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1900-present
All sounds are possible (even no sounds).
New instruments and the sounds of popular music have changed the soundscape of the twentieth century.
Contrapuntal textures prevail in art traditions. Popular traditions are centered on homophonic textures.
Rhythmic language can be enormously complex.
Melodies can be long and abstract or reduced to small gestures.
Any harmonic combination is possible. Composers have made use of extreme dissonance as well as microtonal intervals.
Form can be controlled to an almost infinite degree, or it may be the result of improvisation and chance.
There are 6 videos in this category and 5 videos in 2 subcategories.
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Ages: 9 - 13
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This video features an interview with Ben Model, a silent film historian. He describes how music was used to show suspense, humor, and romance in silent films. ( 3:45)
September 29, 2011 at 12:44 PM
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Ages: 6 - 18
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As African Americans flocked to Northern cities in the 1920s, they created a new social and cultural landscape and this video shows how this helped provide the ingredients that resulted in an abundance of creativity from writers, to artists, to singe...rs. Excellent overview.
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July 5, 2011 at 01:00 PM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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This short film, is an introduction to an interdisciplinary unit on the
Music, Art, and Literature of the Harlem Renaissance. The video begins with the introduction of slavery to the colonies through Obama becoming president. It then focuses on th...e flowering of African American cultural and intellectual life during the 1920s and 1930s through art, music, and literature. Different performancers are highlighted-information is given in text and images shown. (9:54)
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May 12, 2010 at 05:53 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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History of house still continues to be examined by making international recognizable status that they have earned.
November 23, 2010 at 01:00 AM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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This 2:28 video shows Seeger in concert singing "This Little Light of Mine." If you let the video run the three parts of the interview are shown reflecting his beliefs. Good insights for a student trying to understand how music can reflect a person's... beliefs in making the world better. There are also interviews by Arlo Guthrie and Natalie Maines.
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February 18, 2011 at 10:16 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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This video segment from Egg: The Arts Show presents a glimpse of the last island-based Gullah/Geechee community located on Sapelo Island. The original Gullah/Geechee were slaves. When slavery was abolished, the lands on the island were abandoned to t...he slaves. Frankie Quimby of the Georgia Sea Island Singers speaks of her pride for the island community and the importance of preserving the Gullah/Geechee culture. She also tells how the songs of the slaves also served as escape songs. For more about Sapelo Island, see “Ben Hall of Sapelo Island” and “Ronald Johnson of Sapelo Island.” (01:48)
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April 5, 2011 at 03:08 PM
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