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First Telharmonium is created
The first ever electric instrument had been made. -
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Twentieth Century Time Line
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Popularization of 12-Tone Music
The composers of the time abandoned the tone center altogether and just started making music the way that it felt right to them. -
Stravinsky's Firebird primers
The Russia native Stravinsky a composer had his first ballet score premiered at the Paris opera. -
The Theremin is invented
Leon theremin invents an electronic music instrument that you can control the pitch and volume of a sound with and changed music forever. -
The Synthesizer
The most important and developmental music device ever made. -
Protest music begins to popularize
Events like Vietnam war, civil rights issues and social injustice led to people using music to convey the way that they feel and to protest events. -
U.S. Congress signs the Civil Rights act into law
This law made it illegal for people to discriminate against people on the basis of race or color. It was a huge change that people felt music and protest played a huge part in achieving. -
The Vietnam Antiwar
People in america felt like this war was pointless and had nothing to gain from it and where protesting and had large music artist behind them. -
The Environmental Movement
People like Joni Mitchell started making music about animals and the places they live and how they are being destroyed and people need to stop. -
Music Videos
Music videos start to become popular and the new big thing. -
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich composes Concerto Grosso
Ellen was commissioned to compose this for the 300th birthday of the original composer.
