20th Century

MUSIC
 INDEX
3 - Period. 11 – Ramones
4 - Characteristics and their explanation. 12 – The Beatles
13 – Dance
5 - Instruments 14 – Type of music
6 - Instruments II 15- Biography
16- Biography II
7 - Flute 17 – Biography III
8 – Piano 18- Bibliography
19 - End
9 - Composers
10 – Michael Jackson
 PERIOD
1 January, 1901 –
31 December, 2000
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
MUSIC OF 20th CENTURY
• Rebellion of the harmony.
•  Breaking of the proper chains of
the traditional harmony(new
techniques of composition). 
• The highest and lowest tones
were abandoned.
P
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S • percussive sounds used more frequently (also random noise, sound
effects)
I • percussion in general becomes increasingly popular; greater variety of
O instruments
• new interest in the unexplored intricacies of rhythm and meter, unusual
N timbres/combinations.
COLOR AND
TIMBRE
•More important element than ever
before
• creates variety, continuity, mood
• makes piano reductions problematic
(music loses much)
• composers like to put instruments at
the extremes of their range
• composers exploit timbres/effects
unique to each instrument
• experiment with new combinations
of instruments
MELODY
Melody in 20th-century works can be
unpredictable, as it is affected by meter
changes,
irregular rhythms, and nontraditional
tonality
• not necessarily "singable" tunes
           INSTRUMENTS
- Tronbone
- Violin
- Fagot
- Flute
-Piano
INSTRUMENTS (II)

•Oboe
•Transverse flute
•Optigan 
•Trautonio
•Trumpet
 TWO OF THE MOST
FAMOUS INSTRUMENTS OF THAT
CENTURY:
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This flute appeared
thanks to the interest in
using the original
instruments of that
century of the baroque
and renaissance artists.
For example, thanks to
Arnold Dolmetsch that
diffused it in Germany. FLUTE
PIANO
 THE MOST FAMOUS COMPOSERS:
• Michael Jackson.
• Ramones.
• Queen.
• The Rolling Stones.
• Spice Girls.
• AC/DC.
• The Jackson 5.
• The Beatles.
 AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by
brothers Malcon and Angus Young.
Their music has been described as journalists as  hard rock, blues rock,
and, controversially, heavy metal; the group have defined themselves as
"a rock and roll band, nothing more, nothing less".
 MICHAEL JACKSON
Michael Joseph Jackson: was born the 29 August, 1958 – and died 25
June, 2009.
He was an American singer, songwriter, and
dancer. He was called the "King of Pop"
because being the best-selling music artist. 
                            RAMONES
• It was a Punk´s band, formed in Forest Hills in New York, United States
1974. It was disolved in 1996.
• Their components were all brothers:

- Joey Ramone † - C. J. Ramone

- Johnny Ramone †  -Dee Dee Ramone † 
- Marky Ramone  - Tommy Ramone † 
- Elvis Ramone - Richie Ramone † 
                         THE BEATLES
• It was an english rock band, that became famous in 1960. It was
formed in Liverpool.
• The components are:
 John Lennon
 Paul McCarTNEY
 George Harrison
 Ringo Starr
 DANCE
Some of the most tipical dances were: tango, charleston, jitterbug,
twist...
                          BIOGRAPHY

It began at the end of the 19th century such as the late romantic and
post-romantic style, and the enthusiasm of nationalism in:

That dominated for 
- Latin America centuries the musical
- North America culture of the 
continent.
- Europe outside Germany
- France
- Italy 
 BIOGRAPHY (II)

• From the second decade, the form and place

that music had occupied during the past three
centuries in the society, changed forever: 

Irruption of
Ending the period: Entering into a new
musical :)
common practice
:)
musical era
modernism 
 BIOGRAPHY (III)
• This create an enormous diversity of genres of
music and movements.
• In the last quarter of the century: 

- It gave way to contemporary

music, being more complex of other
musics such as jazz or art rock, due
to the growing globalization and
popular culture.
 BIBLIOGRAPHY
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historia_de_la_m%C3%BAsica

https://www.last.fm/es/tag/80s/artists

https://www.monografias.com/trabajos60/musica-siglo-xx/musica-siglo-
xx.shtml

https://sp.depositphotos.com/134112568/stock-illustration-retro-80s-m
usical-instruments.html