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Sousa
John Philip Sousa was a bandmaster known for making marches and atleast 9 operettas. Some marches he created were The Washington Post (1889), Semper Fidelis (1888), Stars and Stripes forever (1897), and El Captain (1896). -
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Debussy
Claude Debussy is the most important French composer of the early 20th century. He composed the first modern orchestral work entitled "Pre'lude a 'Lapres-midi d'un faune'." -
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Ives
Charles Ives was a modernist composer who was known for noting that if an American composer wanted to be successful in America, he had to go to Europe first and prove himself there. One of his most famous orchestral works is titled "The Unanswered Question (1906). -
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Dett
R. (Robert) Nathaniel Dett was a pianist who was known for being the founder of the National Association of Negro Musicians (1919). -
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Russolo
Luigi Russolo was an Italian futurist painter, composer, and builder of experimental musical instruments. He is known for writing a manifesto titled "The Art of Noises (1913). -
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Price
Florence Price was an African-American female composer who was famous for creating a symphony named "Symphony No. 1 in E minor and having it performed by a major american orchestra. -
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Boulanger
Nadia Boulanger was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. She was known for teaching many leading composers and musicians of the 20th century. -
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Maximalism
One of the first modern styles of the post-romantic era. Known for having extreme chromaticism, extreme sizes of performance groups, extreme use of themes and motives (motivic complexity), and thick textures. -
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Impressionism
One of the first modern styles of the post-romantic era. Known for French painting style, Whole tone scales, Parallel movement, Parallel movement of chords, Free rhythm, Vagueness, and Ninth chords. -
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Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev was a russian composer known for creating orchestral pieces, piano works, film music, seven symphonies and many more. Also, his most famous piece created was called "Peter and the Wolf (1936)." -
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Still
William Grant Still was a an African-American composer who was known for conducting a major symphony orchestra (1936). Also, he was the first black composer to have a symphony and opera performed by a major ensemble (1931, 1949). One of his most famous pieces titled "A Black Pierrot," was a art song from a song cycle and its text was written by a famous poet named Langston Hughes (1902-1967). -
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Cowell
Henry Cowell was an American innovator who was known for inventing chance music, inventing new techniques for playing the piano, and creating the term "tone cluster". One of his most famous pieces waqs titled "The Tides of Manaunaun (1912)." -
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Copland
Aaron Copland was a composer, teacher, critic, conductor, and sponsor of concerts. Copeland's style traits included vigorous, mixed meters, rhythmic, solos, and many others. One of his most famous pieces is titled "Appalachian Spring." -
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Carter
Elliott Carter was an American modernist composer who was known for being an influential composer and teacher. -
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Expressionism
One of the first modern styles of the post-romantic era. Known for Atonality, No chord progression rules, and the 12-tone method. It evolved in Germany and Austria. -
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Neo-Classism
Neo-Classism was a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. -
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The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater and politics centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. -
Musical Elements
Musical Elements of the twentieth century included Neo-tonality, polytonality, polyrhythms, polychords, polymeters and many more. -
Musical Developments
Musical developments included electronic instruments, audio tapes, and noisemakers. -
Musical Traits
Musical traits included mixed meter, new ideas about rhythm, and harmony. -
Musical Genres
Popular genres of the 20th century include Ballet, Cantata, Electronic music, Opera, Musical, and many more. -
The Star Spangled Banner
The Star Spangled Banner was adopted as the national anthem for the United States. The music was created by John Stafford Smith while the lyrics were written by Francis scott Key. -
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World War II
World War II occurred as a result of Germany invading Poland. Great Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany. -
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The Holocaust
The Holocaust was a ideological and systematic state-sponsored persecution and mass murder of millions of European Jews (as well as millions of others, including Romani people, the intellectually disabled, dissidents and homosexuals) by the German Nazi regime. -
Invention of the internet
The Internet is a global network of billions of computers and other electronic devices. It allows a person to access almost any information, communicate with anyone else in the world, and do much more.The inventors of the internet are Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf. -
Invention the the personal computer
The personal computer is a multi-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use.
