Eras of Music History, Modernism

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This program features the music of the modern period, from 1910 to the present. The Romantic trend of fragmentation continued apace during this period. Some composers continued to develop older traditions, while others shot off in vastly different directions, experimenting with atonal music, serialism, experimental and minimalist music. Some used traditional instruments in unconventional ways, overturning principles previously considered fundamental. During this period, popular music (which had been around for centuries) found a new mass audience with the advent of new media, and film music became a new genre. The advent of electrical instruments, amplifiers, and synthesizers, as well as the use of computers in creating and manipulating sound also had a huge effect on the development of new musical forms. Composers of this period include Strauss, Stravinsky, Bartok, Gershwin, Ravel, Schoenberg, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Cage, Glass, Bernstein, Britten, Copland, and Williams
Introduction: Eras of Music History: Modernism (3:56)
Hollywood Soundtracks (3:16)
Birth of Modernism (4:18)
Characteristics of Modernism (4:19)
Debussy's "La Mer" (3:44)
End of World War I (4:43)
Twelve-Tone System (3:11)
Sexual Revolution (2:25)
Technological Instrumentation Innovation (2:51)
Electronic Studio (2:12)
Rise of the Third Reich (3:52)
Degenerate Art Exhibition (4:46)
Concentration Camps (3:11)
World War II (4:15)
Film Scores (4:42)
George Gershwin (4:52)
Jazz Music Emerges (1:44)
Opera and Musical Theater in Film (4:44)
Modern-Day Operas (2:04)
Experimental Music (3:55)
Boulez Career (6:22)
Music Minimalism (3:47)
Music Conductors (6:20)
Credits: Eras of Music History: Modernism (0:25)

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