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world renowned American modernist composer
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first African American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer
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major composer of the 20th century
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American composer that wrote a variety of music from symphonic, to broadway, to film, to piano
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major band leader during the swing and big band eras
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American composer in the 20th century
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the first person to develop musique concrete
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American composer and theorist that challenged and pioneered the ideas of indeterminant music
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one of the famous jazz singers during her time; broke barriers by singing in all white bands
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American composer and theorist known for his contributions to serialism and electronic music
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famous conductor, composer, teacher, pianist, lecturer, and TV personality
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music that did not have a tonal center became more popularized
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swing music was popularized
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the Chicago Symphony premiered Price's piece making history as the first symphony written and performed by an African American woman
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written by Gershwin to be an "American folk opera"; first opera with an all black cast
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jazz trumpet player known for his unusual embouchure of puffing out his cheeks
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invented by Nestle
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Strayhorn's piece premiered
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the second World War
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took recorded sounds of non-instruments and used them in music
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big band music was popularized
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Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" premiered
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intense conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States
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left musical elements up to chance
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music that relied on chance but has slightly more structure
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electronic music was first introduced and used
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uses sound blocks manipulated through musical means
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integral serialism adding complexity in music
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musical written mostly by Steven Sondheim with collaboration from Leonard Bernstein that included more complex music than had been previously used in musical theater
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repetitive music that uses a small amount of musical material
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romanticism with more dissonance; created with more structure than other styles at the time
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brought back tonally centered music
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focused on uniting early 20th century elements of music
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invented by Spencer Silver and 3M
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invented by Akio Morita
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music that developed in response to minimalism that followed the style of Maximalism
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closely related to totalism; very abstract and dissonant
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invented by Phillips
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invented by Tim Berners-lee
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a direct result of technology that has allowed worldwide exchange of musical ideas
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invented by Apple Computer, Inc