The history and politics of the 20th Century provided inspiration for the diverse range of musical styles developed between 1900 and 1999, pioneered by composers ranging from Elgar and Britten, to ...

The masterpieces he wrote revolutionised 20th-century music and spanned all genres, from orchestral to choral, and opera to ballet. His ballets, including The Rite of Spring , The Firebird and ...

On the one hand, that’s hardly a surprise: Physical music stores and terrestrial radio—those two mainstays of 20th-century music consumption that depended on genre to segment and serve ...

Critic Alex Ross, in his best-selling book The Rest Is Noise, takes a long, hard squint at musical Modernism in its context, by way of what he calls “the 20 th century heard through its music.” ...

Though his work covered all genres, Jones will forever be best known for helping coronate the King of Pop, ... Quincy Jones, architect of 20th Century music, dead at the age 91.

Cajun music and zydeco are often confused with one another, though they are separate genres. Zydeco music came to be in the early 20th century in the southwest area of Louisiana by Afro-Americans ...

Review: ‘At the River’ crosses genres with songs from first half of the 20th century Baritone Peter Allen and pianist Paul Machlin star in the benefit recital in Buxton. Posted September 11, 2017 ...