Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951)
Charles Ives (1874 – 1954)
Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
Aaron Copland (1900–1990)
Leonard Bernstein (1918 -1990)
George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
John Adams (b. 1947)
Caroline shaw (b. 1982)
Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974)
Steve Reich (b. 1936)
Philip Glass (1937 - Present)
John Williams (1932 - present)
Modernism & Postmodernism Period Music
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The NY Public Library's "John Cage Unbound: A Living Archive" is an online record of John Cage's work and its evolving impact on music and performance.
Harlem Renaissance Research Guide
Library of Congress resources on "African-American expressions of writing, music, and art during the 1920s and 1930s." Features exhibitions, photo collections, manuscripts, sheet music, biographies, "Today in History" essays, lesson plans, a selected bibliography, and more. Compiled by Angela McMillian, Digital Reference Specialist at the Library of Congress.
Techniques & Characteristics of Postmodern Music
Modernism in Music (Early 20th Century Classical)
DISCOVER THE MODERN PERIOD OF MUSIC HISTORY
Classical Music Listening List: Modern Period
Star Wars music: What were John Williams' classical influences?
The Official Website of Jazz Legend Duke Ellington
