In the 20th century, composers thought about different ... some composers wrote music that included microtones - intervals smaller than a semitone. The sound came across to the listener as dissonance.

To learn more about jazz and its impact, watch The Devil's Music: 1920s Jazz, the final film in the 4-part Culture Shock series. Early 20th century jazz clubs were deplored by some who considered ...

From the harmonies and impressionistic sparkle of the French school to the avant-garde of the Viennese school and all the way across to the rhythmic vitality of the Russian school, the early twentieth ...

Music in the 20th Century changed dramatically, due to the hostile political climate, advances in technology, and huge shifts in style. Many composers, struggling to build any further on the music of ...

In one interview, he argued that early works mean little in the scope ... But Boulez was also interested in conducting earlier 20th-century music, as well as some established classics ...

Belgian pianist Florian Noack is set to perform a program offers of romantic and early 20th century music on Saturday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m. at Cupertino’s Visual and Performing Arts Center at ...

Birds on a Wire, Western Michigan University's new-music ensemble, is dedicated to the performance of contemporary works from the early 20th century to today. Founded in 2009, the ensemble is directed ...

The American musical art form jazz emerges in New Orleans around the advent of the 20th century ... so do campaigns to censor this "devil's music." Early detractors like Thomas Edison, inventor ...