20th Century Timeline (1930-2000)

By dwj006
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    Schoenberg

    Austrian-born composer; expressionist; compositions started out very tonal then progressed to atonality by 1910; leader of the second viennese school
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    Stravinksy

    Russian Composer; Neoclassical, sharp. dissonance, and complex rhythms
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    Kodaly

    Hungarian Composer who invented a method later named after him
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    Malipiero

    Italian Composer, teacher, and musicologist
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    Varese

    French-born composer; coined the term "organized sound"
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    Toch

    Austrian Composer; wrote classical and film music
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    Durey

    One of Les Six; wrote music for both sides in WWII and used Vietnamese themes in music to protest the war
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    Martin

    Swiss Composer; heavily inspired by christianity
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    Prokofiev

    Russian Composer; created acclaimed masterpieces across multiple genres
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    Honegger

    One fo Les Six; considered himself Swiss; composed many works in many genres
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    Milhaud

    One of Les Six; studied Debussy and immediately rejected impressionism; encouraged Taillefere to keep composing jazz, and traveling to Brazil both influenced his music in different things
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    Taillefere

    One of Les Six; struggled with stage fright but accompanied countless musicians on piano throughout her life.
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    Hindermith

    German composer and violinist; advocate for Neue Sachlichkeit Musical style in the 1920's
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    Still

    American Composer; First American Composer to have a symphony and opera performed by a major ensemble; part of the Harlem Renaissance
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    Sessions

    American Composer; Studied at Harvard at 14 years old
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    Thomson

    American Composer; played major role in the development of American Classical Music
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    Gershwin

    American Composer; composed music in both classical and popular genres; wrote musicals and film scores
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    Auric

    One of Les Six; French-born Composer; studied with Satie's teacher;neo-classicist; ran SACEM
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    Poulenc

    One of the Les Six; born into rich family in Paris; self taught but had mentors
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    Shostakovich

    Russian Composer; unique harmonic language; worked under Stalin for many years
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    Genres

    Maximalism, Minimalism, Impressionism, Expressionism, Serialism, Primitivism, Jazz, and Electronic
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    World War II

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  • Walkman Invented

  • Fall of the Berlin Wall