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20th Century Music is a time capsule of music history for every decade from the start of the 1900s through the 1990s. This exciting series presents composers, musicians, and performers, along with their musical styles and movements, as they relate to the world events, people, politics, social changes, and technology of each era. Dynamic text, colorful images, and a convenient time line capture the tremendous talent and the colossal changes in every area of music from classical to rap.
The turn of the century opened the door for a new age of music and new ideas about what classical music should sound like. European composers experimented with musical extremes of intensity and dissonance that exploded into a musical revolution. Before long, the birth of the blues, jazz, and ragtime had set the course music would follow into the future.
