Music of the 20th Century

This made use of the whole-tone scale.

• Impressionism

• Expressionism

• Primitivism

• Avant-Garde Music

___ applied suggested, rather than depicted, reality. It created a mood rather than a definite picture.

• Impressionism

• Expressionism

• Primitivism

• Neo-classicism

One of the most important and influential of the 20th century composers was who?

• Claude Debussy

• Joseph Maurice Ravel

• Arnold Schoenberg

• Francis Jean Poulenc

He was the primary exponent of the impressionist movement and the focal point for other impressionist composers. Who is he?

• Claude Debussy

• Joseph Maurice Ravel

• Igor Stravinsky

• Sergei Prokofiev

He entered the Paris Conservatory in 1873.

He gained a reputation as an erratic pianist and a rebel in theory and harmony.

• Claude Debussy

• Joseph Maurice Ravel

• Arnold Schoenberg

• Igor Stravinsky

In 1884, he won the top prize at the Prix de Rome competition with his composition L'Enfant Prodigue (The Prodigal Son).

• Claude Debussy

• Joseph Maurice Ravel

• Arnold Schoenberg

• Igor Stravinsky

He was a perfectionist and every bit a musical craftsman.

• Claude Debussy

• Joseph Maurice Ravel

• Arnold Schoenberg

• Igor Stravinsky

He entered the Paris Conservatory at the age of 14 where he studied with the eminent French composer Gabriel Faure.

• Claude Debussy

• Joseph Maurice Ravel

• Arnold Schoenberg

• Igor Stravinsky

He taught himself music theory, but took lessons in counterpoint.

• Claude Debussy

• Joseph Maurice Ravel

• Arnold Schoenberg

• Igor Stravinsky

This composer stands alongside fellow-composer Schoenberg, painter Pablo Picasso, and literary figure James Joyce as one of the great trendsetters of the 20th century.

• Claude Debussy

• Joseph Maurice Ravel

• Arnold Schoenberg

• Igor Stravinsky