THE GREAT COMPOSERS
written by Wendy Thompson
published by Hermes House
The Early 20th Century
Music Sets #411 - 439
Music in a New Framework:-
* Impressionism in music
Composers realized that they need no longer be subject to the tyranny of traditional tonality
- a system that had lasted for 400 years. One pioneer was Debussy.
* Atonality
The "12-note system" of the chromatic scale used in various ingenious ways
* Nationalism
Musical nationalism continued to flourish.
* Music and politics
The two world wars
The economic depression (giving rise to small chamber ensembles)
Exporting Jazz from the USA to Europe
The rise of Nazi Germany (central Europe was emptied of Jewish composers and performers)
Source: The Great Composers
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