-
Period: to
Ralph VaughanWilliams
Leader of English music, collector and editor of folk songs -
Period: to
Sergei Rachmaninov
Virtuoso Russian pianist and composer who lived in Beverly Hills -
Period: to
Gustav Holst
English, influenced by folk songs and Hindu mysticisms -
Period: to
Charles Ives
American composer -
Period: to
Manuel de Falla
Spanish composer of the 20th century -
Period: to
Robert Nathaniel Dett
Canadian pianist, helped found the national association of negro musicians -
Period: to
Luigi Russolo
Italian futuristic painter, composer and builder of musical instruments -
Period: to
Florence Price
First black female composer to ja a symphony performance -
Period: to
Nadia Boulanger
Taught composers in the 20th century -
Blues
Musical genre derived from African American performance traditions that used "blues notes" or bent pitches -
Ragtime
Precursor to jazz, developed from African-American piano style with syncopated rhythms. -
Period: to
Sergei Prokofiev
Russian composer and piano -
Period: to
George Gershwin
Influential American composer, pianist, and conductor. Worked in Hollywood, successfully fused jazz and pop music. -
Period: to
Duke Ellington
American jazz composer, band-leader, an pianist. Unique big-band jazz, one of the first African American composers to cross races with his music. -
Period: to
Louis Armstrong
African American jazz musician who revolutionized jazz. Singer, band leader, and trumpet player -
Period: to
Aaron Copland
Composer, teacher, critic, conductor, and sponsor of concerts. (First to have multi-faceted career) Mostly tonal music, studied with Nadia Boulanger. Traits: vigorous, mixed meters, open intervals, solos, clean/transparent, folk songs. -
Tides of Manaunaun
Use of tone clusters -
Period: to
John cage
American composer and philosopher, most innovative composer of the 20th century. Changed definition of music, used indeterminacy, he was the center of avant-garde music in the mid-20th century. -
Art of noises
Creed/manifesto made of essays depicting the history and future of sound according to Russolo. -
World war 1
-
Jazz
American musical style influenced from West African music. -
Period: to
Leonard Bernstein
American conductor, composer, teacher, author, pianist. Influential American composer of the 20th century, brought classical music to the public via various media. -
Les six
Famous French composers/musicians/performers; Durey, Honegger, Milhaud, Tailleferre, Auric, Poulenc. -
The Harlem renaissance
Cultural capital of African American arts (literature, painting, and music). Included William Grant Still and Langston Hughes. -
Swing era
Highly improvisational style of New Orleans jazz to the "big band" era. -
Non tonal music
Style of composition that focused on musical elements other than pitch. Percussion ensembles were given a new status in concert music. -
Porgy and bess
Written by Gershwin, intended to be American folk opera. First opera with an all black cast. -
Billies blues
-
World war 2
-
Bebop
New "cool" jazz with fast tempos, dissonant solos. -
Musique concrete
French concept, relied on natural sourced sounds and altered by different means. -
Rock n roll
Blend of musical styles from blues and honky-tonk to create a new genre. -
Aleatoric music
"Chance music" was a new concept of composition that left one or more musical elements in performance up to chance -
West side story
Musical theater, Romeo and Juliet saga -
Eric whitacre
American composer, conductor, and lecturer. Known for virtual choir project, large online, musical performances, and neo-tonal style.