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The sixth video explores 20th Century music and the composers include Florence Price, Shostakovich and Debussy.
Here we are eight years into a new century, high time to start looking back at the last century and asking what the hell that was about. Critic Alex Ross, in his best-selling book The Rest Is ...
From Krzysztof Penderecki to Arvo Pärt, the great composers of Central Europe have used music to convey the ineffable and the divine.
20th-century music is defined by new, innovative approaches to tone and instrumentation, as much as it is by composers and musicians seeking the most melodious, comforting music possible to try to ...
How will the first quarter of this century be remembered? In this episode of a multi-part series, we explore how file-sharing and streaming totally transformed the music industry.
Harmony and tonality - Edexcel Early 20th century - Harmony and tonality Music contains notes in succession (melody) or notes in combination. When notes are played at the same time it is called ...
The concept of background or “ambient” music has a long pedigree. The idea was coined by one of France’s most eccentric ...
For all the emphasis on interactive technology and hyper-connectivity in schools today, some educators are finding it can still be beneficial—maybe even essential—to expose their students to ...