Twentieth Century (1930-2000)

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    Musical Stylistic Traits

    Breaking away from the typical "classical music" and a rise in distinct musical styles/ genres broke loose.
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    Genres

    Genres of the Twentieth Century included Post-Modernism, Jazz, Vernacular, Rock N' Roll/Rock, and Musical Theater

  • Vinyls Invented

  • Stravinsky (1882-1971)

    "Persephone" was composed and premiered.

  • Gershwin (1898-1937)

    "Porgy & Bess" was composed and premiered.

  • Tape Recorder Invented

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    WWII

  • Ellington (1899-1974)

    "Take The A Train" was recorded and released to the public

  • Shostakovitch (1906-1975)

    "Symphony No. 7" composed
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    Cold War

  • Period: to

    Korean War

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    Vietnam War

  • Bernstein (1918-1990)

    "West Side Story" was created and premiered.

  • Cassette Tapes Invented

  • Apollo 11

    The Moonlanding!

  • Walkman Invented

  • CD Invented

  • World Wide Web created

  • MP3 Invented

  • Auto-Tune Invented

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