(1900 – 2000) – 20th Century – Music 005 Class Site: Recent Episodes
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Now that we've completed the plot exercise, it's time to give away the little secret of that assignment. The piece I asked you to dramatize is supposed to be absolute music. It is from a symphony by the Austrian composer...
We’ve already seen one piece with a wartime connection in Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. Here’s a story from Michigan Public Radio about the use of music to boost the morale of soldiers in Europe during World War II. Feel free to share your reaction in the comments section. https://www.michiganradio.org/post/how-do-you-get-piano-battlefront-push-it-out-airplane?fbclid=IwAR1egQGNw2A5_p_s4lOzwkzALRUz8moqd9zJcdotaC-2IDvUs0eIbsOJvKU
Aaron Copland is one of the most important classical composers that America has ever produced. His life spanned nearly all of the twentieth century (1900-1990) and he composed from his early 20's until his career was halted by the...