Post 1900's

By gregpicket89
  • Charles Ives Born

    Charles Ives Born

    His dad taught him to sing songs one step off the original key. This contributed to his unique dissonant sound.
  • Florence Price Born

    Florence Price Born

    First black female composer to have her symphony performed by a major American Orchestra.
  • John Philip Sousa "Stars and Stripes Forever"

    John Philip Sousa "Stars and Stripes Forever"

    Fun Fact: Sousa wanted to write opera, but none ended up being popular.
  • Scott Joplin "Maple Leaf Rag"

    Scott Joplin "Maple Leaf Rag"

    Joplin is known as the King of Rag.
  • Duke Ellington Born

    Duke Ellington Born

    It is now known that Duke Ellington got credit for pieces he didn't write.
  • Schönberg's "Pierrot lunaire"

    Schönberg's "Pierrot lunaire"

    Uses 12 tone method, and is a song cycle made of 21 Belgium poems.
  • John Cage Born

    John Cage Born

    Helped change the definition of music to "organized sound."
  • Billy Strayhorn Born

    Billy Strayhorn Born

    Billy Strayhorn actually wrote "A Train," not Duke Ellington.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett (National Association of Negro Musicians)

    R. Nathaniel Dett (National Association of Negro Musicians)

  • Pierre Boulez Born

    Pierre Boulez Born

    The most important composer of French avant-garde.
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen Born

    Karlheinz Stockhausen Born

    German composer who innovated electronic music and other experimental music.
  • George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess"

    George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess"

    Created as and American folk opera.
  • Sergei Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf Op.67"

    Sergei Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf Op.67"

    Considered an orchestral work because it is hard to classify.
  • Billie Holiday's "Billie's Blues"

    Billie Holiday's "Billie's Blues"

    Billie Holiday was one of the first black women in America to be an international blues artist.
  • Florence Price Dies

    Florence Price Dies

  • Charles Ives Dies

    Charles Ives Dies

  • Leonard Bernstein's " A Westside Story"

    Leonard Bernstein's " A Westside Story"

    A Romeo and Juliet saga.
  • Duke Ellington Dies

    Duke Ellington Dies

  • John Cage Dies

    John Cage Dies

  • John Williams "Star Wars Soundtrack" (Complete Film Score)

    John Williams "Star Wars Soundtrack" (Complete Film Score)

    John Williams is one of the most, if not the most, famous movie soundtrack composers.
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen Dies

    Karlheinz Stockhausen Dies

  • Pierre Boulez Dies

    Pierre Boulez Dies