Great Music of the 20th Century
The 20th century was a breeding ground of musical innovation and transformation unlike any other era in history. Within this course, you’ll discover the genius of composers such as Debussy, Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Webern, Bartók,...
In This Series
20th-Century Music: Be Afraid No Longer!
Setting the Table and Parsing Out Blame
Debussy and le français in Musical Action
Russia and Igor Stravinsky
Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring
The Paradox of Arnold Schoenberg
The Emancipation of Melody!
The Second Viennese School
The "New" Classicism
Schoenberg and the 12-Tone Method
Synthesis and Nationalism: Béla Bartók
America's Musical Gift
American Iconoclasts
The World Turned Upside Down
Electronic Music and European Ultraserialism
Schoenberg in Exile
Stravinsky in America
For Every Action an Equal Reaction
The California Avant-Garde
Rock around the Clock
East Meets West; South Meets North
Postmodernism: New Tonality and Eclecticism
The New Pluralism
Among Friends