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Gustav Mahler
Maximalist. Austrian Composer. Notable works: Song of the Earth, Songs of a Wayfarer. -
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Claude Debussy
Impressionist. Piano works, chamber music, solo music. Notable works: Syrinx for solo Flute, Clair de Lune, La Mer. -
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Richard Strauss
Maximalist. Symphonic poems, operas, 150 Lieder, etc. Notable works: An Alpine Symphony, Death and Transfiguration, Till Eulenspiegels's Merry Pranks. -
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Jean Sibelius
Finnish Composer: 7 symphonies, concertos, and chanber music. Notable works: Finlandia and the Karelia Suite. -
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Scott Joplin
American composer the popularized ragtime. Notable works: "The Maple Leaf Rag" and "The Entertainer" -
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Leader in English Music, editor of folk songs and hymns. Notable works: Down Ampney, Come Down, O love Divine. -
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Gustav Holst
English composer, influenced by folksong and Hindu Mysticism. Notable works: The Hymn of Jesus, Ode to Death, The Perfect Fool. -
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Igor Stravinsky
Very versatile and interesting composer. Wrote some of the most major works of our time: The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring. -
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Sergei Prokofiev
Russian Composer and pianist. Notable works: Romeo and Juliet, Peter and the Wolf. -
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Paul Hindemith
German conductor, wrote music for the practicing musician. Notable works: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes. -
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George Gershwin
Influential American Composer. Infused pop and jazz music. Notable work: Rhapsody in Blue. -
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Aaron Copland
American Composer. Early periods are very tonal, and later he begun to write very atonally. Notable works: Emblems, Appalachian Spring -
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Dimitri Shostakovich
Considered the most important Russian Composer in his day. 15 symphonies, operas, ballets, etc. -
Star Spangled Banner adopted as national anthem
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Fisher Tull
American composer, teacher, and conductor. Tull has an extensive history with our one and only Sam Houston State University. -
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World War 2
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Korean War
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Vietnam War
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