20th century developments in western music 13 Articles

by Brandon Davis

Western music has changed greatly from the beginning of the 20th century through its end. Rooted heavily in the free thinking of the Romantic Era of music and combined with the end to slavery, a union was made between...read more

by Chris Chislett

Apathy is the only thing that may 'kill' music in the eyes the mass consumer. And to be honest it's the mass consumer's own bloody fault though it can be rather frustrating to the rest of us. Music is a very personal, na...read more

by Mark de Jong

Through the 18th and 19th centuries, Bach's Baroque era gave way to Mozart and Beethoven's Classical period, which transitioned into the Romantic period of Chopin and Mendelssohn, which began to fade around the turn of the...read more

by Sianne Suicide

Otherness: The search for new identities in contemporary composition Before the age of Futurism and the Art of Noise, classical music and the techniques involved ruled the way popular music was written and performed to ...read more

by Rob Jones

The key in the development of Western music is the same that marks it up until this point- the rise in technology. Historically, the rise in manufacturing and technology has allowed composers to expand their creative pa...read more

by John Shearer

The New Music (A journey off a well beaten path) Music has always been thought of as a wonderful means of Self expression, a vehicle for your inner most feelings and Creative outlet. All through the Renaiss...read more

by Dan Preziosi

The positive impact of illegal music trading Since the creation of P2P websites and the dramatic increase in illegal file sharing the music industry has arguably been the most affected. Major record labels and artists a...read more

by xXxbroken homesxXx

Ever since the 80's there really has been no good music. I mean Oasis has put out some good pieces of art and greenday also. During the 80's all of the bands kept trying to out do each other. So after ten years of that how...read more

by Jackpine

Western Music has developed considerably in the 20th century. It first began as a kind of "rockabilly" style with home-grown roots in rural areas of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennesse. From barefoot straw hat...read more

by Mark Garcia

There are many bands out there today who are as good/talented as any that came before. People (mostly boomers,like myself) want to believe that all the music was better back then. Now there were many great bands and albu...read more

by Peter Dawson

WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL REVIEW: WOMADelaide 2007 Sounds Of The Planet Proving the doubters wrong, this year's festival showed that people do want an annual World music event in South Australia, and the quality of the pr...read more

by Mike Cutting

100 years ago, the fashionable music was 'classical' music, with composers like Wagner, Brahms and Strauss being the favourites. With the end of WWI, society needed help in recovering and jazz fitted very well, with its si...read more

by Tom Lattimer

My music teacher only ever said one thing that has held true. "Music will go back in time." Not that far back but it seems that todays western popular music is a summary of what has been popular in the last forty years. Mu...read more