Modernism in Music | Modern Classical Music

In the fourth of our music history video series we explore the changes and developments of the turn of the 20th century that led to the modern period in classical music (often referred to as modernism). The period of upheaval and change in history also led to upheaval and innovation in the arts and sciences. With these changes Western Art music, classical music, changed in many ways, developing new genres and styles and encouraging experimentation such as atonality.

***Correction at 4:00 the painter Henri Regnault is mentioned in connection with impressionism. He is not relevant because he didn't paint in an impressionist style. A better selection would have been Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

Join us as we delve into the details of this essential period in classical music history.
If you want to learn more about modernism in music check out our article in the LPM blog:
https://www.libertyparkmusic.com/the-...

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:03 - Historical Context
03:44 - Impressionism
05:03 - Primitivism
06:06 - Neoclassicism
07:14 - Atonality
08:18 - Conclusion
08:57 - Lists of Composers/Musical Examples
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Written by Michelle Aichele
Narration and Script Editing by West Troiano
Video Editing by Nick Vaky
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Here is a list of some of the major composers of the Modern Period:
Bela Bartok (1881-1945), Marion Bauer (1882-1955), Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924), Alban Berg (1885-1935), Lili Boulanger (1893-1918), Henry Cowell (1897-1965), Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Paul Hindemith (1895-1963), Gustav Holst (1874-1934), Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), Charles Ives (1874-1954), Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Darius Milhaud (1892-1963), Florence Price (1899-1953), Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), Eric Satie (1866-1925), Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953), William Grant Still (1895-1978), Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937), Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983), Edgar Varese (1883-1965), Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959), and Anton Webern (1883-1945).


Musical examples to help you explore the sound of Modernism:

Germaine Tailleferre’s Piano Concerto no. 1
Florence Price’s Symphony No. 1 in E minor
Igor Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite “Overture”
Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 “Classical”
Schoenberg Op. 23 no. 1 “Sehr Langsam”
Henry Cowell’s The Tides of Manaunaun
Anton Webern’s Five Pieces for Orchestra Op. 10
Charles Ives “Putnam’s Camp, Redding, Connecticut” from Three Places in New England
Claude Debussy’s Prelude de l’apres midi d’un faune
Maurice Ravel “Menuet” from Le Tombeau de Couperin
Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps
Bela Bartok’s Allegro Barbaro
Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring
Varese’s Poeme Electronique
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Music

Ravel, Maurice - Piano Concerto in G - Adagio (piano solo arr.) performed by Markus Staab

Williams, Ralph Vaughan – The Lark Ascending - Du Page Symphony Orchestra on the album Alpine Heights by Eric Pancer

Scriabin, Aleksandr - 24 Preludes, Op.11 Allegretto Aleksandr Scriabin (Piano) Publisher Info.Wikimedia Commons Recorded for Welte-Mignon in Moscow, January 1910.

Debussy, Claude - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (ensemble arr.) Pref. Natalia Ensemble

Stravinsky, Igor - The Firebird "Infernal Dance of Kastchei" 1910
http://www.marineband.usmc.mil/downlo...
, transcribed by Thomas Knox, recorded May 23-27, 1994 at Center for the Arts, w:George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.

Ravel, Minuet - Menuet antique pref. Luis Sarro

Schoenberg, Arnold - Suite, Op.25 - Performer Pages Peter Bradley-Fulgoni (piano) Publisher Info. Peter Bradley-Fulgoni Copyright Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 - Non-PD EU Misc. Notes Recorded June 2017 in St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield University (Peter Hill, sound engineer)

Schoenberg, Arnold - Wind Quintet, Op.26 Etwas langsam Performer Pages Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet (Ensemble) / Felix Skowronek (flute) /Alex / Klein (oboe) / William McColl (clarinet) / David Kappy (horn) /Arthur / Grossman (bassoon)
/ Publisher Info. Musical Heritage Society, 1992. CD 514225K / Reissue - Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive
/ Publication date - 2010-05-16
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