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Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler was an Austrian composer born in 1860 who wrote pieces with maximalist qualities. He was a brilliant conductor in the USA and Europe, but most notable for bridging the gap between German-romanticism and modernism in the 20th century. His most famous works were large symphonies numbering 1 through 10. He also wrote orchestral lieder and was the director for the Vienna Opera. -
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Claude Debussy
Debussy was a French-native and a pianist. He is one of the most influential composers for modernism as he was one of the first to incorporate impressionism in his works and set an example for many composers succeeding him. -
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Richard Strauss
Strauss was most famous as a composer of tone poems and modern operas. His works quickly became accepted as staple pieces in this era. He first conducted in 1894, and was an accomplished conductor in Europe and the Americas from there forward. The qualities of his works most accurately align with maximalism. -
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Jean Sibelius
Most notable Finnish composer of his time. He helped the country establish a musical sense of independence as they were transitioning away from Russian control. He wrote 7 symphonies in his lifetime, one of which including finlandia, and also wrote choral works. He stopped composing in the latter portion of his life, but is still regarded as one of the greatest Finnish composers of all time. -
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Erik Satie
Erik Satie was a French native and pianist mostly known for his minimalist and ambient music meant to exist but be in the background. He was not specifically an impressionist, but his style encompasses many qualities of impressionism. He was particularly invested in other forms of art in this style and was an incredible innovator for French aesthetics. -
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Amy Marcy Cheney Beach
Amy Beach was an American composer and pianist. She is considered the first successful female composer of large musical works. The Boston Symphony debuted her "Gaelic" Symphony in 1896. This is the first major symphony to be composed and published by an American woman. She is also notable for not being European-trained, and composing in a conservative style. -
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Scott Joplin
Joplin was an African-American composer most famous for writing and popularizing works in ragtime. He is considered the "King of Ragtime", and wrote over 100 works in this style. Joplin's death was also considered the death of ragtime, and the genre was rekindled in the 20th century. -
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Vaughn Williams was a British symphonist most famous for his symphonies as well as editing and collecting English folksongs and hymns. Over his 60-year career he wrote 9 symphonies and several works in other genres including choral, opera, ballets, and chamber music. -
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Aleksandr Skryabin
Skryabin (Scriabin) was a Russian piano virtuoso who wrote works most influenced by chromaticism and impressionism. His early works were mostly tonal, but his later works were more popular because they incorporated new tonal colors achieved by using chromaticism and traveling through the circle of fifths frequently through his works. These qualities and innovative sounds make his work inspired, but very original. -
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Sergei Rachmaninov
Russian composer and virtuoso pianist. His works most notably feature the piano and the complex textures of the instrument. He was a conductor for the Bolshoi Theatre. He toured the united states making a living mostly from conducting and playing the piano. He would eventually settle in New York and gain American citizenship. -
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Charles Ives
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Arnold Schoenberg
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Gustav Holst
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Maurice Ravel
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Ottorino Respighi
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Bela Bartok
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Igor Stravinsky
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Anton von Webern
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Alban Berg
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Nadia Boulanger
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The rise of genres within post-romanticism
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Impressionism
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Maximalism
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Movie Theater
The world's first permanent movie theater designed as a venue for showing motion pictures is errected in Buffalo, New York. Sets a new medium for media and art to be expressed publicly. -
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Francis Poulenc
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Expressionism
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Neo-classicism
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World War I