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Scott Joplin
Born in Texarkana, TX. Popularized ragtime music. Famous for his piece "The Entertainer." Also had his music played in the movie called "The Sting." -
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Charles Edward Ives
American composer. Kept his music hidden away in a barn because people laughed at it. Only got to publishing it because of his wife, Harmony. -
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Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer, conductor, and pianist. Wrote in at least four different periods (Russian, French, Neo-classical, and Serialism). -
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Louis Durey
French composer. Was a member of Les Six. He wrote songs for the French Resistance during World War II. -
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Arthur Honegger
Honegger was a Swiss composer born in France. One of the members of Les Six. Attended the Conservatoire de Paris. -
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Germaine Tailleferre
French composer. One of the members of Les Six. Attended the Conservatoire de Paris. -
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Darius Milhaud
Milhaud was a composer, conductor, and teacher born in France. One of the members of Les Six. Attended Conservatoire de Paris. -
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William Grant Still
First black American composer to have a symphony performed by a major ensemble and to conduct a major orchestra. -
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Henry Cowell
American composer, writer, and teacher. Wrote works for piano, stage, and chamber to name a few. -
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George Gershwin
American pianist, composer, and conductor.Worked in Hollywood. Wrote film scores, piano works, stage works. -
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Francis Poulenc
Born and died in Paris. One of the members of Les Six. Wrote songs, chamber pieces, and operas to name a few. -
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Georges Auric
Born in France. One of the members of Les Six. Attended the Conservatoire de Paris alongside his fellow Les Six members Honegger, Milhaud, and Tailleferre. -
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Duke Ellington
American composer. Known for being a jazz composer and creating a big-band style of jazz. -
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20th CENTURY INFORMATION
20th century music is one of the hardest to pinpoint one specific genre because of the many different styles written during this time. For example: ragtime, impressionism, neo-classicism, etc. To talk about one of them, neo-classicism was popularized from 1910-20s. This style of music was bringing back the style of Johann Sebastian Bach and other artists from the classical/baroque time period. -
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Aaron Copland
Teacher, conductor, and composer born in New York. Wrote choral music, film scores, and concertos to name a few of his works.