Christian Brothers High School
Music History Section 4
20th Century
Powerpoints
Sound examples
John Phillip Sousa - The Concert Band - Stars and Stripes Forever
Claude Debussy - Impressionalism - Nocturne for Orchestra - Nuages
Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune
Gustav Holst - Late Romantic - The Planets Mars & Jupiter
Igor Stravinski - Rite of Spring
Igor Stravinski - Selections from The Firebird: Princesses' Round, Infernal Dance of King Kashchei, Finale
George Gershwin - Jazz Influence in the Orchestra - Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin - Popular music with Ethel Waters - I Got Rhythm
Aaron Copeland - American Nationalist - Fanfare for the Common Man
Aaron Copeland - Hoe-down
Oliver Messiaen - Atonalism/Serialism - Quatour pur la fin du temps"
Milton Babbitt -Electronic Influence - Philomel
Leonard Bernstein - Musical - West Side Story Jets Song Maria Tonight America
Leonard Bernstein - Candide
John Williams - Film Score - Star Wars Overture
Scott Joplin - Ragtime - Maple Leaf Rag & The Entertainer
Muddy Waters - Delta and Chicago Blues - Hoochie Coochie Man
W. C. Handy and Bessie Smith - The Blues - St. Louis Blues
B. B. King - Memphis Blues - Thrill is Gone
Louis Armstrong - Dixieland Jazz - Heebie Jeeboes & West End Blues
Duke Ellington - Jungle Jazz - Mood Indigo
Duke Ellington - Swing - It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing
Duke Ellington and Billy Steighorn - Take the A Train
Duke Ellington - the Ellington Style - Tourist Point of Blue
Benny Goodman -Swing - Sing Sing Sing
Glenn Miller - Swing - In the Mood
Billy Holliday - Strange Fruit & Solitude
Count Basie - Kansas City Stomp - Jumpin' at the Woodside
Dizzy Gilesby - Be-Bop - Salt Peanuts
Charlie Parker - Be-Bop - Ko-Ko
Miles Davis - Hard Bop - So What
Miles Davis - Jazz Fusion - Bitches Brew - Spanish Keys
Dave Brubeck - Cool or West Coast Jazz - Take 5
Stan Gets - Bossa Nova - Desafinado
Cecil Taylor - Avant Guarde - Rick Kick Shaw
Jimmy Rodgers - Father of Country - T's for Texas
Carter Family - Sunny Side of Life
Roy Acuff - The Nashville Sound - Wabash Cannonball
Roy Rodgers - Cowboy Country - Happy Trails
Bob Wills - Western Swing - Deep in the Heart of Texas
Bill Monroe - Bluegrass - Turkey and the Straw
Johnny Cash - Outlaw Country - Folsom Prison Blues
Hank Williams - Honky Tonk - Love Sick Blues
Louis Jordan - Rhythm and Blues - Choo Choo Chaboogie
Ray Charles - Soul - Hard Times