Music in the 20th Century 1900 2000

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Music in the 20th Century1900 2000

• Music and Art Unite

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An Era of New Ideas

• The 20th century in music broke all the rules of
  traditional music. The styles of music went in
  several different directions. Composer Arnold
  Schoenberg devised a way to throw away all of the
  old ideas of harmony by creating 12-tone music.
  All twelve tones of the chromatic scale were used
  equally thus creating strange and muddled
  melodies.

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12 Tone Scale
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Neo-Classical

• Composers like Stravinsky returned to the
  Classical principals of balance and form and to
  music that did not describe a scene or an emotion.

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Some of Stravinskys famous musical ballets
scenes from The Firebird
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Popular Music

• Jazz, country, folk, and rock and roll has also
  had a great impact on 20th century life and
  music. Great composers such as Joplin, Copeland,
  and Bernstein influenced the direction music
  would make over 100 years.

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What You Need To Know

• 20th Century broke traditional rules
• Schoenberg created 12 tone music
• Neo-Classical style returned balance and form
• Stravinsky was a composers of Neo-Classical style
  
• Popular music styles were jazz, country, folk and
  rock and roll
• Popular composers were Joplin, Copeland and
  Bernstein
• Famous artists were Picasso and Dali
• World events were WWI, WWII, First moon walk and
  personal computers
• Famous literature was The Lord of the Rings by
  J.R.R. Tolkien, and War of the Worlds by George
  Orwell