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Music
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
Music of the 20th Century

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Quarter 1 – Module 1: Music of the 20th Century
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 What I Need to Know

This module provides you the foundation of Music in the 20 th century. In your
journey through the discussions and different tasks, you are expected to:

1. describe distinctive musical elements of given pieces in 20th-century styles;

(MU10TC Ia-h-2)
2. explain the performance practice (setting, composition, the role
of composers/performers, and audience) of 20th-century music;
(MU10TC Ib-g-4)
3. relate 20th Century music to other art forms and media during the same period;
(MU10TC Ia-g-3)
4. perform music sample from the 20th century; (MU10TC Ib-5) and
5. evaluate music and music performances using guided rubrics.

The module is divided into three lessons, namely:

 Lesson 1 – Impressionism
 Lesson 2 – Expressionism
 Lesson 3 – 20th Century Musical Styles

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 What I Know

Read the statements carefully and identify what is being described. Choose
the letter that represents your best answer. Write your answer on a separate sheet
of paper.

1. His technique in a composition is the use of a semi-tone scale.

A. Cage
B. Debussy
C. Glass
D. Schoenberg

2. It is the mark of the beginning of the Contemporary Period.

A. Chance Music
B. Expressionism
C. Impressionism
D. Jazz

3. This composer believes that "Because there is little sense of goal-directed

motion, music does not seem to move from one place to another."
A. Cage
B. Debussy
C. Glass
D. Schoenberg

4. Schoenberg experienced Triskaidekaphobia, which is the fear of the number _.

A. 11
B. 12
C. 13
D. 14

5. It is also known as Aleatory Music.

A. Chance Music
B. Expressionism
C. Impressionism
D. Jazz

6. It tends to make more use of dissonance and more uncommon scales such as
the whole tone scale.
A. Chance Music
B. Expressionism
C. Impressionism
D. Jazz
7. It is a modern contemporary piano piece in Impressionism.
A. Claire De Lune
B. Für Elise
C. La Mer
D. Sunrise

8. It is a piece of experimental or downtown music that originated in the US.

A. Chance Music
B. Expressionism
C. Jazz
D. Minimalism

9. Following are characteristics of Minimalism except .

A. Minimal Time
B. Reiteration of Motifs
C. Slow Transformation
D. Steady Pulse

10. He is known as one of the 20th-century composers with the widest array
of sounds in his works.
A. Cage
B. Debussy
C. Glass
D. Schoenberg

11. Alea in the word Aleatory means .

A. Cube
B. Dice
C. Improvise
D. Play

12. He is the Father of Modern Music.

A. Cage
B. Debussy
C. Glass
D. Schoenberg

13. He was the primary exponent of the impressionist movement and the
focal point for other impressionist composers.
A. Cage
B. Debussy
C. Glass
D. Schoenberg
 14. It is equal to a twelfth of an octave or a halftone. It is a half-step stone.
A. Chromatic Scale
B. Dissonant
C. Semi Tone Scale
D. Whole Tone Scale

15. Music that uses the tape recorder is called .

A. Musique concrete
B. Music saving
C. Record tape
D. Save Music

Lesson
Impressionism
1
What music do you usually listen to? Are you into Rock? Pop? Or Hip-hop
music? I'm sure that you enjoy listening to these genres of music. Like any other
product of modernization, these songs have gone through several phases of
development. Come, let's go down the memory lane and discover the roots of
today's music.

The styles of modern songs can be traced back from the 20 th Century. The
innovative and experimental styles of the 20 th Century Music are the influences of
the genius composers such as Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Arnold Schoenberg,
Bela Bartok, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofieff, and George Gershwin. Coming from
different nations such as France, Austria, Hungary, Russia, and the United States,
these composers clearly reflected the growing globalization of musical styles in the
20th century.

What's In

When you were in Grade 9, you learned about Western Music and its history
from the Middle Ages to the Romantic Period. Let us go back to those eras of Music.
Try to recall the characteristics of music in the following periods:

1. Middle Ages
2. Renaissance
3. Baroque Period
4. Classical Period
5. Romantic Period
 Please check the answers of the learner. If all answers are correct, the learner will proceed to the next p

As you continue your journey through the ages of music, you will get a view
of how music has developed into what it is today. The First Quarter covers Music of
the 20th Century, which is also known as Contemporary Music. You will discover
different movements in this period, meet the different composers, and observe their
distinct techniques and styles.

What's New

IMPRESSIONISM

As the world entered the 20 th century, a new era in music was introduced, and
impressionism was one of the earliest musical forms that paved the way to this
modern era. Impressionism is a French movement in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries. The sentimental melodies and dramatic emotionalism of the preceding
Romantic Period, whose themes and melody are easy to recognize and enjoy, were
being replaced in favor of moods and impressions.

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918)

Claude Debussy was one of the most influential and
leading composers of the 20th century. He was the principal
exponent of the impressionist movement and the inspiration
for other impressionist composers. He reformed the course
of musical development by eradicating traditional rules and
conventions into a new language of possibilities in harmony,
rhythm, form, texture, and color.

He was born on August 22, 1862 in a small town called

Illustrated by: St. Germain-en-Layein in France.
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 He composed a total of more or less 227 masterpieces, which include
orchestral music, chamber music, piano music, operas, ballets, songs, and other
vocal music.

He was known as the "Father of the Modern School of Composition" and made
his impact on the styles of the later 20th-century composer like Igor Stravinsky.
Debussy's mature creative period was exemplified by the following works:

 String Quartet
 La Mer (1905)-a highly imaginative and atmospheric musical work for
orchestra about the sea
 Première Arabesque
 Claire de Lune (Moonlight)-The third and most famous movement
of Suite bergamasque.

In the field of visual arts, Debussy was influenced by Monet, Pissaro, Manet,
Degas, and Renoir; and from the literary arts by Mallarme, Verlaine, and Rimbaud.
Most of his close friends were painters and poets who significantly influenced his
works. On March 25, 1918, he died of cancer at the height of the First World War
in Paris.

MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)

Joseph Maurice Ravel was born in Ciboure, France, to
a Basque mother and a Swiss father. At age 14, he entered
the Paris Conservatory, where he was musically nurtured by
a prominent French composer, Gabriel Faure. The
compositional style of Ravel is mainly characterized by its
distinctively innovative but not atonal style (music that is
written in a way that is not based on any particular key) of
harmonic treatment.
His works are defined with intricate and sometimes
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modal melodies and extended chordal components. It
demands considerable technical virtuosity from the
performer, which is the character, ability, or skill of a
virtuoso—a person who is exemplary in musical technique or execution.

Ravel's works include the following:

 Pavane for a Dead Princess (1899)
 String Quartet (1903)
 Sonatine for Piano (c.1904)
 Rhapsodie Espagnole
 Bolero

Ravel was a perfectionist and every bit a musical craftsman. He strongly adhered
to the classical form, specifically its ternary structure. A strong advocate of Russian
music, he also admired the music of Chopin, Liszt, Schubert, and Mendelssohn. He
died in Paris in 1937.
 What It Is

Features of Impressionism music are as follows:

 The use of "color," or in musical terms, timbre, which can be achieved
through orchestration, harmonic usage, texture, etc. (Timbre is known as the
tone color or tone quality)
 New combinations of extended chords, harmonies, whole tone,
chromatic scales, and pentatonic scales emerged.
 Impressionism was an attempt not to depict reality, but merely to
suggest it.

What's More

The most remarkable composition of Debussy is Claire De Lune. Have you

watched the Hollywood movie hit Twilight Saga? Try to recall its sentimental
soundtracks. One of them is Claire De Lune! Would you like to listen to it once
again? Play from the accompanying CD Track 1 (Claire de Lune), or you can
access it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvFH_6DNRCY .

While listening to the track, answer the following guide questions. Use a
separate sheet of paper.
 What musical instrument is being played?
 How did the music affect your mood or feelings in terms of the general
atmosphere of the piece?

Ravel's defining composition is "Bolero." Bolero is a one-movement

orchestral piece which was premiered in 1928. Play from the accompanying CD
Track 2 (Bolero) or you can access it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=b5V31O8ll14
While listening, answer the following guide questions on a separate sheet
of paper:
 What specific dance form can be performed with Bolero as music?
 What feelings or emotions does the music evoke?
 What I Have Learned

COMPOSERS' TABLE ACTIVITY. Fill out the table below by indicating the name
of the artists and their works during the Impressionism Era and answer the question
that follows. Please use a separate sheet of paper for your answers.

Artists Works/Composition

What I Can Do

WRITING ACTIVITY. Which among the compositions of Impressionism

inspired you most? Why?
 Lesson
Expressionism
2
What's In

It was an interesting start, right? Let's continue to a more exciting journey in

the world of music!
In Lesson 1, you have learned that Impressionism was the first movement to
be introduced during the 20 th century. You also studied the life and works of some
of the impressionist composers. Remember that the most distinctive feature of
impressionism is the use of "color," or timbre in the musical term, which can be
achieved through orchestration, harmonic usage, texture, etc. Impressionism
reigned supreme for years until it was superseded by another style, which
is Expressionism.

What's New

The term "Expressionism" was originally used in visual and literary arts. It
was probably first applied to music in 1918, especially to Schoenberg because, like
the painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), he veered away from "traditional forms
of beauty" to convey powerful feelings in his music. Features of expressionism music
are as follows:

 a high degree of dissonance (dissonance is the quality of sounds that seems

unstable)
 extreme contrasts of dynamics (from pianissimo to fortissimo, very soft to
very loud)
 constant changing of textures
 "distorted" melodies and harmonies
 angular melodies with wide leaps
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874–1951)
Arnold Schoenberg was born on September 13, 1874 in
a working-class suburb of Vienna, Austria. He taught himself
music theory but took lessons in counterpoint. His works were
greatly influenced by the German composer Richard Wagner as
evident in his symphonic poem Pelleas et Melisande, Op. 5
(1903), a counterpoint of Debussy's opera of the same title.

His works include the following:

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 Three Pieces for Piano, op. 11
 Pierrot Lunaire
 Violin Concerto
 Skandalkonzert, a concert of the Wiener Konzertverein.
Although full of melodic and lyrical interest, his music was also extremely
complex, creating heavy demands on the listener. He experienced
Triskaidekaphobia (fear of number 13). Schoenberg died on July 13, 1951 in Los
Angeles, California, the USA, where he had settled since 1934.

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882–1971)

Stravinsky was born in Lomonosov, Russia on June 17,
1882. In his early music, he reflected the influence of his
teacher, the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. But
in his first notable composition, "The Firebird Suite (1910)," his
skillful handling of material and rhythmic inventiveness went
beyond anything written by his Russian predecessors. His
musical style added a new flavor to his nationalistic musical
style. The Rite of Spring (1913) was another superb work
Illustrated by: showcasing his new technique.
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Acclaimed works by Stravinsky includes:

 Ballet Petrouchka (1911

 The Nightingale (1914)
 Three Tales for Children (1917)
 Pulcinella (1920)
 Duo Concertant (1932)
 The Rake's Progress (1951)

Stravinsky wrote approximately 127 works, including concerti, orchestral

music, instrumental music, operas, ballets, solo vocal, and choral music. Concerti or
concerto is a musical composition for a solo instrument or instruments accompanied
by an orchestra, especially one conceived on a relatively large scale. He died in New
York City on April 6, 1971.
 What It Is

Schoenberg's style in music reformed from time to time. From the early
influences of Wagner, his tonal preference gradually revolved to something dissonant
and atonal, as he explored the use of chromatic harmonies. He was responsible for
the establishment of the twelve-tone system.

Twelve-tone system

What's More

WORD HUNT. Encircle the words that are related to expressionist music in the grid
below. The words run horizontally, vertically, and diagonally.

S U S A D G E V O L
D I S P T E I C L L
E A A I E R V O O L
R I R A O M N N H U
Y L G N E A B C U H
S C H O E N B E R G
A S H M R A N R I U
T N A R K S S T S H
O A H A O R O I N N
N Y A S G M A N I O
A R U S S I A R A R
L Y H C R E M T N A
X S S D F G H I I A
D I S T O R T E D C
 What I Have Learned

One of the most significant compositions of Schoenberg is Three Piano

Pieces, Op. 11. This musical piece was the first composition ever to dispense
completely with "tonal" (counterpart of atonal) means of organization. Play from the
accompanying CD Track 3 (Three Piano Pieces). Alternatively, you can access it at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrjg3jzP2uI.

While listening, answer the following guide questions on a separate sheet

of paper:
 What genre of a movie can this music be used?
 What particular moment in your life does this music remind you of?

What I Can Do

MUSIC LISTENING ACTIVITY. From the CD, play track 4 (Petrouchka by

Stravinsky) or access it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJRfImhtjq4. After
listening to the track, create an artwork inspired by Petrouchka using any
contemporary medium of arts. Use any paper available for your artwork.

Lesson
20th Century Musical Styles
3
Now that you are familiar with Impressionism and Expressionism, you are
ready to explore the very interesting musical forms of the 20 th Century. Let's
discover the techniques and styles of Electronic and Chance Music.
 What's In

Expressionism is a style of music where composers seek to express emotional

experience. For the next lesson, we will discuss several musical styles that developed
in the modern era. Some of these were being experimental, short-lived, and too
revolutionary, while others found a fusion between the old and the new style of
music. New inventions and discoveries of science and technology also led to
continuing developments in Music.

What's New

Technology has been a game-changer in music. It has produced electronic

music devices such as cassette tape recorders, compact discs and their variants, the
video compact disc (VCD), and the digital video disc (DVD), MP3, MP4, digital
music players, smartphones, karaoke players, and synthesizers. These devices are
used for creating and recording music to add to or to replace acoustical sounds.

ELECTRONIC MUSIC

The ability of electronic machines such as synthesizers, amplifiers, tape

recorders, and loudspeakers to produce different sounds was popularized by 20th-
century notable composers.

Musique concrete, or concrete music is a music that uses the tape recorder.
Any sound that the composer will hear in his surroundings will be recorded. These
sounds are arranged by the composer in different ways, like playing the tape
recorder in its fastest mode or reverse. In musique concrete, the composer can
experiment with different sounds that cannot be produced by regular musical
instruments such as the piano or the violin.

The first electronic devices for performing music were developed at the end of
the 19th century, and shortly afterward, Italian futurists explored sounds that had
not been considered musical.
EDGARD VARÈSE (1883–1965)
He was born on December 22, 1883, Edgard (also
spelled Edgar) Varèse was considered an "innovative French-
born composer." He pioneered and created new sounds that
bordered between music and noise and spent his life and
career mostly in the United States.

His musical compositions are characterized by:

 an emphasis on timbre and rhythm; and

 "organized sound" (certain timbres and rhythms can be
Illustrated by: grouped together in order to capture a whole new definition
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of sound).

Varèse's is considered as the "Father of Electronic Music," and use of new

instruments and electronic resources. He was also dubbed as the "Stratospheric
Colossus of Sound." He died on November 6, 1965.

KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN (1928– 2007)

Karlheinz Stockhausen is a central figure in the realm
of electronic music. He was born in Cologne, Germany. He
had the opportunity to work with Messiaen, Schoenberg,
and Webern.

Stockhausen drew inspiration from these composers

as he developed his
style of total serialism together with Pierre Boulez.
Stockhausen's music was initially met with resistance
due to its heavily atonal content with practically no clear
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melodic or rhythmic sense. Still, he continued to experiment
with musique concrete.

Some of his works include:

 Gruppen (1957)
 Kontakte (1960)
 Hymnen (1965) and
 Licht (Light)

It has led him to dream of concert halls in which the sound attacks the
listener from every direction. Stockhausen's works total around 31.
CHANCE MUSIC

Chance music, also known as Aleatoric music, refers to a style in which the
piece always sounds differently 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 emanating from the
surroundings, both natural and man-made, such as honking cars, rustling leaves,
blowing wind, dripping water, or a ringing phone.

An example of Chance music is John Cage's 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. The audience hears a variety of noises inside and outside
the concert hall amidst the seeming silence.

JOHN CAGE (1912–1992)

John Cage was known as one of the 20th-century
composers with the broadest array of sounds in his works.
Cage 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 to attain new sounds and became the
"chance music."
In one instance, Cage created a "prepared" piano,
where screws and pieces of wood or paper were inserted
between the piano strings to produce different percussive
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Cage became notable for his work The Four Minutes and 33 Seconds (4'33"),
a chance musical work that instructed the pianist to merely open the piano lid and
remain silent for the length of time indicated by the title.

What It Is

The new musical styles created by 20th-century classical composers were

truly notable, experimental, and innovative. They played with the elements of
rhythm, melody, harmony, tempo, and timbre in adventurous ways that were never
did before. Musicians even used electronic devices such as synthesizers, tape
recorders, amplifiers, and the like to introduce and enhance sounds created by
traditional instruments.
 What's More

Directions. In each item, encircle the word that doesn't belong to the 20th Century
Music and identify the classification of the remaining words. (You
are given 1 point for the encircled word and 1 point for the
classification.)
BOOK

EXAMPLE Piano Guitar Violin MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

1. 4’33” Prepared Piano Zen Buddhism Study II

2. Gruppen Kontakte Stratospheric Study II
3. Varèse Debussy Stockhausen Glass
4. Germany France USA India
5. Harpsichord Mp3 Player Mobile Phones Mp4

What I Have Learned

Another popular electronic music composition is Studie II by Karlheinz

Stockhausen. Play from the accompanying CD Track 6 (Studie II) or access
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qi4hgT_d0o .

While listening, answer the following guide questions on a separate sheet

of paper:
 Where do you imagine yourself to be in while listening to music?
Why?
 What makes this track distinct from the other musical excerpts which
you have heard so far?

The popularity of televisions started during the 20 th Century. TV shows

became a huge part of the lives of the people, and music played a vital role in its
flourishment. Water Walk by John Cage was one of the compositions used in TV
shows. Watch a video clip #1 (Water Walk) at https://youtu.be/gXOIkT1-QWY

After watching, answer the following guide questions on a separate sheet

of paper:
 What characteristics of Chance music can be deduced from the video
clip?
 Aside from the objects used in the video, what other objects can you
use to create sounds which are similar to the piece?
 Varèse's Poème Électronique is one of the first compositions that was created
through the use of technology. It's an 8-minute piece written in 1958. Varèse
composed the piece with the intention of creating a liberation between sounds and,
as a result, uses noises not usually considered "musical" throughout the piece. Play
from the accompanying CD Track 5 (Poème Électronique) or access it at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEkjC76oSNk.

While listening, answer the following guide questions on a separate sheet

of paper:
 Can you guess the materials used to create the different types of noise
used in the piece? Name at least 5.
 How does the piece affect your current mood or emotion? Describe.

What I Can Do

ACTIVITY 1 - Perform an experiment creating 20th Century Music System. Choose

one from the activities below.

1. Chance Music – Ask three family members to join you in this activity and do
the following:
a. Prepare a dice or draw lots with six numbers.
b. Roll the dice four times or draw a number 4 times and record the numbers
that will appear. Out of these numbers, prepare a rhythmic pattern in each
number.
c. From the rhythmic pattern, randomly choose any materials available in
your house like plastic bottles, books, paper, pen, etc.
d. Assign a number to every material. Organize all the materials with the
corresponding rhythmic pattern.
e. Record your performance on your cellphone.

(For Printed module. Just Write your patterns in a separate sheet of paper.
Example,
1. Clap your hands in count 1,2,3,4
2. Tap the table in 1,2,3, etc etc)

2. Electronic Music – Create a short electronic music piece using your knowledge of
20th-century musical styles. Save in mp3 format with the file name in this
manner: (ELECTRONIC MUSIC) (YOUR COMPLETE NAME). Example:
ELECTRONIC MUSIC JUAN DELA CRUZ.
Below are the rubrics to be used in evaluating your performances.

Holistic Rubric for the Essay (5 points)

5 points– The main idea is well-focused and properly developed by relevant, accurate,
and substantial evidence.
4 points – The main idea is clearly presented with relevant and accurate supporting
evidences.
3 points – The main idea is understandable but with minimal supporting evidence
2 points – The main idea is present but not well expressed with slightly inconsistent
evidence
1 point – There is no clear main idea which the essay revolves on, and the supporting
ideas are inconsistent.

WHAT I CAN DO

CRITERIA Very Good Good Fair Poor

(4) (3) (2) (1)
All of the The majority of Some of the None of the
Instructions
instructions the instructions instructions were instructions
were followed. were followed. followed. were followed.
Performs with a Performs with Performs with Performs with
Performance great amount of adequate some energy, little energy,
energy, focus, energy, focus, focus, intensity, focus,
intensity, and intensity and and confidence intensity and
conviction confidence confidence
The The The performance The
Style/ performance is performance is is fairly executed performance
Interpretation very clear and generally clear with some is not clear
perfectly and well- inconsistencies. and not well
executed. executed. executed.
Creates a highly Creates an Creates an Lacks
Improvisation effective and effective acceptable improvisation
innovative improvisation improvisation
improvisation
 Assessment
I. Multiple Choice. Identify what is being described in the following statements.
Encircle the correct answer.

1. He is one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century.
A. Ravel
B. Debussy
C. Beethoven
D. Schoenberg

2. He changed the course of musical development by dissolving traditional rules

and conventions into a new language of possibilities in harmony, rhythm,
form, texture, and color.
A. Ravel
B. Debussy
C. Beethoven
D. Schoenberg

3. He was an Austrian-born American composer and a music theorist.

A. Schoenberg
B. Stravinsky
C. Debussy
D. Bartok

4. His skillful handling of material and rhythmic inventiveness went beyond

anything composed by his Russian predecessors.
A. Schoenberg
B. Stravinsky
C. Debussy
D. Bartok

5. He was acknowledged for establishing the twelve-tone system.

A. Schoenberg
B. Stravinsky
C. Debussy
D. Bartok

6. His works were met with extreme reactions, either strong hostility from the
general public or enthusiastic acclaim from his supporters.
A. Schoenberg
B. Stravinsky
C. Debussy
D. Bartok
 7. It is a music that uses the tape recorder.
A. Musique Concrete
B. Cassette Disk
C. Magnetic Tape
D. Cassette Deck

8. He is an "innovative French-born composer."

A. Edgard Varèse
B. Karlheinz Stockhausen
C. John Cage
D. Mario Davidovsky

9. He is a central figure in the realm of electronic music.

A. Edgard Varèse
B. Karlheinz Stockhausen
C. John Cage
D. Mario Davidovsky

10. His music was initially met with resistance due to its heavy atonal content
with no clear melodic or rhythmic sense.
A. Edgard Varèse
B. Karlheinz Stockhausen
C. John Cage
D. Mario Davidovsky

II. Essay. Below are statements about 20th Century Music. Choose one from
the following statements and express your ideas about it.
 Music during the 20th Century became readily available to the masses
because of technology.
 Musical styles that were prohibited during the earlier times became
accepted in the 20th Century.
 20th Century is an era of varied musical styles.
 Additional Activities

COMPLETE THE TABLE BELOW. List down all composers, including their style and
works.
NAME OF THE MOVEMENT STYLE AND WORKS/
COMPOSER TECHNIQUE COMPOSITION
Answer Key
References
Sunico, Raul M., Evelyn F. Cabanban, & Melissa Y. Moran. Grade 10 Learner's
Material. HORIZONS Music and Arts Appreciation for Young Filipinos.
Philippines: Tawid Publications, 2015.
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