MUSIC OF THE 20th CENTURY Music of the 20th century Introduction In this history of music and arts‚ every period has its own characteristic style which is associated with the society from which it originated. The period of the 19th and 20th century perceived the two world wars‚ and had been a period of many changes: advancement in technology‚ a period of many inventions such as the telephone‚ television‚ electronic light‚ computers‚ cassette tapes‚ synthesizers‚ CD players‚ and many others.
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By the turn of the century and for the next few decades‚ artists of all nationalities were searching for exciting and different modes of expression. Composers such as Arnold Schoenberg explored unusual and unorthodox harmonies and tonal schemes. French composer Claude Debussy was fascinated by Eastern music and the whole-tone scale‚ and created a style of music named after the movement in French painting called Impressionism. Hungarian composer Béla Bartók continued in the traditions
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Humi 16 Professor: Leslie Berry Midterm Bella Lee 1. Between 1900 and 1925‚ traditional norms were violated or abandoned in art‚ music‚ and literature. What factors might have brought about this situation? Offer specific examples to illustrate your general statements (think of Picasso‚ Matisse‚ Brancusi‚ and Mondrian). Pablo Picasso‚ who was born in Malaga‚ Spain‚ changed and created new style of painting while moving from a place to another. He went throng his blue period‚ in which he used
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Session 6 20th Century To be specific - focusing on five performances: First one comes before this period. Laying down framework that comes later: A concert at the Carnegie Hall‚ 1938‚ called Spirituals to Swing. Second one‚ in 1939 another concert-same title. Then we come to Post war period - A concert‚ in 1953 that became known as Jazz - Massey Hall‚ Canada. Referred to at times as the quintet of the year - the five musicians that played were some of the foremost Bebop musicians at the time
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The music of the early 20th century was heavily jazz and blues. The bases of jazz music were influenced by the field hollers‚ hymns‚ and work songs from African Americans in the 1800s. Until 1901‚ improvisation‚ the style of Dixieland‚ created the genre of jazz‚ where every performer is playing different rhythms and tunes at the same time. Cornet player‚ Louis Armstrong‚ changed the Dixieland style and gave the idea for players to perform separate solos at different times. In the 1930s‚ Swing was
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19th and 20th Century composers: Claude Debussy‚ Igor Stravinsky‚ and Bela Bartok Many composers existed during the 19th and 20th centuries who defied the principles of common practice tonality. In my opinion‚ Claude Debussy‚ Igor Stravinsky‚ and Bela Bartok are great examples of composers who often refused to follow the norms. Each of them created new compositional methods and structures and each had their own reasons for doing so. In the end‚ their innovation and originality is what has kept
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20th century From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses‚ see 20th century (disambiguation). | |This article needs additional citations for verification. | | |Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2008) | [pic] The Earth seen from Apollo 17. The second half of the 20th century saw an increase
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have rough times in their youth but overcame to succeed in the music world. “[Ludwig] Beethoven’s father‚ Johann‚ left many unpleasant memories in his son’s existence. Undoubtedly talented‚ Johann was not only incapable of being a positive influence on his genius son’s education‚ but‚ at times‚ he was outright prejudicial” (“Beethoven’s Childhood”). Beethoven showed interest in music as it ran in the family. His father was his first music teacher and was extremely strict about his musical education
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Music written since 1900 is called twentieth century music. There have been more types and styles of music written in the twentieth century then ever before. In the twentieth century‚ the only limit is the composer’s imagination. This great variety of musical styles reflected the diversity of life during the early twentieth century. More people were free to choose where to live‚ how to earn a living‚ and how to spend their time. The car‚ airplane‚ telephone‚ phonograph‚ movies‚ and radio all made
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analysis of twentieth and nineteenth century orchestral work Musicology – Subtopic 1 I have decided to comparatively analyse the pieces; Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor by Friedrich Kalkbrenner and Symphony no. 1 in G major by Felix Draeseke. Fridrich Kalkbrenner’s composition‚ ‘Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor’ is a nineteenth century work‚ and Felix Draeseke’s composition‚ ‘Symphony no. 1 in G major’ is a twentieth century work. As the aim of the task is to compare the two works‚ I have chosen
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