Web Resources

20^th Century Composers

http://www.emory.edu/MUSIC/ARNOLD/20thComposers_content.html

An alphabetically organized list of composers in the 20^th Century.

http://infoculture.cbc.ca/archives/musop/musop_06122000_millenniumpanel5.phtml

Infoculture at the Canadian Broadcasting Company presents this last in a 5 part series on the development of Modern Music. This segment includes an interview with conductor Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Canadian composer Gary Kulesha, and Pultzer Prize winning critic Tim Page. Audio files of the broadcast, including airing of sample recordings, links to the other parts of the series (Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romanticism), and links to other resources are also provided.

http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~blackrse/freejazz.html

This on line essay provides an overview of free jazz compares it to modern classical composition.

1		Select three modern composers of your choice and answer the following questions concerning their background and music: a. What social and or political events did the artist witness during his or her lifetime?
2		b. How did these events influence their philosophy and composition?
3		c. How did the mass media and consumer culture influence the dissemination of their work?
4		Compare and contrast modern compositional music to the music of other eras.
5		In what ways is jazz music similar to, and different from, classical music?