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Sep 4, 2023 · 8. Benjamin Britten. England had produced few composers of international renown since the Baroque period, but the 20th century saw the emergence of Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Benjamin Britten, who all wrote seminal works. Britten was particularly noted for his vocal writing.
- 20th Century Era
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- Classical Music Composers Timeline
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- 20th Century Era
In the early part of the 20th century, many composers wrote music which was an extension of 19th-century Romantic music, and traditional instrumental groupings such as the orchestra and string quartet remained the most typical. Traditional forms such as the symphony and concerto remained in use.
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It’s actually describing music that was first being written over a century ago! Modernism generally includes composers at the turn of the 20th Century who started to question (and break away from) the rules of harmony and rhythm that had stayed roughly consistent since the Renaissance.
Dec 3, 2018 · 20th Century: 1900–present Classical music didn't die in the 20th century so much as reinvent itself. No one trend or style in particular dominates, and composers ranged from the relatively traditional, like Shostakovich and Schuman, to the outrageously experimental, like Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Henri Sauguet (born May 18, 1901, Bordeaux, France—died June 22, 1989, Paris) was a French composer of orchestral, choral, and chamber music notable for its simple charm and melodic grace. While organist at a church near Bordeaux, Sauguet studied composition and, at the encouragement of Darius Milhaud, moved to Paris.
