20th Century: 1900-Present - http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/eras/20thC.html
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. |
List of 20th Century Classical Composers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_20th_century_classical_composers
Wikipedia entry linked to individual biographical articles plus internal references and external links. |
The Modern Era (1900 - 1945) - http://humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=i&a=l&ID=8
The Conservatory at Humanities Web outlines the rise of post-romantic music, rhythmic, harmonic, and tonal experimentation, and lists major composers with biographies, suggested reading, and additional resources. |