20th Century Composers

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20th Century Composers

• Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky,
• Arnold Schoenberg, George Gershwin and Aaron
  Copland

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Claude Debussy

• French pianist/composer who linked the Romantic
  era to the 20th century
  
• Greatest hits Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

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Igor Stravinsky

• Russian expressionist composer
• Famous for three ballets The Firebird,
• Petrushka, and the Rite of Spring

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Arnold Schoenberg

• 20th century expressionist composer who developed
  a systematic method of organizing atonal music
  called the 12 tone system

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George Gershwin

• American composer from Manhattan known for his
  jazz flavored orchestral works including Rhapsody
  in Blue, American in Paris and his opera, Porgy
  and Bess

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Aaron Copland

• American composer who incorporated American folk
  songs, cowboy songs, revival hymns and jazz in
  his orchestral compositions
  
• Works include Billy the Kid,Rodeo and Appalachian
  Spring

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Jazz Icons

• Bessie Smith - Empress of the Blues
• Louis Armstrong - Trumpet player famous for New
  Orleans Jazz and scat singing
  
• Miles Davis - trumpet player who was a key figure
  in the fusion of jazz and rock

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What Era?

• Medieval
• Renaissance
• Baroque
• Classical
• Romantic

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ERAS

• Fascination with the supernatural
• Emotion rules the rational
• Larger than life aspirations
• Fascination with miniatures
• The forces of nature

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ANSWER

• THE Romantic Era

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What Era?

• Madrigals and motets were popular vocal forms
• Recorders, crumhorns and lutes were popular
  instruments

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Answer

• The Renaissance

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What era?

• Music should be simple and easy to comprehend
• Logical and balanced music
• The head rules the heart

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What era?

• Chant
• The beginning of polyphony
• The invention of music notation
• Pope Gregory and Hildegard were famous composers
  of this period

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Answer

• The Medieval Period

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What era?

• Driving motor rhythms
• Use of the basso continuo
• Fugues, opera seria, cantatas and oratorios were
  popular genres

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Answer

• The Baroque Period