• The modern period is the global, linear,

historical-geographical approach to the

time frame that comes post the classical
history.
• Many historians describe the early
modern period as the time frame
between 1500 and 1800.
 Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
 Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
 George Gershwin (1898-1937)
 Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
 Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
 John Cage (1912-1992)
 Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
 Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
 Pierre Boulez (1925)
 Philip Glass (1937)
Arnold Schoenberg
 He was an Austrian born American composer,
music theorist, teacher writer, and painter.
 He created new methods of musical
composition, atonality, namely serialism and
12-tone row.
 He is widely considered one of the most
important and influential composers of the
20th century.
Igor Stravinsky
 Was a Russian born composer, pianist, and conductor.
He is widely considered as one of the most important
and influencial composers of the 20th century.
 He early works such as The Firebird (1910), Petrushka
(1911) and The Rite of Spring (1913) were dissonant,
rhythmic and often contained references to Russian
folk song.
 The most influential composer of the Modern
period.
 Born June 17, 1882, Lomonosov, Russia.
 Died April 6, 1971, JW Marriott Essex House New
York, United states.
George Gershwin
 He is born September 26,1898, Brooklyn, New York

 Died July 11, 1937, Hollywood, California

 Was an American composer and pianist whose
composition spanned both popular and classical
genres.
 One of the significant and popular American
composers of all time.
 He wrote primarily for the Broadway Musical theatre
as well his orchestra and piano composition.
Duke Ellington
 Edward Kennedy ‘Duke’ Ellington was an
American composer, pianist, and leader of a
jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his
death over a career spanning more than six
decades.
 Born: April 29, 1899, Washington, D.C.,
United States
 Died: May 24, 1974, New York, United States.
Dmitri Shostakovich
 Born: September 25, 1906, Saint Petersburg,
Russia.
 Died: August 9, 1975, Moscov, Russia.
 Was a Russian composer and pianist. He
regarded as one of the major composers of the
20th century.
 He reowned particularly for his 15
symphonies, numerous chamber works, and
concerti.
John cage
• John Milton Cage Jr. was an American
composer, music theorist, artist, and
philosopher.
• Was a pioneer of inderteminacy in music,
electroacoustic music, and non-standard use
of musical instruments.
• Cage was one of the leading figures of the
post-war avant-garde. He was also
instrumental in development of modern
dance.
• Born: September5, 1912, Los Angeles ,
California.
• Died: August 2, 1992, Saint Vincent’s
Catholic Medical Center, New York
Benjamin britten
 Edward Benjamin Britten was an composer, conductor
and pianist. He was a central figures of 20th century
British classical music, with a range of works
including opera, other vAocal music, orchestral and
chamber pieces.
 His best known works including opera Peter Grimes
(1945), the War Requiem (1962) and The Young
Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (1945).
 Born: November 22, 1913, Lowestoft, United
Kingdom.
 Died: December 4, 1976, Aldeburgh, United
Kingdom.
Leonard Bernstein
 Was an American composer, conductor, author,
music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first
conductors born and educated in the U.S. to receive
worldwide acclaim.
 He was “one of the most prodigiously talented and
successful musicians in American history.”
 Born: August 25, 1918, Lawrence, Massachusetts,
United Sates.
 Died: October 14 1990, The Dakota, New York
Pierre Boulez
 Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez CBE was a french
composer, conductor, writer and creator of musical
institutions.
 He was one of the dominant figures of the post-war
classical music world.
 He was born in Montbrison, Loire, France on 26th
March 1925 and began piano lesson as a child.
 Died: January 5, 2016, Baden-Baden,Germany.
Philip Glass
 Is an American composer of innovative instrumental,
vocal, operatic music and pianist. He is widely
regarded as one of the most influential composers of
the late 20th century.
 Glass’s work has been describe as minimal music,
having similar qualities to other “minimalist”
composers such as La Monte Young, Steve Reich, and
Terry Riley.
 Born: January 31, 1937, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.