20th Century (1930-2000) By Jason_9075 Period: Nov 24, 1868 to Apr 1, 1917 Joplin Period: Sep 13, 1874 to Jul 13, 1951 Schoenberg Period: Jun 17, 1882 to Apr 6, 1971 Stravinsky Period: Apr 19, 1892 to Nov 7, 1983 Tailleferre Period: May 11, 1895 to Dec 3, 1978 Grant Still Period: Jul 26, 1898 to Jul 11, 1937 Gershwin Period: Jan 7, 1899 to Jan 30, 1963 Poulenc Period: Apr 29, 1899 to May 24, 1974 Ellington Period: Nov 14, 1900 to Dec 2, 1990 Copland Period: Jul 25, 1906 to Aug 9, 1975 Shostakovich Period: Mar 9, 1910 to Jan 23, 1981 Barber Period: Sep 5, 1912 to Jul 12, 1992 Cage Period: Jul 25, 1918 to Oct 14, 1990 Bernstein 1930 Styles/Genres 12-tone, jazz, serialism, atonality, Aleatoric, etc 1930 Instruments Theremin, ontes-martenot, synthesizer 1931 Star Spangled Banner Named US National Anthem 1932 FDR Elected as President 1939 WWII Begins 1941 Pearl Harbor 1945 US Bombs Hiroshima and Nagasaki Feb 15, 1947 John Adams 1951 Rock n' Roll Starts 1953 Stalin Dies 1955 Vietnam War Starts 1961 Berlin Wall Construction Begins 1963 Kennedy Assassination 1969 First Man on the Moon Jan 2, 1970 Whitacre