These are the notes concerning the Twentieth Century Period that we use in Eighth Grade Music Class:
Twentieth Century (1900 – 2000)
1. Music became more atonal (no set key)
2. Music was more dissonant
3. Music was more mathematical (12 tone row)
Forms:
1. Long symphonies
2. Tone Poems
3. Ballet pieces
Composers:
1. Aaron Copeland: American composer who wrote many ballet, and American Western music. Most famous for “Fanfare for the Common Man.”
2. Igor Stravinsky: Russian composer who wrote many tone poems and suites. Most famous for “Firebird Suite.”
3. Scott Joplin: American composer who wrote many ragtime pieces (jazz compositions with much syncopation).
4. Arnold Schoenberg: German composer who along with Anton Webern were responsible for 12-tone row (a very mathematical approach to music composition.)
For additional composers from the Twentieth Century Period click on the following link to the Composer Project.
12/11/2002