The Late Twentieth Century  Union rapidly deteriorated. The absorption of Eastern European countries into the Soviet block revealed Stalin's expansionist ambitions; tensions were further increased by the Korean War. The proliferation of nuclear weapons added to the general climate of fear. Elsewhere the world...

Essentials of Music Eras  Phenomenal changes in technology The advent of instantaneous global communications The growth and eventual decline of totalitarian culture Musical Context Ambivalant attitudes toward the musical past A widening gap between art and popular music The advent of sound recording The...

Internet Public Library: Music History 102  The years spanning the end of the nineteenth century and the earliest part of the twentieth were a time of great expansion and development of, as well as a dramatic reaction to, the prevailing late Romanticism of previous years. In...

List of 20th century classical composers Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  List of classical composers Composers of 20th century classical music include: Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Top of...

 Yet another route was that of chance music, notably in the work of John Cage, in which the elements of a composition or performance could be determined by, say the throw of the dice In the 1930s and 1940s, many...