Watch this History of Music and Romantic to Contemporary Music video entitled Music of The Early 20th Century to study why the public of the early 20th century began to pay more attention to the music of the past than to the music being written by contemporary composers.
Use this K12 history of music video to study music in the early 20th century. Learn about polyphony, dissonance and tonality. Explore Stravinsky's far-reaching focus on rhythm, Debussy's Impressionist compositions and Schoenberg's ground breaking atonal music.