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Some composers of 20th period
-Edward Elgar(1857–1934). Was an English composer. Many of his works are part of the classical British and international concert repertoire.
-Ralph Vaughan Williams(1872–1958). Was a British composer. His works include operas, ballets, secular and religious vocal pieces, and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over sixty years.
-Igor Stravinsky(1882-1971). He was a Russian composer and conductor and one of the most important and momentous musicians of the 20th century. -
An event for the beginning of the 20th period
World War One. It is the event that marked the beginning of the 20th century. -
A political event of the 20th period
The genocide against the Armenian people, also called the Armenian Holocaust, or Great Crime, was the forced deportation and attempt to exterminate the Armenian culture -
A musical event of the 20th period
Many composers, struggling to build any further on the music of generations gone by, reacted against established musical trends, creating exciting new forms and styles. -
A cultural event of the 20th period
Apollo 11 was the fifth manned mission of the United States Apollo Program and the first in history to land a human being on the Moon. The next day three astronauts (Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin) became the first to walk on the lunar surface. . Apollo 11 was propelled by a Saturn V rocket from the LC 39A pad and launched at 13:32 UTC from the Cape Kennedy complex in Florida (USA). The mission was officially known as AS-506. -
An event for the end of the 20th period.
The 20th century has been the most intense and convulsive period in history that humanity has had to live through. It began in a time of catastrophes, experienced its golden age after 1945, and ended in an ideological collapse in which profound political events and social transformations took place.