Post-Modernism By Morgan Blacksmith 1937 Shostakovich Symphony No.5 premiere 1938 Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky 1940 Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour le fine du temps Period: 1943 to 1944 Copland Appalachian Spring 1952 John Cage's 4’33’’ Period: 1957 to 1958 Edward Varese Poeme Electronique 1959 Miles Davis Kind of Blue 1970 George Crumb's Black Angels 1986 John Adams' Short Ride in a Fast Machine