Timeline 6: Post-1900s Era (1900-2000)

By sydowen
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    Ives

    Famous for his piano and orchestral works. Thought to be the most innovative and creative 20th century composer.
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    Schoenberg

    Creator of the 12-tone system (led to serialism).
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    Stravinsky

    Had an ever changing musical style.
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    Russolo

    Italian composer who built his own instruments.
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    N. Boulanger

    American composer that was a teacher of many other 20th century composers.
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    Price

    The first black female composer to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra: Symphony No. 1 in E minor.
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    Durey

    Member of Les Six. Known for his Anti-war (WWII) music.
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    Prokofiev

    Famous maximalist composer.
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    Honegger

    Member of Les Six. Born Swiss. Wrote music for both the Nazis and the French resistance.
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    Milhaud

    Member of Les Six. Rejected Impressionism.
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    Tailleferre

    The only female member of Les Six. Had stage terrible fright but was a wonderful accompanist.
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    Still

    The first black American composer to have a symphony and opera performed by a major ensemble.
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    Cowell

    American composer who was drawn to non-Western music. John Cage's teacher.
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    Gershwin

    American composer who wrote classical, concert hall music infused with jazz and popular music
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    Auric

    Member of Les Six. Largely credited for his work in film music.
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    Poulenc

    Member of Les Six. Met with Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern and immediately rejected their style.
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    Ellington

    Major composer of the swing era and the big band era. Most famous for his jazz tunes.
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    Genres Commonly Composed

    1) Maximalism
    2) Minimalism
    3) Impressionism
    4) Expressionism
    5) Jazz
    6) Serialism
    7) Primitivism
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    Common Stylistic Traits

    melodic freedom; polychords and tone clusters; dissonant chords; 12-tone clusters; predictable cadences
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    Copland

    Composed a variety of genres. Majority of his popular works are tonal.
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    Armstrong

    American trumpeter, vocalist, composer and actor who was incredibly influential in Jazz.
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    Carter

    One of the many composers taught by Nadia Boulanger. Was influential as both a composer and a teacher for 50 years.
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    Schuman

    American composer who won the Pulitzer prize. Was also an arts administrator.
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    Barber

    Composer from America who wrote orchestral and choral pieces, operas, ballets, and piano music.
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    Cage

    American composer and theorist who pioneered electroacoustic music and indeterminacy in music, and atypical use of instruments, specialized in post war avant-garde.
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    World War I

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    Strayhorn

    Collaborated with Ellington for many years. Known for composing "A Train".
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    Bernstein

    Conductor, composer, teacher, pianist, lecturer, and TV personality.

  • Stephen Sondheim Born

    American composer and lyricist known for his work in musical theater. Known for his work on West Side Story.

  • John Williams Born

    Composer of some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history.
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    World War II

  • Tape Player Invented

  • Auto-tune Invented

  • Syd's Birthday

    Probably the most important date on this entire timeline.