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Gustav Mahler
Mahler was an Austrian composer who was known for his conduction and building a bridge between 19th-century tradition and 20th-century modernism. -
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Isaac Albeniz
Spanish composer, known for nationalist piano works such as Iberia and a 'set of 12 piano pieces -
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Edward MacDowell
American composer who is best known for his piano concertos and piano suites. -
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Claude Debussy
French composer and the father of impressionism. He specialized in piano ballads with delicate melodies with suggestion of harmonies. His popular pieces include "Afternoon of a Faun", "Claire de Lune", "La Mer", and "Reverie". -
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Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist. He was considered a leading composer during the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt. -
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Paul Dukas
He was an Italian composer best known for his piece of program music, The Sorcerer's Apprentice -
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Jean Sibelius
Jean Siblius was a Finland composer. He composed seven symphonies and the Violin Concerto in D minor, also known for the symphonic poems including Finlandia, En saga, Lemminkäinen -
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Enrique Granados
Enrique Granados was a spanish pianist and composer of classical music. -
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Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg is known for his formulation of the 12 tone system compositions, writing the first "atonal" piece. Austrian-born composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School. -
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Bela Bartok
He is known as a composer with an ethnic mix on classical works. He traveled significantly in his 20's throughout the Hungarian and Romanian countryside, collecting and recording melodies which were later released as composition. Popular pieces include "Duke Bluebeard's Castle", "Miraculous Mandarin', and "Cantata Profana". -
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Igor Stravnisky
He focuses on articulation and emphasis in his pieces, leading to a "clean" sound, and made a lasting contribution to serial music (12-tone music). Popular pieces include "Rake's Progress", "Movements", and "Variations (Aldous Huxley in Memoriam)".He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. Stravinsky's compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity. -
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Individualism
Most important trait in Post Romantic era of music; Debussy used this technique by creating songs from poetry. As most poems at the time were individualistic. -
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Genres
focused heavily on the rise of the opera and the symphony. Solo song paired with orchestral melodies often paired with symphonic poems for pieces. Single instrument preludes -
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Naturalism & Realism
These forms of music put insistence on nature's beauty, the reality of human experience, and the sound of "skimming colors" and light. Finding a new meaning in how we live our day to day lives. -
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Instruments & Vocals era
Popular forms of instruments during this era included the harp, classical piano, and bell-like percussion. Popular vocal forms included operatic and "angelic" harmonies accompanied by simple melodies of instruments. -
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Gebrauchmusik
Gebrauchmusik is the utility of music, which describes how it is written for special purposes -
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Jazz
Jazz is hailed as one of the greatest original American artforms. Jazz originated in African-American communities throughout the late 19th century, specifically in New Orleans prominence of syncopation in various patterns, and Blues; can be performed arranged or improvised. -
Nutcracker
The Nutcracker, by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, was premiered for the first time at Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersberg, Russia. -
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Darius Milhaud
French composer, conductor, and teacher; member of Les Six, in which he wrote 15 operas, 13 ballets, and numerous pieces for cinema. Popular pieces include 'Suite Provencale' and 'Sumare'. As well as composing Scaramouche for alto sax and orchestra. -
Music through Media
Guglielmo Marconi proved the feasibility of the radio connection, later leading to mass communication of music through radios, tape recordings, and photographs. -
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Louis Armstrong
Often called the most influential figure in the rise of American Jazz, Armstrong was an American trumpeter, composer, vocalist, and actor, whose career began in the 1920s and spanned almost 5 decades. Popular pieces include "What a Wonderful World" and "Dream a Little Dream of Me". -
19th Amendment
Women are given a right to vote.