20th century

20th C classical period

By rstevenson1983

  • The Edison Effect

    Thomas Alva Edison discovered that electrons will flow from one metal conductor to another through a vaccum. The discovery of conduction in this manner is known as the Edison effect. source: https://www.smashinglists.com/10-first-electricity-milestones/2/

  • Identification of Modernism

    A period of music which was contemporary and experimental but remained conventional to some sense.

  • Impressionism

    A term originally applied to painters of a style of Fine art at the end of the 19th C.
  • Period: to

    Classical Music of the 20th Century

    Identification of styles, genres and sub-periods of classical music in the 20th Century.

  • Neoclassicism

    Holds a strong reaction against the late Romantic period and returns to more of the simplicity of the classical period such as homophonic texture.
  • Period: to

    World War 1

  • Expressionism

    Also originally a form found in the Fine Arts, this style aimed to express the most personal experiences of an individual.

  • Neo-Romanticism

    A style where popularity was diificult to achieve due to the immense popularity of the period itself that has just ended.

  • Jazz-influenced

    This style is where composers have utilised typical features of Jazz.
  • Period: to

    World War 2

  • Identification of Post-modernism

    A period of experimenting and removing a sense of conformity.

  • Music concrete

  • Serialism

  • Aleatory music (Chance music)

  • Experimentalism

  • Minimalism