Important Cities for the Arts
Music Forms and Styles
Instruments & Technology
Famous Composers
Random Postmodern Facts
100

This U.S. city became the center of minimalism, with composers like Steve Reich and Philip Glass.

New York City

100

This style uses repeating patterns and steady rhythms.

Minimalism

100

This electronic instrument created by Robert Moog became very popular in the 1960s.

Moog Synthesizer

100

This composer wrote the famous film score for Star Wars.

 John Williams

100

Postmodern music began around this major global event, ending in 1945.

World War II

200

Hollywood film music made this California city important for composers like John Williams.

 Los Angeles

200

Music created using computers, synthesizers, or electronic sound manipulation.

Electronic Music

200

This technology, developed in 1983, allows electronic instruments and computers to communicate.

MIDI

200

This minimalist composer is known for repeating musical patterns.

Steve Reich

200

This music career became extremely important because of movies and Hollywood.

 Film Composition

300

This French city became known for early electronic music experiments, such as musique concrète.

Paris

300

This type of music is written specifically for movies.

Film Music

300

This machine creates electronic beats and rhythms automatically.

Drum Machine

300

This composer helped make minimalist music popular worldwide.

Philip Glass

300

Postmodern music is known for mixing classical music with this type of music.

Popular Music

400

After World War II, this German city became important for experimental and electronic music.

Berlin

400

This type of music focuses on trying new sounds and breaking traditional rules.

Experimental Music

400

This technology lets musicians record sounds and manipulate them electronically.

Digital Sampler

400

This composer helped popularize synthesizers with the album Switched-On Bach.

Wendy Carlos

400

This technology allowed music to be created and edited digitally.

Computers

500

This Japanese city became important for music technology and electronic instruments.

Tokyo

500

This style mixes jazz with rock and other modern influences.

 Jazz Fusion

500

These advanced instruments combine traditional instruments with computer technology and sensors.

 Hyperinstruments

500

This composer at MIT helped invent hyperinstruments.

Tod Machover

500

Postmodern music often combines many styles instead of following strict ______.

rules

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