The Postmodern Era | Modern Classical Music | Music History Video Lesson

The Postmodern Era | Modern Classical Music

In the fifth of our music history video series we'll continue to explore the developments of modern classical music as it evolved into the 20th century. Many musicologists believe the we're still in the postmodern period, with many of today's developments and trends being continuations or reactions to the three main branches of Postmodern concern: total control, minimal control, and historical reinvigoration (a return to past styles and aesthetics through modern composition). We'll introduce the main genres that developed to musically address these three areas, and touch on some of the many luminaries whose work came to embody the era.

Join us as we delve into the latest period in classical music history.
If you want to learn more about Postmodernism in music check out the LPM blog: https://www.libertyparkmusic.c....om/the-postmodern-pe

Timestamps:
00:00​ - Introduction
00:45​ - The Three Branches of Postmodernism
01:15​ - Total Serialism
02:19​ - Electronic Music
03:39​ - Chance Music
06:28​ - Minimalism
07:41​ - Neo-Romanticism
08:36​ - Conclusion
09:00 - Lists of Composers/Musical Examples
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Written by Michelle Aichele
Narration and Script Editing by West Troiano
Video Editing by Nick Vaky

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Here is a list of some of the major composers of the Postmodern Period:

John Adams (b. 1947), Louis Andriessen (b. 1939), Milton Babbitt (1916-2011), Samuel Barber (1910-1981), Luciano Berio (1925-2003), Leonard Bernstein (1943-1990), Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), William Bolcom (b. 1938), Pierre Boulez (1925-2016), John Cage (1912-1992), Elliott Carter (1908-2012), George Crumb (b. 1929), Vivian Fine (1913-2000), Philip Glass (b. 1937), Sofia Gubaidulina (b. 1931), Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962), György Ligeti (1923-2006), Gian Carlo Menotti (1935-1995), Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Pauline Oliveros (b. 1932-2016), Arvo Pärt (b. 1935), Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020), Steve Reich (b. 1936), Terry Riley (b. 1935), George Rochberg (1918-2005), Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952), Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998), Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007), Michael Tippett (1905-1998), Edgar Varese (1883-1965), Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001), La Monte Young (b. 1935), and Ellen Taaffe Zwillich (b. 1939).

And here are some musical examples to help you explore the sounds of Postmodernism:

Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time
Babbitt’s Philomel
Boulez’s Piano Sonata No. 2
Penderecki’s Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima
Crumb’s “From Where do you come, my love, my child?” from Ancient Voices of Children
Cage’s Music of Changes
Young’s Composition 1960 #2
Reich’s Clapping Music
Riley’s In C
Oliveros’ “Ione” from Deep Listening
Adams’ Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Glass’ “Knee Play 1” from Einstein on the Beach
Zwillich’s Symphony No. 1, mvmt 1
Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 mvmt 1
Saariaho’s “Si tu t’appelles Amour” from L’Amour de Loin
Higdon’s blue cathedral
Chen’s A Set of Chinese Folksongs, No. 3 “Diu Diu Deng”

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