reacted against established musical trends, creating exciting new forms and styles. Music was greatly influenced by the enormous political events which shook Europe in the middle of the 20th Century.

taking part of her musical heritage and reimagining it with a classical orchestra. Naomi: Another country with a huge influence in 20th Century music is Russia. Ludwig: Who is zis man? Vhy so serious?

As with other musical elements, the early 20th century was a time when structure and form were developed in many different ways. A number of forms evolved in popular and world music traditions.

The legacy of this composer and conductor may not be in his rarely performed works, but in how we think about music itself.

During the Modern period, art experimented with new forms, techniques, and styles . Music ... departures in musical language that occurred at or around the beginning of the 20th century, creating ...

The American musical art form jazz emerges in New Orleans around the advent of the 20th century. Jazz blends elements ... The improvisational music that results has a syncopated rhythm, and ...

The term 'Polish composers' school' was popularised in the early 1960s mainly by German music critics. This term was coined to name the specific style of Polish music in which the tone of sound is a ...

The 40-part series ‘20th Century Radicals’ will spotlight composers who reshaped the musical landscape – alongside a major ... and legacies of composers who revolutionised classical music in the last ...

the strong interest of many of the mid-20th century Havana musical greats in finding Stateside success in the entertainment business and avoiding the cultural chill of what here is a very ...