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Sousa
Bandmaster who wrote numerous American style marches. Formerly conducted "The President's Own." -
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Joplin
Ragtime pianist and composer, wrote "Maple Leaf Rag" in 1899. Charlie Chaplin often used his music -
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Ives
Early-20th century composer who wrote "The Unanswered Question" (1906). His works used polytonality and polyrhythms extensively, often different groups of instruments playing "at" each other -
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Bartok
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Dett
Pianist and composer who helped found the National Association of Negro Musicians in 1919. -
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Price
Post-1900s composer; first black female composer to have an orchestra performed. -
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Nadia Boulanger
Composer and teacher who taught most of the 20th century composers. Focused on helping them find their own musical voices. -
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Les Six
Group of influential composers consisting of Auric, Durey, Honegger, Milhaud, Poulenc, and Tailleferre. Many worked on film music or by commission only. -
Ragtime
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Prokofiev
Neo-Classical composer who would compose music for films; most known for "Peter and the Wolf" (1936) -
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Still
Black American composer; first to have a symphony and opera performed by a major ensemble. Blended African American idioms with European style art music. -
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Cowell
Teacher of John Cage; drawn to non-western music. He coined the term "tone cluster." -
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Gerswhin
American Composer who mixed concert hall music with jazz and pop. Most work for broadway, film, and concert halls. "Porgy and Bess" (1935) most influential work as an American folk opera. -
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Duke Ellington
Big band leader and composer of jazz; composer many tunes, film scores, and theater works. "Take the A Train" most famous work. -
Neoclassical Music
Musical style in the 20th century that sought a return to the classical, harmonically pleasant style of music as opposed to the impressionists and more prior. -
Musical Theatre
Style of performance that has roots in European operetta and the French opérette; combining theater and music -
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Copland
Composer who used lots of open intervals and free-sounding chords. He popularized being a composer, teacher, critic, conductor and sponsor of musical events. -
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Louis Armstrong
Great jazz performer; scat singing and trumpet player. Very influential to the scene -
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Carter
American composer who was more influential as a teacher for 50 years -
Blues
American folk music with simple, repetitive, musical forms. If derived from Black American performance traditions that often used bent pitches. -
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The Great War
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Billie Holiday
Prominent female jazz singers; would perform with white bands. -
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Strayhorn
The one who composed "Take The A Train" along with Ellington -
Jazz
American music style with roots in West African music; spawned various sub-genres and provided huge influence in all areas of music. -
Scat Singing
Style of jazz where singing would be done on nonsense syllables; just what felt right. -
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Berstein
Very influential conductor, composer, teacher, pianist, and more. He wrote and composed "West Side Story" (1957) and other complex musical works. -
Radio takes off
The radio became a large source for home entertainment; live music would be played and transmitted -
TV Invented
Would eventually lead to public programming showing music and performances -
Swing
Improv style of Neo Orleans jazz, using swing or big bands. It was a very danceable style of music, but was very segregated with white and black bands. -
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Williams
Prolific film composer, most known for Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and Indiana Jones scores. -
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World War 2
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Bebop
A new, cool jazz that featured fast tempos and dissonant solos. -
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The Cold War
Period of high tensions and arms race between the United States and Russia as the new prominent world superpowers. Held together by fear of M.A.D -
Computer for Electronic Music Creater
Made in Australia; could play music and create sound -
Rock n Roll
Music style that blended blues, honky-tonk, and edgy attitude that helped push to end racism. Still very prevalent today and inspired countless other subgenres -
Electronic Music
Magnetic tape and computer generated sounds to create music. Could be done live or recorded. The computer played a large part in this style's development. -
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Korean War
Proxy conflict of the Cold War between North and South Korea. Russia and the United States backed the North and South respectively. Has caused high tensions between the two ever since. -
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Vietnam War
Proxy conflict in the Cold War between North and South Vietnam, being backed by Russia and the United States respectively. North Vietnam win. -
Minimalism
Used repetition and very minimal design in music -
Civil Rights Movement
The slow and legislative process of ending segregation. This included the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Also included court decisions like Brown v. Board of Education. -
Moon Landing
First humans to land and step foot on the moon -
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Mackey
Still-living American composer; contemporary classical for wind band. He has not been formally trained in any instrument -
USSR Dissolution
USSR dissolving broke up one of the two largest superpowers in the world -
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Afghanistan War
War triggered by Sept. 11 attack wherein US went after the Taliban (Al Qaeda). Ultimately won but destabilized the region heavily -
Twin Towers Fall
Large day in American history; terror attacks against the nation that led to operations in the Middle East and the war on terror.