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Music: An Appreciation: An Appreciation, Brief 4/e
Roger Kamien, Hebrew University

The Twentieth Century
Musical Styles Since 1945

Summary

Novelty and change are persistent mantras in the media and consumer dominated culture of the Post War era. These factors account in part for the wide-ranging diversity. New innovations and new technologies also play a major role in profusion of diverse approaches and style as well. The resources in this chapter provide you with some general resources you can use to decipher general characteristics of musical style since 1945.