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1 20 th Century The Age of Technology

2 Science and Medicine Louis Pasteur – pasteurization of food, germ theory Joseph Lister – sterilization techniques during surgery greatly reduced post operative infections.

3 Everyday life Thomas Edison – incandescent lightbulb Electricity – power plants Alexander Graham Bell – telephone Guglielmo Marconi – wireless telegraphy Sir John Fleming – electron vacuum tube Lee de Forest – amplification tube Edison/Johannes Brahms - phonograph

4 Everyday Life Medical advancements – machines that will scan without making incisions, neonatal observations, cures to fatal diseases Computers, satellite Wrist watches, cell phones, video cameras and television The “global village”

5 Political Climate Karl Marx – Communist Manifesto German/French dispute over Rhineland Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Russia had large professional armies with millions of civilian reserves WWI – assassination of heir to Austro- Hungarian throne Russian Revolution

6 Political Climate Warfare changed, using poison gas, heavy artillery, and air raids Formation of the League of Nations The Great Depression Rise of Mussolini and Hitler WWII – atomic bomb

7 Claude Debussy 1862-1918 Parents enrolled him in Paris Conservatory Pianist When not receiving top honors at school, turned to composition

8 Claude Debussy “Wagner was…a beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a sunrise.” Lush orchestration Parallel chords Extended ranges Impressionist – Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_7loz-HWUM

9 Impressionist Painting

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11 Maurice Ravel 1875-1930 Mother was of Basque heritage Bolero Daphnis and Chloe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK23BhEQVyU

12 Erik Satie 1866-1925 Gymnopedies Kicked out of school –had no special gifts Military for short period of life Influenced and associated with Debussy and Ravel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Xm7s9eGxU

13 Igor Stravinsky 1882-1971 Father leading bass at Imperial Opera St. Petersburg 19 studied composition with Rimsky-Korsokov Experienced both World Wars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWotpIy0uTg

14 Igor Stravinsky Fascinated with Russian folklore Russian Revolution of 1917 wiped out his families wealth Firebird Suite Rite of Spring 1939 applied for U.S. citizenship – L.A.

15 Igor Stravinsky Four periods of career Early Period – late romantic and national flavored music Russian period – firebird, Petrushka, Rite Neoclassical period – Soldier’s Tale, Symphony of Psalms Serial period

16 Arnold Schoenberg 1874-1951 Hungarian/Czech Violin lessons- 8 Lived on edge of poverty No concert tickets – formed his own chamber ensemble

17 Arnold Schoenberg Late Romantic style Second Viennese School of music Equality for all notes – atonal Taught Berg and Webern http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CFnJiElpks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bq4EykKzEg

18 Alban Berg 1885-1935 “Master of the smallest link” Wozzeck Violin Concerto Student of Schoenberg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCa7QG2oVf0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqSSHwFEn_8

19 Anton Webern 1883-1945 Foremost student of atonality Five Pieces for Orchestra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOnFKLvonQw

20 Charles Ives 1874-1954 Insurance salesman Could hear nine rhythms in his mind simultaneously Composed with overlapping ideas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIFowc-9j3I

21 Aaron Copland 1900-1990 First American composer to receive international acclaim Simple Gifts Rodeo, Appalachian Spring Music for the masses Movie scores Olympics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ajQYANLiug http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEro8pG0hiE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dCRd-g6Qp8

22 Jelly Roll Morton 1890-1941 Claims he created jazz music First to write it down Told grandmother he worked the night shift at “the docks” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8_2ISGOIjU

23 George Gershwin 1898-1937 11 parents bought second hand piano for older brother George dropped out of school at 15 Tin Pan Alley – pop music of the time Rhapsody in Blue, Porgy and Bess, Embraceable You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U40xBSz6Dc

24 Leonard Bernstein 1918-1990 Tanglewood and Koussivetsky Youngest conductor of N.Y. Philharmonic Wrote for the stage Popular and Art music combined http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20XqYgJsz9A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy6wo2wpT2k

25 Edgard Varese 1883-1965 Philosopher of music Did not like to write things down “organized sound” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9mg4KHqRPw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7AIiTeKBUc

26 Bela Bartok 1881-1945 Ethnomusicologist Royal Academy of music Travelled Hungary and collected authentic folk music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2E058Ep99Y

27 Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873-1943 Parents aristocratic Russians Pianist and conductor Connects the Romantic Era and the 20 th Century http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-qwJoFQ3qo

28 Benjamin Britten 1913-1976 English composer Peter Pears Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Many genres of music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHNgfF19CTY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HhTMJ2bek0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piNH18JhDU4

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