"Modern" Music
In pairs, write your own Sprechstimme piece!
Begin by writing a poem, then draw in up and down arrows for inflection
Arnold Schoenberg
Penderecki
- From Austria, moved to US in 1934- was Jewish
- Wrote atonal music
- Invented Sprechstimme
- Tone Clusters
- Hiroshima
- US dropped an atomic bomb in 1945
Discover a new way to play an instrument to depict an animal or character
John Cage
- Everything we do is music
- 4'33"
- Chance in music
Henry Cowell
Why?
In groups, create your own Chance Music piece
- Irish-American
- The Banshee
- Tone Clusters
Musicians wanted to test their limits!
Tried new things: wrote music and played instruments in new ways
I see, I hear,
I think, I wonder