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American classical music has undergone many different stylistic changes throughout the 20th century. The musical movements
have corresponded with the turmoil of societal and cultural events and controversies that have taken place over the century
and accurately reflect the ideals and radical views of each decade in American history. A few of the musical techniques unique
to the 20th century of America are impressionism, neoclassicism, chance, atonality, polytonality, chromaticism, serialism,
indeterminacy, improvisation, jazz, blues, ragtime and musical theatre. In centuries previous to the 20th, the majority of
our classical music influence has come from the European nations because of their plethra of musical talents in composition
throughout the 1700s and 1800s. As America became a world power in many other facets, the arts met a time of flourish in
the 1900s through radical change and nonconformity to the established, traditional format of classical composition. For the
first time in American history, our musical ideas were being spread to other countries and changing the purpose and style
of classical music forever. Our ideas were the most radical out of any other classical movements because of the cultural
views during the 20th century in America.
Through this exciting, informative web site you will have the opportunity to take a journey back through the 20th century
to learn about all of the radical, new styles of music that originated in our great nation.
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