Christian Brothers High School

Music History Section 4

20th Century

               

Powerpoints

Modern Era

 

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' RoundInfernal Dance of King KashcheiFinale           

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