Published inAnthology of Music for Voice and PercussionAnthology of Music for Voice and Percussion: late 20th-Century and BeyondBarbara Kolb Looking for Claudio 1987May 6, 2021May 6, 2021
Mauricio Kagel & CageWhen I was doing some research on avant-garde and chance music I came across an interesting composer named Mauricio Kagel. An author names…Apr 17, 20211Apr 17, 20211
Avant-Garde & Karlheinz StockhausenWhat exactly does the term, “Avant-Garde” mean? This has been coming up a few times in my 20th-century music course and It seems to be a…Apr 11, 20211Apr 11, 20211
The American School of MusicI read an interesting article recently from 1941 that asked the question, when will there be an American School of Music? From history, we…Mar 28, 20211Mar 28, 20211
African American Music and John Powell…Representative??In our 20th-century music course, we have been asked a very simple yet difficult question. What is American music? Can you define it? What…Mar 22, 2021Mar 22, 2021
Milton BabbittMilton Babbitt is known in the contemporary music community as the one who “started” the 12-tone music phase. I’m not one to argue because…Mar 10, 2021Mar 10, 2021
Bartok and DebussyWhat could these two composers have in common? Besides the fact that they both were alive during the same time and have various…Feb 22, 2021Feb 22, 2021
An Ode to an Overlooked 20th-Century ComposerAn American composer born in Massachusetts in 1920, Harold Shapero is in my opinion, extremely overlooked. Much like peanut butter on…Feb 15, 20211Feb 15, 20211
Modern music through books and their reviews!In 1935, Richard Aldrich wrote a review on a book named, Music Ho! A Study of Music in Decline written by Constant Lambert. The title of…Feb 7, 20211Feb 7, 20211
More 20th-century music & Copland!Is 20th-century music so easily defined? Is there a rubric we can follow? In the past when I studied 20th-century music, I thought it was…Jan 31, 20211Jan 31, 20211
