember impressionism through these

words and ideas “atmospheric,”
“modal,” tone color,” complex chords,”
and “abstract,”

Two Leading Composers of the Impressionist Period

Claude Debussy is one of the prominent composers of the impressionistic style. He was born in
August 22, 1862 at Saint-Germain-en-Layein France.
Compositions:
1. L’enfant prodigue – a composition for soprano, tenor, baritone, and orchestra
2. Petite suite- a composition for piano
3. String Quartet in G minor
4. Prélude à l’aprés-midi d’un faune – a symphonic poem for the orchestra
5. Pelléas et Mélisande - an opera
6. La mer- an orchestral work
Maurice Ravel was born in Cibource, France on March 7, 1875. He is one of the prominent
composers of the impressionistic style.
Compositions:
1. Jeux d’eau
2. Miroirs Gaspard de la nuit
3. Le tombeau de Couperin
4. Histoires naturelles

Listen to

“Claire de Lune” - Claude Debussy

“Rapsodie espagnole” – Maurice Ravel

 Lesson 2 – EXPRESSIONISM

Expressionism presents atonality and the twelve-tone scale revealing composer’s mind, expressing strong
emotions, anxiety, rage, and alienation. It expresses the meaning of emotional experience rather than
physical reality. One of the proponents of expressionism is Arnold Schoenberg.

COMPOSERS IN EXPRESSIONISM PERIOD

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874-1951)

Arnold Schoenberg was an Austrian composer born last September 13, 1874, in a working-
class of Suburb of Vienna, Austria. He was famous as the exponent of the twelve-tone system with
twelve tones related only to one another also known as the serial technique. He was influenced by
Richard Wagner, a German composer.
His contribution to music includes atonality, meaning the absence of key evolved from an
emphasis on chromatic harmony in the liberal use of the twelve tones in a chromatic scale. Apart
from it, he also includes serialism and Sprechstimmre which is a manner of performing a song with
half-sung and half-spoken.
His works include the following:
1. Verklarte Nacht, Three Pieces for Piano, op. 1
2. Pierrot Lunaire,
3. Gurreleider
4. Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night, 1899)

He died last July 13, 195, in Los Angeles, California, USA where he had settled since 1934.

Listen to

“Claire de Lune” - Claude Debussy

“Rapsodie espagnole” – Maurice Ravel

 Lesson 3 – ELECTRONIC MUSIC

"Electronic music" generally implies the use of electronic instrumentation to create (synthesize) or to
manipulate sound. Character of the music sounds synthetic, processed/manipulated by electronics, as
opposed to being performed by acoustic instrumentation.

COMPOSERS IN ELECTRONIC MUSIC

EDGARD VARESE (1883–1965)
Edgard (also spelled Edgar) Varèse was born on December 22, 1883. He was
considered an “innovative French-born composer.” However, he spent the greater part of
his life and career in the United States, where he pioneered and created new sounds that
bordered between music and noise. – “Father of Electronic Music”
Important Work of Edgard Varese:
POÈME ÉLECTRONIQUE
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN (1928– )
is a central figure in the realm of electronic music. Born in Cologne, Germany, he
had the opportunity to meet Messia en, Schoenberg, and Webern, the principal innovators
at the time. Together with Pierre Boulez, Stockhausen drew inspiration from these
composers as he developed his style of total serialism. Stockhausen’s music was initially
met with resistance due to its heavily atonal content with practically no clear melodic or
rhythmic sense.
Important Work of KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Gruppen (1957)
Kontakte (1960)
Hymnen (1965)
Helicopter String Quartet

Listen to

“Claire de Lune” - Claude Debussy

“Rapsodie espagnole” – Maurice Ravel

Chance Music
Chance music refers to a style wherein the piece always sounds different at every performance because of
the random techniques of production, including the use of ring modulators or natural elements that become
a part of the music. Most of the sounds emanate from the surroundings, both natural and man-made, such
as honking cars, rustling leaves, blowing wind, dripping water, or a ringing phone. As such, the combination
of external sounds cannot be duplicated as each happens by chance.

COMPOSER IN CHANCE MUSIC

JOHN CAGE (1912–1992)
was known as one of the 20th century composers with the widest array of sounds
in his works. He was born in Los Angeles, California, USA on September 5, 1912 and
became one of the most original composers in the history of western music. He challenged
the very idea of music by manipulating musical instruments in order to achieve new sounds.
He experimented with what came to be known as “chance music.”
Important Work of John Cage:
Four Minutes and Thirty-Three Seconds (4’33") where the pianist merely opens
the piano lid and keeps silent for the duration of the piece.
 POST TEST

Activity 1: TRUE OR FALSE

Directions: Read the statements related to movement style in music. In the spaces provided, write
T if the statement is true, and F if the statement is false.
1. ______ Twentieth century music has adopted the sounds of the modern period which include
synthesizers, electronics and computers.
2. ______ Impressionism comprises styles and ideas, especially those that are decidedly
unconventional.
3. ______ Impressionistic style in music makes use of dissonant.
4. ______ Expressionistic music is attributed to Claude Debussy.

5. ______ Electronic music is light, entertaining and independent of its emotional content.

Activity 2: CONCEPT MAP!

Directions: Fill in the boxes below to complete the concept map. Write the musical
compositions made by the given composer.
 POST TEST

Directions: Look for the musical terms in the word puzzle. Encircle the terms that you can
find inside the box.
elements of music dynamic rhythm
melody texture form
duration harmony tone color
basic related terms
E L E M E N T S O F M U S I C R R R T U N
B E N G L A G I H K M L O P B H N T G F B
W G B M U L B F J Q C G M L D Y N A M I C
C V A D H Y M F J K L O N G S T B A N D A
J C F O R M T O R N I A D O O H F G U K O
G U R L S D E T C H Y D O L E M E N C A R
I M P R E U S S I A N I S M C O R O L E S
Q W E R T R U N M R H A R M O N O I U D D
D E R A J A R E S M T M E Z Z O P I A N O
C H U R L T C A S O F R A G N M J Y U L D
A B T C D I E F G N H I J K L M O N P Q R
V E X M O O N H K Y Y U O K O N M K L Q W
D E E F I N I N G T O N E C O L O R L E S
E R T B A S I C R E L A T E D T E R M S Q
A. To further recognize the instruments in the orchestra, listen to the different orchestral
genre composed by Sergei Prokofieff entitled “Peter and the Wolf with this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfM7Y9Pcdzw.
 POST TEST

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate
sheet of paper.
1. Which of the following music characterize its works centered on nature and its beauty,
likeness and brilliance?
A. Impressionism C. Neoclassicism
B. Expressionism D. Minimalism
2. Which movement of music characterizes the composer’s mind, instead of presenting an
impression of the environment?
A. Impressionism C. Neoclassicism
B. Expressionism D. Minimalism
3. Which musical style deals with the parameters of sound in space with an absence of
traditional rules on harmony, melody, and rhythm?
A. Impressionism C. Modern nationalism
B. Expressionism D. Avant-grade
4. Which type of musical style that has a freer seven-note diatonic scale?
A. Neoclassicism C. Avant-Garde
B. Primitivism D. Modern Nationalism
5. Which music of the 20th century seeks to combine modern techniques focusing on
nationalist composers and innovators?
A. Neo-classicism C. Avant-Garde
B. Primitivism D. Modern Nationalism
6. Who was the proponent of Claire de Lune and the foremost impressionist composer?
A. Joseph Maurice Ravel C. Claude Debussy
B. Arnold Schoenberg D. Claude Monet
7. Which of the following countries Claude Debussy was born?
A. Germany B. Italy C. France D. Sweden
8. Which of the following composers created a system of pitch organization based on the
chromatic pitches called twelve tone series?
A. Arnold Schoenberg C. Claude Monet
B. Joseph Maurice Ravel D. Claude Debussy
9. Who among the proponents of the Neoclassicism is considered as a great trendsetter of
the 20th century?
A. Claude Debussy C. Joseph Maurice Ravel
B. Igor Stravinsky D. Arnold Schoenberg
10. Which of the following works of Arnold Schoenberg is considered as one of his
earliest successful pieces?
A. Verklarte Natch (Three Pieces for Piano, op.11) C. Gurreleider

B. Pierrot Lunaire D. Verklarte Natch (Transfigured Night, 1899)

11. Who among the following composers was born to musical parents and died on
September 26, 1945, in New York City?
A. Bela Bartok C. Igor Stravinsky
B. Sergei Prokofieff D. George Gershwin
12. Which of the following is NOT the work of Bela Bartok?
A. Six String Quartet C. Allegro Barbaro
B. Concerto for Orchestra D. The Rite of Spring
13. How many years did the Mikrokosmos as one of the exceptional works of Bartok?
A. 12 B.13 C.14 D.15
14. Which of the following composers combined the Neoclassicism, modern nationalism and
Avant-Garde musical style?
A. Bela Bartok C. Igor Stravinsky
B. Sergei Prokofieff D. George Gershwin
15. Which of the following compositions of Sergei Prokofieff is intended for children?
A. Romeo and Juliet C. Peter and Wolf
B. War and Peac D. Song of the Bagpipe
 What I have Learned

1. The captivating sounds of the environment are revealed by

Impressionistic music.
2. Claude Debussy is known for his unique style as an impressionistic
composer.
3. Arnold Schoenberg is one of the most favorite expressionistic
composers in his time.
4. Ravel’s works are only musically satisfying but also pleasantly
dissonant elegantly sophisticated applying harmonic progressions and
modulations.
5. Claude Debussy was inspired by Franz Liszt, Fredrick Chopin,
Johann Sebastian Bach, and Giuseppe Verdi.