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Zoltan Kodaly
hungarian composer and teacher, Known for the movable"do" system and his stage works, choral music, orchestral suites, songs, chamber music, pedagogical works, and writings. -
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Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer, he is one of the most versatile composers of the 20th century known for his symphonies, ballets, operas, chamber music, choral music, and piano works -
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Edgard Varese
French-American composer, wrote non-tonal music, known for his orchestral works,non-traditional genres, stage works, choral music, and his writings. -
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Hietor Villa-Lobos
Brazilian composer and cellist, known for his dramatical works,choral music, orchestral and vocal works, chamber music, and piano works -
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Sergei Prokofiev
Russian composer and pianist; very important Russian voice in western music known for his symponies,concertos, songs, operas, film scores, chamber music, dramatic music, ballets, choral music, and piano works. -
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William Grant Still
American Ccomposer,first african american to : have hiss symphony performed by a leading orchestra, to conduct a orchestra, to write for radio,t.v.,and films; incorperated folk, jazz, and spirituals. has written 5 symphonies, 9 operas, ballets, vocal and instrumental works, and songs -
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Paul Hindemith
German composer, conductor, violinist, violist, and teacher. he made music for the practicing musician. know for his dramatic works, orchestral, chamber music, choral works,songs, and writings. -
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Duke Ellington
African American jazz composer, band leader, and pianist;created a style of big bands for jazz and was one of the first African-American to cross races with his music -
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Louis Armstrong
African-American jazz musician who revolutionized jazz; singer trumpeter and band-leader he was known mainly for jazz and his trumpet publications -
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Stylistic trait: Non-tonal
focuses on all musical elements other than pitch. -
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Twentieth Century
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Stylistic trait: Musique Concrete
Utilizes recorded natural sounds(ex: water dripping birds, chirping, etc.) and then manipulated it through splicing the tape mixing it and putting the sounds on top of each other. -
Jerimiah Symphony(no.1) debuted
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Concerto for Orchestra debuted
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Stylistic trait: Aleatoric
the composer writes many musical ideas and leaves the order up to chance. these pieces never sound the same twice. -
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Stylistic trait: Electronische Musik(electronic music)
developed in Germany, is a mixture of electronic and acoustical sounds to create an entirely different aesthetic for music thus far -
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Stylistic trait: Maximized Expressionism
Including Integral Serialism , these pieces maximize the emotional content of the music, foreshadowing Globalism -
West Side Story debuted
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Stylistic trait: Minimalism
Repetitive, small themes with slight variations can be repeated over long periods of time. -
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Stylistic trait: Postmodernism
an aesthetic attitude that focuses on uniting many types of music(literally all types of music) into a new electric style. most inclusive style of music thus far. -
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Stylistic trait: New Complexity
abstract,dissonant, microtonal, and is reliant on contrast of the highest degree. the opposite of minimalism -
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Stylistic trait: Globalization
a direct result of multimedia platforms that allow the free exchange of ideas and access to music and cultural practices from almost anywhere. -
Carnival of the Animals Debut