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Schoenberg
Austrian-born composer; expressionist; compositions started out very tonal then progressed to atonality by 1910; leader of the second viennese school -
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Stravinksy
Russian Composer; Neoclassical, sharp. dissonance, and complex rhythms -
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Kodaly
Hungarian Composer who invented a method later named after him -
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Malipiero
Italian Composer, teacher, and musicologist -
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Varese
French-born composer; coined the term "organized sound" -
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Toch
Austrian Composer; wrote classical and film music -
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Durey
One of Les Six; wrote music for both sides in WWII and used Vietnamese themes in music to protest the war -
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Martin
Swiss Composer; heavily inspired by christianity -
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Prokofiev
Russian Composer; created acclaimed masterpieces across multiple genres -
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Honegger
One fo Les Six; considered himself Swiss; composed many works in many genres -
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Milhaud
One of Les Six; studied Debussy and immediately rejected impressionism; encouraged Taillefere to keep composing jazz, and traveling to Brazil both influenced his music in different things -
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Taillefere
One of Les Six; struggled with stage fright but accompanied countless musicians on piano throughout her life. -
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Hindermith
German composer and violinist; advocate for Neue Sachlichkeit Musical style in the 1920's -
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Still
American Composer; First American Composer to have a symphony and opera performed by a major ensemble; part of the Harlem Renaissance -
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Sessions
American Composer; Studied at Harvard at 14 years old -
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Thomson
American Composer; played major role in the development of American Classical Music -
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Gershwin
American Composer; composed music in both classical and popular genres; wrote musicals and film scores -
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Auric
One of Les Six; French-born Composer; studied with Satie's teacher;neo-classicist; ran SACEM -
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Poulenc
One of the Les Six; born into rich family in Paris; self taught but had mentors -
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Shostakovich
Russian Composer; unique harmonic language; worked under Stalin for many years -
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Genres
Maximalism, Minimalism, Impressionism, Expressionism, Serialism, Primitivism, Jazz, and Electronic -
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World War II
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Walkman Invented
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Fall of the Berlin Wall