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Gustav Mahler
Maximalist Composer
Considered heir to Mozart and Beethoven
Made important expansions to symphonies -
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Claude Debussy
French impressionist composer.
Credited with composing the first modern orchestral work -
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Richard Strauss
Maximalist Composer
Expanded on Wagner's chromaticism
Wrote famous tone poems and operas -
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Maurice Ravel
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Igor Stravinsky
Russian Composer
Music tended to be harsh and brash while being rhythmically complex. -
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Maximalism
Characterized by extreme chromaticism, performance groups, motivic complexity, and thick textures
Led by Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler -
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Impressionism
Anti-Romantic
No chord progression rules
Characterized by, pentatonic and whole tone scales, dissonance not resolved, parallel chords, overall vagueness
Led by Debussy -
Nutcracker Debut
Composed by Tchaikovsky -
Sousaphone
J.W Pepper builds the first sousaphone and names it after John Phillip Sousa -
Till Eulenspiegel Completion and Debut
Richard Strauss' Till Eulenspiegel is completed in May of 1895 and debuted in November of that same year in Cologne -
Air Conditioner
Willis Carrier invents and manufactures the first air conditioner. -
The Airplane Takes Flight
The Wright Flyer takes off for the first time in Kitty Hawk North Carolina. -
Expressionism
Originated in Germany and Austria
Freed music from tonality
Atonal and no chord progression rules
Led by Schoenberg -
Mahler #8 Debut
Nicknamed The Symphony of a Thousand
Composed in 1906, it is one of the largest orchestral works ever composed -
Sinking of the Titanic
The largest ocean liner in the world, deemed to be "unsinkable", sinks on its maiden voyage. Over 1500 people die -
Rite of Spring Debut
Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Considered scandalous due to the story it portrayed -
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The Great War
The world is plunged into a global conflict after Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated -
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Russian Revolution
Vladimir Lenin leads a revolution against the Czarist Rule -
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Spanish Flu Pandemic
Over 500 million people are infected by the H1N1 Influenza A virus. 25-50 million are dead -
Clair De Lune Debut
Claude Debussy's Clair De Lune makes its debut at New York's 48th Street Theatre -
Bolero Debut
Maurice Ravel's Bolero is debuted at the Paris Opera -
Wall Street Crash
Wall Street Crashes leading to a global economic depression