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Claude Debussy
The father of Impressionistic music. Debussy was a master of adding color to his music through complex intertwining and polyrhythmic harmonies. Some of his greatest works include Arabesque No. 1, La Mer, and Nocturnes for Orchestra. -
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Richard Strauss
On the vanguard of Maximalism in music. Strauss made extensive use of complex harmonies, chromaticism and textures. Some of his most famous works include Salome, and Elektra. -
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Sergei Rachmaninov
One of the most successful composers of his time, Rachmaninov specialized in Neo-classical music. He recorded some of his pieces with Thomas Edison on the phonograph. His works included emotions which would take its listeners to another place, melodies befitting a singer, and able to portray the sound of an entire orchestra with two hands and a piano. His most famous works include Prelude in C# minor Op. 3 No. 2, Piano Concerto No. 2, and the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. -
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Arnold Schoenberg
The pioneer of Expressionism in music. Schoenberg made extensive use of atonality and twelve-tone technique (his own invention) in his compositions. Some of his more known works include Erwartung, Op. 17(1909), and Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21(1912). -
invention of gramophone
The invention of the gramophone made it easier for households to get a hold of records of music and listen to it in their homes rather than have to go to venues -
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Igor Stravinsky
The most well known Primitivist composer. Stravinsky rejected the order of traditional music which was meant to be enjoyed for its harmony, and instead employed incidental music which was gritty, tumultuous, and clumsy. His most well known work, The Rite of Spring(1913) was so radical at its time that it caused riots at the night of its debut. -
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Impressionism
This style threw away traditional rules which placed an emphasis of chord progressions. Instead, Impressionism presented an almost transcendental experience to its listeners through its lightness, color, unresolved dissonances, and vagueness. Notable composers include Debussy, Respighi, and Ravel. -
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Maximalism
Maximalism has heavy chromaticism, dissonance, collisions, and a rawness to it. Famous composers of this style include Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler, and Charles Ives. -
Birth of public radio broadcasts
Lee de Forest's Radio Telephone Company broadcasts an experimental transmission which consisted of a live Metropolitan Opera House performance -
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Expressionism
Expressionistic music is similar to impressionistic music in the sense that it rejects formal chord progression rules. However, expressionism takes this a step further by also becoming atonal, meaning that its pieces have no tonic "center". Most notable of these composers are Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern,
