Slides for the 20th c. materials.

2. Some people’s Reaction

10. Part VI: The Twentieth Century and Beyond p277

11. Time Line Freud: Interpretation of Dreams 1900 Einstein: special theory of relativity 1905 First World War 1914-1918 Russian Revolution begins 1917 Great Depression begins 1929 Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany 1933 Second World War 1939-1945 Atomic bomb destroys Hiroshima 1945 PART VI—THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND BEYOND

12. Time Line Korean War 1950-1953 Crick & Watson: structure of DNA 1953 Vietnam War 1955-1975 President Kennedy assassinated 1963 American astronauts land on moon 1969 Dissolution of the Soviet Union 1991 Mandela elected president of South Africa 1994 Terrorist attacks in U.S. 2001 War in Iraq began 2003 PART VI—THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND BEYOND

24. New Chord Structures Polychord Quartal and quintal harmony Cluster Chapter 1

37. Impressions: Sunrise – Claude Monet, 1872

39. French Symbolist Poetry Symbolists also broke with traditions and conventions Avoided hard statements—preferred to “suggest” (symbolize) their topics Wikipedia: expressed “ thoughts and feelings in disconnected ways” Symbolist poetry became the basis for many Impressionist musical works Chapter 3

65. America to Front & Center Why’d it take so long? Ives * Gershwin * Still * Copeland

70. Often co-wrote with his brother, Ira, as lyricist Was friends and tennis partner with Schoenberg Financially successful—songs were popular Met Berg, Ravel, and Stravinsky in Europe Died of brain tumor at age 38 Chapter 13

78. Characteristics of Music Since 1945 Increased use of the twelve-tone system Serialism —twelve-tone techniques extended Chance music that includes the random Minimalist music with tonality, pulse, repetition Deliberate quotations of earlier music in work Chapter 16

79. Characteristics of Music Since 1945 Return to tonality by some composers – the “New Romantics” Electronic music “ Liberation of sound” —use of noiselike sounds Mixed media New concepts of rhythm and form Chapter 16

87. Mixed Media Visual art often combined with music for effect Often intended to relax concert atmosphere Chapter 16

98. Copyright Why is this important?

112. Songwriter Bill of Rights

113. Jazz The Book Version

126. Chapter 18 Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra: 1943

136. Extra Stuff after this slide

139. Leonard Bernstein Conductor, pianist, author, lecturer, and composer Wrote orchestral and vocal works Dance an important part of his musicals Chapter 19