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Berlioz
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Dvorak
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Rimsky-Korsakov
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Elgar
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Impressionism
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Mahler
Mahler was a Austrian-Jewish composer who wrote ten symphonies and even conducted symphony orchestras. -
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Debussy
Leader of the Impressionism music movement -
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Strauss
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Sibelius
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Rachmaninoff
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Schoenberg
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Holst
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Ravel
Well-known for his piece "Balero" -
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Respighi
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Stravinsky
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Styles
Examples of styles introduced in this era are scherzos/trios, song form, lack of meter, use of chromatic and dissonant textures -
Genres
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Kinetograph Invented
Thomas Edison invents the first modern camera -
Stop Sign Invented
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Orchestration
Timbre- Big Symphony Orchestras
Instrument use in the orchestra became an art, Synthesizer was beginning to be used towards the late post-romantic era -
Maximalism
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Milhaud
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First Movie Theatre Opened
First movie theatre used as a venue opened in Buffalo, New York -
Pianola Invented
Edwin S. Votey invents the first self-playing piano -
Cotton Candy Invented
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Candy Corn Invented
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Poulenc
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Queen Victoria Dies
Queen Victoria dies at the age of 82 -
Expressionism
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WWI Begins
Austral-Hungary declares war on Serbia -
WWI Ends
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Women Get Voting Rights
Women get the right to vote in the U.S. -
First Broadcast of The World Series
The World Series is broadcast over the radio for the first time -
Stock Market Crashes
Beginning of the Great Depression