Test 4 Timeline

By erickles

  • Symphony No.5- Dmitri Shostakovich

    Shostakovich's most famous work for orchestra.

  • Alexander Nevsky film score- Prokofiev

    Historical drama directed by Sergei Eisenstein. Music by Sergei Prokofiev. Premier in December 1938

  • Quatuor pour le fin de temps- Olivier Messiaen

    Composed by French composer Olivier Messiaen in a WWII Nazi-POW camp. Scored for clarinet, violin, cello and piano.

  • Appalachian Spring- Aaron Copland

    Ballet with an American theme. One of Copland's most noteworthy compositions.

  • 4'33"- John Cage

    A piece in which the performer(s) are instructed not to play their instrument for four minutes and 33 seconds. Cage's most well-known and controversial work.

  • Poeme Electronique-Edward Varese

    Premiered at 1958 Brussels Worlds Fair

  • Kind of Blue- Miles Davis

    Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis' most career-defining album. Released by Columbia Records on August 17, 1959

  • Black Angels- George Crumb

    Work for electric string quartet by American composer George Crumb.

  • Short Ride in a Fast Machine- John Adams

    Work by John Adams. Fanfare that includes elements of minimalism.