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John Phillip Sousa
American composer
Sousaphone is named after him -
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Arnold Schoenberg
Austrian-American composer
Widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century -
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Charles Ives
American composer
One of the most innovative and original composers -
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Louis Durey
French composer
Wrote songs for French resistance -
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Sergei Prokofiev
Russian Composer
Composed first opera at nine years old -
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Georges Auric
French composer
Neo-classicist -
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Dimitri Shostakovich
Russian composer
Censored by the Soviet Government -
The Aviators
Composed by Sousa
Dedicated to William Moffett -
Radar invented
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Symphony #5
Composed by Shostakovich
Premiered at Leningrad -
First Jet Engine Built
Designed by Hans von Ohain -
Romeo and Juliet Premier
Composed by Prokofiev
Premiered at Mahen Theatre -
Three Improvisations
Composed by Charles Ives -
First Helicopter Made
Made by Igor Sikrosky -
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World War 2
The war plunges into war after Hitler invades Poland -
Color Television
Invented by Peter Goldmark -
Slinky
Invented by Richard James -
Atomic Bomb
Designed by J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Shaped warfare after used on Japan -
A Survivor from Warsaw
Composed by Schoenberg
Written as a tribute to Holocaust survivors -
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Cold War
After World War 2, the United States faces off against the Soviet Union. Although war was never declares, tensions were at an all time high with the threat of nuclear war getting closer. -
Jukebox
Made by Robert Hope-Jones -
Orpheus
French movie directed by Jean Cocteau
Score done by Auric -
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Korean War
The Korean Peninsula is fought over between the major world powers in an attempt to prevent the spread of communism -
Dix Basquaises
Composed by Durey -
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Vietnam War
America fights in Vietnam in order to stop the communist north from taking over. They ultimately fail