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THE TOP 100 SONGS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. Author: alexvankamp.
- songs which are representative of a musical style. 2. songs evoking their historical period. 3.songs chosen because of their popularity.
- "Sweet Adeline" (1903) - w: Richard H. Gerard/ m: Harry Armstrong.
- "Toyland" (1903) - w: Glen McDonough/ m: Victor Herbert.
- "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1904) - w: Arthur B. Sterling/ m: Kerry Mills.
- Claude Debussy: Pelléas Et Mélisande (1902) Pelléas Et Mélisande was the only opera impressionist composer Debussy wrote. With his librettist, the Belgian poet and playwright Maurice Maeterlinck, the composer explored the human psyche and supernatural themes in the piece.
- Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (1904) Gustav Mahler composed his sixth symphony at a prosperous time in his life, after he’d married the Austrian-American composer, author, and socialite Alma Schindler, and had his second child.
- Lili Boulanger: Faust et Hélène (1912) Lili Boulanger was the sister of the famous pedagogue Nadia Boulanger, and the first female composer to win the Prix de Rome composition prize.
- Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (1913) Russian composer Igor Stravinsky’s crowning masterpiece was penned in the 20th century. The Rite of Spring is a ballet composed by Stravinsky for Sergei’s Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes company.
Folk music (Vaughan Williams' Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus, Gustav Holst 's A Somerset Rhapsody) and jazz (Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Darius Milhaud 's La création du monde) were also influential. In the last quarter of the century, eclecticism and polystylism became important.
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Dec 3, 2023 · The 20th century period of music, as its name suggests, began around 1900. It is the last of the six periods of classical music eras and comes after the romantic era that ended around 1910AD. Medieval era (500-1400AD)
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Mar 13, 2018 · This list sets out – non-exhaustively, and with plenty of omissions – ten of the most influential pieces of the 20th century, whose sounds ring out clearly in today’s contemporary music. 1 Igor Stravinsky, Le Sacre du printemps , 1913
Nov 26, 2000 · The NPR 100. NPR presents the 100 of the most important American musical works of the 20th century. Subscribe to NPR Music Newsletter. Hulton Archive/Getty Images. The Sock-It-To-Me...