1. The Sound of Music 20 th Century Music

2. 1900s Composers: Arnold Schoenberg, Gustav Mahler, Claude Debussy The London Symphony Orchestra is established Jazz is born in Congo Square – New Orleans, LA. It stems from a blend of African-American spirituals and European instruments

3. 1910s Billboard magazine publishes a list of the most popular vaudeville songs. It’s the predecessor to their trademark charts After moving from its southern, rural roots, jazz establishes Chicago as its capital. The city will become home to such jazz greats as trumpeter Louis Armstrong and pianist Jelly Roll Morton

4. 1920s “Queen of the Blues” Bessie Smith records her first song, “Down Hearted Blues,” which becomes an immediate success The Julliard School opens in New York Maurice Ravel’s Bolero opens in Paris George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue premieres in New York

5. 1930s Jazz composer Duke Ellington writes “It Don’t Mean a Thing, If it Ain’t Got That Sing” Electric guitars debut The Glenn Miller Band debuts in New York Roy Acuff joins the Grand Ole Opry Bill Monroe fathers Bluegrass Music

6. 1940s Bing Crosby releases “White Christmas,” from the film Holiday Inn RCA Victory sprays gold over Glenn Miller’s million-copy-seller “Chattanooga Choo Choo”, creating the first “gold record” Columbia Records introduces the 33 1/3 LP record at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel 45 rpm records are sold in the U.S.

7. 1950s In an effort to introduce rhythm and blues to a broader audience, disc jockey Alan Freed uses the tern rock ‘n’ roll to describe R&B Ray Charles emerges Bill Haley and the Comets have a hit with “Rock Around the Clock” Elvis comes on the scene The first Grammy’s are awarded in 1958

8. 1960s Patsy Cline releases two crossover songs –”I Fall to Pieces” and “Crazy” Beatle mania comes to America in 1964 via the Ed Sullivan Show The Rolling Stones emerge as the anti-Beatles, with an aggressive, blues-derived style Protest songs and folk music Psychedelic bands Woodstock Music Festival

9. 1970s Women dominate the Grammy’s in 1971 Reggae becomes popular in the U.S. Punk rock Saturday Night Fever sparks the disco inferno Elvis Presley dies at Graceland Sony introduces the walkman The Sugar Hill Gang releases the first commercial rap album

10. 1980s MTV goes on the air with “Video Killed the Radio Star” CDs are introduced Madonna launches her first show Michael Jackson’s Thriller becomes the biggest- selling album in history (and still is!) Heavy Metal

11. 1990s Grunge Movement – Nirvana, Pearl Jam, “The Seattle Sound” Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland Rap becomes one of the most important commercial and artistic branches of pop music