Timeline #6: 20th Century

  • Henry Cowell (1867-1965)

    Henry Cowell (1867-1965)
    Coined the term "tone cluster"
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

    Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
    1909: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1)
    1914: The Lark Ascending
    1914: A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2)
    1921: A Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No. 3)
    1923: English Folk Song Suite
    1936: Dona nobis pacem
    1943: Symphony No. 5
  • Charles Ives (1874-1954)

    Charles Ives (1874-1954)
    1901: Symphony No. 2
    1906: Central Park in the Dark
    1913: A Symphony: New England Holidays
    1911-1928: Universe Symphony (exact date unknown)
    1930-1935: The Unanswered Question
    1931: Three Places in New England
  • Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1961)

    Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1961)
    1897: String Quartet in D Major
    1899: Verklärte Nacht
    1902-03: Pelleas und Melisande
    1904: String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 7
    1906: Chamber Symphony in E Major
    1909: Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16
    1934-36: Violin Concerto, Op. 36
  • Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

    Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
    1899-1906: Sita (opera)
    1917: The Hymn of Jesus
    1918: The Planets
    1919: Ode to Death
    1923: The Perfect Fool (opera)
    1923: Fugal Concerto
    1925: At the Boar's Head
    1927: Egdon Heath
    1930: Choral Fantasia
    1930: Hammersmith
  • Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

    Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
    1911: Petrushka
    1913: The Rite of Spring
    1918: The Soldier's Tale
    1919: The Firebird
    1920: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
    1921: Oedipus Rex
    1923: Les Noces
    1928: Apollo
    1951: The Rake's Progress (opera)
    1957: Agon
  • Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)

    Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)
  • Louis Durey (1888-1979)

    Louis Durey (1888-1979)
    L'Occasion (only opera he wrote)
    1950s-60s: Wrote on Vietnamese themes based on his disgust with the turmoil France left in Vietnam
  • Arthur Honneger (1892-1955)

    Arthur Honneger (1892-1955)
    1921: Le Roi David
    1921: Pastorale d'été
    1924: Pacific 231
    1926: Judith (opera)
    1927: Antigone (opera)
    1931: Amphion (opera)
    1928: Rugby
    Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
    La Danse des morts
  • Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

    Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
    1923: La Création du Monde
    1936: Suite Provençale
    1965: Le Mère Coupable
  • Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)

    Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)
    1920: L'Album des Six
    1921: Les mariés de la tour Eiffel
    Du style galant au style méchant
    Sonate pour harpe: II. Lento
    Jeux de plein air
    Arabesque
    Le Petite Sirène
  • Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)

    Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
    1923: Das Marienleben
    1935: Der Schwanendreher for viola and orchestra
    1938: Mathis der Maler (opera)
    1943: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carla Maria von Weber
  • George Gershwin (1898-1987)

    George Gershwin (1898-1987)
    1919: Lullaby for String Quartet
    1924: Rhapsody in Blue
    1924: Oh Lady, Be Good
    1928: An American in Paris
    1928: How Long Has This Been Going On?
    1934: Summertime
    1935: Porgy and Bess (opera)
  • Georges Auric (1899-1983)

    Georges Auric (1899-1983)
    1920: L'Album des Six
    1921: Les mariés de la tour Eiffel
    1952: Moulin Rouge
  • Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

    Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
    1917: Rapsodie Nègre
    1918: Trois Mouvements Perpétuels
    1924: Les Biches
    1930-32: Sextet for piano and wind quintet
    1936: Litanies à la Vierge Noire de Rocomadour
    1938: Organ Concerto
    1945: Figure humaine
    1947: Les Mamelles de Tirésias
    1953-56: Les dialogues des Carmélites
    1962: Oboe Sonata
  • Duke Ellington (1899-1974)

    Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
    Concerto for Cootie
    Cotton Tail
    Ko-Ko
    It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing
    Sophisticated Lady
    Prelude to a Kiss
    Solitude
    Satin Doll
  • Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

    Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
    1930: Piano Variations
    1930: The Dance Symphony
    1935: El Salón México
    1942: A Lincoln Portrait
    1942: Fanfare for the Common Man
    1944: Appalachian Spring
  • Elliot Carter (1908-2012)

    Elliot Carter (1908-2012)
  • Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

    Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
    1944: On The Town
    1950: Peter Pan
    1953: Wonderful Town
    1956: Candide
    1957: West Side Story
  • Period: to

    Genres

    Canon
    Sonata
    Passion
    Musical Theatre
    Internet Music
  • Amelia Earhart successfully flies across the Atlantic Ocean

    Amelia Earhart successfully flies across the Atlantic Ocean
  • Period: to

    World War II

  • Computer for Electronic Music Invented

    Computer for Electronic Music Invented
  • Cassette Tapes are Invented

    Cassette Tapes are Invented
  • The Internet becomes Public for the First Time