1. Contemporary Classical Music Period

2. Time Periods 1900-Present Day 1. 20th Century-1900-2000
2. Contemporary Present
3. 21st Century Present

3. Characteristics: Modern form of art music Increased use of dissonance
Dissonance is when notes clash. They are not usually pleasing to hear.
America was creating and developing their own musical styles. (EX: Jazz and Patriotic)
Use of Atonality
Atonality means that music doesn’t belong to a particular key

4. Huge variety of classical music
Composers pushed the boundaries of music making
Includes many different styles

5. Different Movements/Styles
Modernism
Impressionism- “fantasy of the senses”
Futurism- uses technology, vocal techniques and improvisation
Atonal, 12-tone, Serialism
Free-Dissonance and Experimentalism
Electronic Music/Recording Technology
Jazz-influenced Classical Compositions
Post Modernism
Minimalism- simple phrases repeated throughout
World Music Influence
Film Score and TV Theme Music- think Star Wars and Harry Potter

6. Composers Claude Debussy Gabriel Faure- “Requiem” Edward Elgar
Carl Orff- “O Fortuna”
Gustov Holst- “The Planets”
Giacomo Puccini
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Richard Strauss- “Also Sprach Zarathustra”
John Williams-
Philip Glass
John Cage
Leonard Bernstein- “West Side Story”
Sergei Prokofiev- “Peter and the Wolf”