1900 -NOW DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, rns langside the thera, as in pad a vet. The ears {oloveing 1900 sa ore fundamental changes in the language of ms than any tne ince the baroque ea There were enti ew approaches to the organization of pitch and hymn and ‘ast expansion nthe vocabulary of sounds especialy eres ounds Some msi rok alton! 0 een that ey were ret with equally violent hostility this period, composers cde to et the stene’s awareness gover ther work. The range of musical stvle was ast Campsrs of the time included Clade Debussy, gor Stravinsky, Amel Sener, Wiliam Grant Sill a Aaron Copland In fr, uring the went centry Seemed almost avi they were speaking the sane msial Janguage aa The diversity im stves a the Ume reflected the cvs oie atthe tine Noe people were fie to chose where {olive how to ear vin, and how to spend thet ne. New Saventions sprang up, ike he automobile, expla, telephone, ‘Monograph movies and ada. Composers drew aspiration fom ‘enormous arty of sources around he word Cmposers Were ‘special tated to uncmeticna thn, sounds, ad odie {atest dev om econo pace of wate Se During the early twentieth century, non-European music hada ep infhuence ofthe music ofthe west Western composers and painters grew more and more receptive to Asian and Aftican lures. American Jazz fascinated musian wit ls syncopated riythms and improvisational qualities, as well as bythe nique ‘one colors of azz bends. Masic fom remote centuries were also ‘unearthed, published, performed, and recorded, There was 3 reiscoveryof eater maser and nary important composers were also music historians, le Anton Weber. An of courst, modem, ‘compserswerealso heavy iaflaenoed by the ror century's musi, During this century, tone color became more important than ever before and often took a majo role in music. In modem music, poiselike and percusshe sounds are often used, and uncommon ‘laying techniques have become normal. For example, GUSSANDO, ‘rapid lide up or dawn a scales more widely used Percussion instruments have become prominent and nuaneros. Instruments that became standard during the Twentieth century include the svlonione, elesta and wood block. Composers also sometimes called for noisemakers like typewriters and sens. New chord stractres were created, such asa POLYCHORD, two shords heard at the same tine, One chord that was commonly ‘seis the FOURTH CHORD, in which the tones are a fourth apart, instead of a hie. Harmonic resources were so extend through the TONE CLUSTER, a chord mae up of tones only a half step oF ‘whole step apart, The traditional tonal aystem also sawa change. POLYTONAUNY, which s when two or more keys ae played atone ‘ime, BMTONALITY, when ony two keys ae played atone time, and ATONALITY, which is the absence of tonality or ke, all became common methods during the Twentith century Rhythm had an Increased emphasis on iegulaity and unpredictably. When a pce of mste has two of nore coasting dependent rays a the same tie, t's called a POLYRHYTHM. Many modem works ‘contain an OSTINATO, which isa motive or pase thats repeated. persistantly a the same pitch throughout a section NEW MUSIC ‘The Twentieth century saw a dramatic change in how music reached its steners. The lving oom became the pe concert all” with the invention of the rao and phonograph. These new advancements in technology brought a vider rige or music to broader range of people. Nev styles sprang up for both painting tnd musi, DMPRESSIONISM stress tone colar atmesphere and ‘uty, Debussy beng ache! example ofthe se. EXPRESSIONISM. stressed intense, subjective emotion Mer 1945, there was nese. usage ofthe twelvetone system, chance music minimalist music, ‘musical quotation, tonal music, electronic music, mixed media, and new concepts in hy thm and form, JAZZ was developed in the USA and featured syncopated rhythm, steady beat, and unique {one colors and performance techniques. Jazz was developed by primarily African Americans atthe time. In much West African ‘socal sie CALL AND RESPONSE musics featured, when avoice ‘answered by an instrument. PAGTIME was tye of piano muse played in saloons and dance halls: BLUES was a form of vorel and Instrumental mse and a style of performance which grew out of ‘African American folk music such as work songs and spiritual, MUSICALS and MUSICAL COMEDIES began to appear on sages, fusing scrip, acting, singing and dancing with senery, costes, and sperta, And ROCK AND ROLL began to appear he 19505, rowing out of faythm and bhies music