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    1. The document discusses different styles of 20th century music including electronic music, musique concrète, and chance music. 2. It profiles several influential composers of electronic music such as Edgard Varèse, known as the "Father of Electronic Music", and Karlheinz Stockhausen, a central figure in electronic music who developed total serialism. 3. The document also discusses John Cage, the creator of chance music, and his famous 4'33" composition which instructed the pianist to remain silent for the duration.

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    1. The document discusses different styles of 20th century music including electronic music, musique concrète, and chance music. 2. It profiles several influential composers of electronic music such as Edgard Varèse, known as the "Father of Electronic Music", and Karlheinz Stockhausen, a central figure in electronic music who developed total serialism. 3. The document also discusses John Cage, the creator of chance music, and his famous 4'33" composition which instructed the pianist to remain silent for the duration.

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    1. The document discusses different styles of 20th century music including electronic music, musique concrète, and chance music. 2. It profiles several influential composers of electronic music such as Edgard Varèse, known as the "Father of Electronic Music", and Karlheinz Stockhausen, a central figure in electronic music who developed total serialism. 3. The document also discusses John Cage, the creator of chance music, and his famous 4'33" composition which instructed the pianist to remain silent for the duration.

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    of 20

    20 Century Music

    th

    Styles
    1.ENERCCOLIT
    SCIUM
    2.ENCHAC SUMIC
    ELECTRONIC and
    CHANCE MUSIC
    • Technology has produced
    electronic music devices such as
    cassette tape recorders, compact
    discs and their variants, the video
    compact discs (VCD) and digital
    video discs (DVD), MP3, MP4,
    ipod, iphone, karaoke players,
    mobile phones and synthesizers.
    Electronic Music

    • Music that employs


    electronic musical
    instruments and
    technology in
    production.
    Musique Concrete
    • These sounds are arranged by the
    composer in different ways like by
    playing the tape recorder in its
    fastest mode or in reverse.
    • The composer is able to experiment
    with different sounds that cannot be
    produced by regular musical
    instruments.
    • Music that uses tape recorders.
    COMPOSERS OF
    ELECTRONIC
    MUSIC
    EDGARD
    VICTOR
    ACHILLE
    CHARLES
    VARESE
    EDGARD VARESE
    • Born on December 22, 1883 and died on
    November 6, 1965
    • “Innovative French born composer”
    • “ Father of Electronic Music”
    • “Stratospheric Colossus of Sound”
    • He invented the term “ organized
    sound”- timbres and rhythms can be
    grouped together in order to capture a
    whole new definition of sound.
    EDGARD VARESE
    • His musical compositions total around
    50.
    Notable Compositions:
    • “ Bourgogne”(Burgundy)
    - only one of his early orchestral works
    to be properly performed in his lifetime,
    but caused a scandal/riot.
    • “Poeme Electronique”
    Karlheinz stockhausen
    • Born in Cologne, Germany in 1928.
    • A central figure in the realm of electronic
    music.
    • He developed his style of Total Serialism.
    • The climax of his compositional ambition
    came in 1977 when he announced the
    creation of Licht (Light), a seven-part
    opera (one for each day of the week) for
    a gigantic ensemble of solo voices, solo
    Karlheinz stockhausen
    • instruments, solo dancers, choirs,
    orchestras, mimes, and electronics.
    • Notable Compositions:
    • Gruppen- a piece for three orchestras
    that moved music through time and
    space.
    • Kontakte- a work that pushed the tape
    machine to its limits.
    Karlheinz stockhausen
    • Hymnen- an ambitious two hour work of
    40 juxtaposed songs and anthems from
    around the world.
    • Helicopter String Quartet- in which a
    string quartet performs while airborne in
    four different helicopters, develops his
    long-standing fascination with music
    which moves in space.
    • His works total around 31.
    CHANCE MUSIC
    • Music created by chance and its realization is
    left to the performer.
    • Also known as aleatory music or chance-
    controlled music.
    • It is a style wherein the place always sounds
    different at every performance because of the
    random techniques of production, including
    the use of ring modulators or natural
    elements(sounds) that become a part of the
    music.
    CHANCE 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.
    • The combination of external sounds cannot be
    duplicated as each happens by chance.
    Chance Music Composer
    JOHN CAGE
    JOHN CAGE
    • Born in Los Angeles, California, USA on
    September 5, 1912 and became one of
    the most original composers in the
    history of western music.
    • Creator of chance music.
    • Influenced the development of modern
    music since the 1950s.
    • He was considered more of a musical
    philosopher than a composer.
    JOHN CAGE

    • His musical compositions total around


    229.
    • He died in New York City on August 12,
    1992.
    4’33”
    • Four minutes and thirty-three second music.
    • Musical work that instructed the pianist to
    merely open the piano lid and remain silent
    for the length of time indicated by the title
    • The work was intended to convey the
    impossibility of achieving total silence, since
    surrounding sounds can still be heard amidst
    the silence of the piano performance .

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