1. 20th Century Nationalism in Europe Bartok, Kodály (Hungary) –Songs of native Hungary with main currentof European music Les Six (France) –Objectivity and understatement with New Classicism –Milhaud, Tailleferre, Poulenc Russian School –Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev English School –Elgar, Vaughan Williams German School –Hindemith, Orff, Weill

2. Bela Bartók (1881-1945) Report on Bela Bartók by Beth Harper

3. Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra For BSO Treats single orchestral instruments in soloistic manner 5 movements 4th movement –Pentatonic structure –Non symetrical rhythms –Composer’s love for his homeland

4. Late 19thC and Early 20thC America Shape note singing Stephen Foster (1826-64) –Lyrical ballads - simple music Concert bands –Adolphe Sax (Belgian) John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) Charles Ives (1874-1954) –Business man - composer on the side –One of the most original

5. Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Boulanger Used jazz idioms Use of American folk tunes Simplify music - communicate to a large public - technology

6. Copland - Billy the Kidd Story of William Bonney Ballet - concert suite Used many tunes from the Wild West Polyrhythms, polytonal harmony, dissonance Scene 1 - “Street in a Frontier Town”