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1 day ago · He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century and a pivotal figure in modernist music. Born to a famous bass in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Stravinsky grew up taking piano and music theory lessons.
4 days ago · In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a group of composers emerged who challenged traditional harmonic structures and embraced more atmospheric and suggestive compositions. Among them were Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. Debussy’s compositions are characterized by their ethereal quality and use of unconventional scales.
1 day ago · Synopsis. When we think of Russian music in Paris, the name Sergei Diaghilev comes first to mind. In the early years of the 20th century, that famous Russian impresario saw to it that not only the new music of Stravinsky was performed in the French capital, but also a historical panorama of earlier Russian works, including Mussorgsky’s opera, Boris Godunov.
1 day ago · His innovative music was among the most influential and polemicized of 20th-century classical music. At least three generations of composers extended its somewhat formal principles. His aesthetic and music-historical views influenced musicologists Theodor W. Adorno and Carl Dahlhaus.
5 days ago · As the creator of acknowledged masterpieces across numerous music genres, he is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century. His works include such widely heard pieces as the March from The Love for Three Oranges , the suite Lieutenant Kijé , the ballet Romeo and Juliet —from which "Dance of the Knights" is taken—and Peter ...
5 days ago · Sibelius’ compositions of the 1890s are those of a nationalist composer working in the Romantic tradition. In the first decade of the 20th century Sibelius’ fame penetrated the European continent.
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3 days ago · Many of the 19th-century women composers who are well known today, such as Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, came from musical families. They also had children who contributed to their ...
