Quizes Flashcards
He is considered as the most important and influential of the 20th Century composers. He changed the course of musical development by dissolving traditional rules and conventions into a new language og possibilities in harmony, rhythm, form, texture, and color.
Claude Debussy
He is regarded today as a combination of Neo-Classicist, nationalist, and avant garde composer.
Sergei Prokofieff
A French composer that mainly characterized by its uniquely innovative but not atonal style of harmonic treatment
Maurice Ravel
An Avant garde composer that was the primary proponent of Chance Music. He is the composer with the widest array of sounds in his works.
John Cage
He is a true “Crossover artist”, in the dense that his serious compositions remain highly popular in the classical repertoire, as his stage Ang film songs continue to be jazz and vocal standard. He is also considered as the “Father of American Jazz”.
George Gershwin
