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Maximalist Composer
Considered heir to Mozart and Beethoven
Made important expansions to symphonies -
French impressionist composer.
Credited with composing the first modern orchestral work -
Maximalist Composer
Expanded on Wagner's chromaticism
Wrote famous tone poems and operas -
French impressionist composer
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Russian Composer
Music tended to be harsh and brash while being rhythmically complex. -
Characterized by extreme chromaticism, performance groups, motivic complexity, and thick textures
Led by Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler -
Anti-Romantic
No chord progression rules
Characterized by, pentatonic and whole tone scales, dissonance not resolved, parallel chords, overall vagueness
Led by Debussy -
Composed by Tchaikovsky
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J.W Pepper builds the first sousaphone and names it after John Phillip Sousa
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Richard Strauss' Till Eulenspiegel is completed in May of 1895 and debuted in November of that same year in Cologne
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Willis Carrier invents and manufactures the first air conditioner.
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The Wright Flyer takes off for the first time in Kitty Hawk North Carolina.
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Originated in Germany and Austria
Freed music from tonality
Atonal and no chord progression rules
Led by Schoenberg -
Nicknamed The Symphony of a Thousand
Composed in 1906, it is one of the largest orchestral works ever composed -
The largest ocean liner in the world, deemed to be "unsinkable", sinks on its maiden voyage. Over 1500 people die
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Composed by Igor Stravinsky
Considered scandalous due to the story it portrayed -
The world is plunged into a global conflict after Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated
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Vladimir Lenin leads a revolution against the Czarist Rule
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Over 500 million people are infected by the H1N1 Influenza A virus. 25-50 million are dead
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Claude Debussy's Clair De Lune makes its debut at New York's 48th Street Theatre
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Maurice Ravel's Bolero is debuted at the Paris Opera
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Wall Street Crashes leading to a global economic depression