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Jean Sibelius
A Finnish composer whose later music became more modern and composed tone poems, concertos, symphonies, and chamber music -
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Scott Joplin
An American composer who popularized ragtime -
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Raulph Vaughan Williams
He was a teacher and conductor who collected and edited folksongs and hymns. He became a leader in English music -
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Bartok
Hungarian composer and pianist and an important ethnomusicologist who is known for his rhythmic music and who incorporated his own native folk music into his compositions -
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Stravinsky
Very versatile and one of the most interesting composers of the 20th century due to his rhythmic style and harmonic choices. -
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Edgard Varese
A French- American composer who wrote non-tonal music and took interest in electronic music and the idea of organized sound as music -
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Sergei Prokofiev
A Russian composer and pianist who was an important Russian voice in Western culture -
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George Gershwin
A very influential American composer and pianist who worked in Hollywood. He successfully fused the genres of pop and jazz music -
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Duke Ellington
American jazz composer who created a unique style of big-band jazz and who was one of the first African American composers to cross races with his music -
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Aaron Copland
The most popular 20th-century American composers whose music still has a special appeal to the public. -
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Primitivism
Western art movement that borrowed from non-western subjects, mostly naive and folk-like -
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Samuel Barber
An American composer who was a child prodigy and gifted melodist who continues with conservative tonality during the 20th-century musical experimentations. -
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John Cage
An American composer and philosopher who was the most innovative composer of the 20th-century who changed the definition of music. -
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Non-tonal
Musical composition style that focused on other musical elements other than the pitch