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promoted the American wind-band tradition here and in Europe; an outgrowth of British military bands
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french composer and pianist; inventor of musical impressionism; influential modern composers
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composer of tone poems and some of the first modern operas; accomplished conductor
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American and popularized ragtime in the US
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became the leader in English music; collector and editor of folksongs and hymns
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not interested in nationalism; master of melody and virutoso pianist
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the most innovative, original, and creative of all the 20th century composers; used polytonality, polyrhythms, and polymeters
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father of 12-tone music; teacher of Webern and Berg; went atonal
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french composer; extremely versatile; innovator in pianistic style; expert orchestrator
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hungarian composer and pianist; important ethnomusicologist; known for his rhythmic music; he incorporated his own native folk music into his compositions
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one of the most versatile and interesting composers of the 20th century; rhythmic style; harmonically interesting
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born in Canada; studied with Natalie Boulanger at Harvard and Columbia; helped found the National Association of Negro Musicians (1919)
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student of Schoenberg; known for his musical brevity and clarity of texture; uses pointillism; wrote no operas
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important teacher of composers in the 20th century; conductor and composer;
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became the first black female composer to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra: Symphomy No. 1 in E minor
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Born in Paris into a non-musical family. Instigated the first Les Six album. Durey wrote songs for the French Resistance during WWII and later Vietnamese themes in the 1960s as a protest to the war.
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use of pentatonic, whole tone, and other exotic scales
unresolved dissonances
parallel chords
free rhythm
vagueness -
uses very large ensembles and goes over the top
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Russian composer and pianist; important as a Russian voice in Western culture
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french composer of operas, ballets, film and television scores, and orchestral and piano works
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Born to Swiss parents - considered himself to be Swiss. He was a huge compositional output to all mediums and composed most of his works on commission.
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He was born on the southern coast of France. Milhaud studied with Debussy and immediately rejected Impressionism. He eventually became close friends with Tailleferre and gave her needed encouragement to continue composing. American jazz at this time influenced his work.
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American composer; became the first African-American composer to have his symphony performed by a leading orchestra; also first black American to conduct a major orchestra; first black American to write for radio, TV, and films
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American composer, teacher, and writer; innovator of indeterminacy; his experimental enthusiasm helped to create modern music
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influential American composer, pianist, and conductor who worked in Hollywood; he successfully fused jazz and pop music
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He was born in southern France and studied composition in Paris with Satie's teachers. He was considered a neo-classicist and wrote for film music.
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self-taught, but had musical tutors. With Milhaud, they traveled to met Schoenberg, Webern, and Berg, but both rejected their style.
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American jazz composer; created a unique style of big-band jazz; one of the first African-American composers to cross races with his music
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most popular American composer of the 20th century; teacher, conductor, author; his music still has a special appeal to the American public
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focused on completely freeing music from tonality
12-tone method introduced by Arnold Schoenberg -
American composer and philosopher; most innovative composer of the 20th century; changed the definition of music; used indeterminacy; he was the center of avant-garde music in the mid-20th century
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American conductor, composer, teacher, author, and pianist; most influential American musician of the 20th century; brought classical music to the public via various media
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Members consist of Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, and Germaine Tailleferre. Erik Satie created a group called Les Nouveaux Jeunes circa 1913-14. Henri Collet coined the term Les Six in the French journal Commedia in 1920.
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derives of the 12-tone method used by Schoenberg
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There emerged a kind of cultural capital of African American arts, including literature, painting, and music
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American composer and conductor; considered one of the best film score composers in America