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(1945 - 2000):
During the mid 20th century, music evolved in many different directions. Some composers took Schoenberg's "serial" system to new limits. The rise of jazz, as well as an increasing awareness of non-Western music, provided additional inspiration for many, while others ventured into... >>read more
(1945 - 2000):
During the mid 20th century, music evolved in many different directions. Some composers took Schoenberg's "serial" system to new limits. The rise of jazz, as well as an increasing awareness of non-Western music, provided additional inspiration for many, while others ventured into... >>read more
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Celebrating the Life and Work of Composer Don Gillis, Sr.
Don Gillis (1912-1978) was a prolific composer, arranger, and music educator. He began his career in radio in Dallas, Texas, in the 1930s and rose to become a well-travelled conductor and composer in the 1940s and a radio producer for NBC's Symphony of the Air during the Toscanini... >>read more
Don Gillis (1912-1978) was a prolific composer, arranger, and music educator. He began his career in radio in Dallas, Texas, in the 1930s and rose to become a well-travelled conductor and composer in the 1940s and a radio producer for NBC's Symphony of the Air during the Toscanini... >>read more
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The late Twentieth Century: The wonderful world of classical music! Read about all the famous composers and their lives, listen to their music, buy books and films about them!
In music it was a time of experimentation. The principles of serialism were extended in the work of Boulez and Stockhausen, while Cage focused on the random element... >>read more
In music it was a time of experimentation. The principles of serialism were extended in the work of Boulez and Stockhausen, while Cage focused on the random element... >>read more
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Music History 102:
The Twentieth Century:
The years spanning the end of the nineteenth century and the earliest part of the twentieth were a time of great expansion and development of, as well as a dramatic reaction to, the prevailing late Romanticism of previous years. In music, as in all the arts, expression became either... >>read more
The Twentieth Century:
The years spanning the end of the nineteenth century and the earliest part of the twentieth were a time of great expansion and development of, as well as a dramatic reaction to, the prevailing late Romanticism of previous years. In music, as in all the arts, expression became either... >>read more
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