Late 20th Century

General exploration of musical changes and experimentation in light of societal shifts during the period. Includes links to representative composers of the time.

Introduction to recent compositional work from Essentials of Music. Linked to details on historical themes, musical context, style, and living or recently deceased composer biographies.

Composers, major styles and developments, illustrations, and Real Audio RAM sound files from the Internet Public Library

Wikipedia entry linked to individual biographical articles plus internal references and external links.

Overview of the rise of technology and minimalism in late 20th century composition from The Conservatory at Humanities Web. Includes links to profiles of those involved in the period.

... of late Prokofiev and Glière, Kabalevsky, and other Russian composers, as well ... 7 Notable 20th century composers. 8 See also. 9 References. 9.1 ...[2008/11/14]

Late 20th to 21st Century. Modern Music and After: Directions Since 1945. by Paul Griffiths. Click here for a list of prominent late 20th century composers. ...[2007/05/25]

... French and foreign writers, composers and visual artists gathered. ... These were in turn replaced by the CD during the late 1980s and 1990s. ...[2008/11/13]

... is called musique concrète, a late 20th-century style in which composers ... 20th-century Hungarian composers Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály fused their ...[2008/07/03]

Early Twentieth Century Composers - a good resource ... to late nineteenth-century European experience, inspired composers bored with ...[2008/09/15]

Late 20th to 21st CENTURY. Rosenthal, Manuel (1904 - 2003), France ... Early 20th Century (1910-1950) Late 20th to 21st Century. Home ...[2007/05/25]

... early 20th century music can be seen as extensions of the late Romantic style, ... Composers did not look to build on what was standard but again created music ...[2008/11/06]

Composers by period. Early Music Composers. Baroque Composers. Late 20th Century Composers ... 21st Century Composers. Early 20th Century Composers. Romantic ...[2008/05/03]

... 20th century, was extremely diverse, beginning with the late Romantic ... Among the most prominent composers of the 20th century were Béla Bartók, Gustav ...[2008/11/02]

... book with Alfred Schnittke (20th-Century Composers) by Alexander Ivashkin ... of the most creative composers of the late 20th century, and one of the wittiest. ...[2008/11/10]