1. 20 th Century 1900-Present

2. Historical Events 1914 – WWI 1920 – Women get the right to vote 1929 – Stock Market crashes, Great Depression begins 1939 – WWII, Germany invades Poland 1959 – Alaska and Hawaii become states

3. Historical Events 1961 – First astronaut in space (Alan Shephard 1st American) 1965 – U.S. sends troops to Vietnam 1969 – Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the moon 1989 – Berlin wall is torn down 2001 – September 11th, attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon

4. General Facts Technology is created and advances at an amazing rate Global communication and transportation

5. Technology Technology is created and advances at an amazing rate light bulb (electricity) radio television computers personal computers

6. Global Communication and Transportation telephone radio and television computers – email and internet automobile airplane

7. Music Facts World music is greatly influenced by global communication and transportation Sound recording industry is created Gap grows between classical and popular music Electric instruments are created (main reason for gap)

8. Music Facts All sounds are possible – very experimental (no rules) Dissonance is added in great amounts to classical music Strong interest in folk music is explored in classical music America and Britain become a strong music influence

9. Instruments Player piano Electric guitar Electric keyboards (piano and organ)

10. Instruments Synthesizers (electric keyboards that imitate sounds) Electric woodwinds Mixers

11. Composers Scott Joplin – father of ragtime George Gershwin – took jazz to the concert hall (symphony) Aaron Copeland – classical, orchestral, folk Leonard Bernstein – orchestral, jazz influenced

12. Composers Duke Ellington – father of swing Igor Stravinsky – classical, orchestral Rogers & Hammerstein - musicals John Rutter - choral

13. Composers Andrew Lloyd Weber - musicals Elvis – blues, early rock Beatles – rock ‘n roll Michael Jackson – rock/pop

14. Composers Madonna - pop U2 – rock Rolling Stones - rock B.B. King – blues Pearl Jam - grunge

15. Music Styles Orchestral Choral & vocal Opera Revolutionary Folk – tells a story

16. Music Styles Blues – African American Gospel – African American Christian Rock ‘N Roll Jazz – African American Country