Early 20th century Music

During the early 20th century there was a drastic change in music. There were changes in the style of music, method of music, the way it was taught, and so on. At the turn of the century, music was characterized in late Romantic in style. Composers such as Gustav Mahler and Jean Sibelius were pushing the bounds of Post-Romantic Symphonic writing. At the same time, the Impressionist movement, led by Claude Debussy, was happening in France. Many composers reacted to the Post romantisism and impressionists and began to move in a different direction. In Vienna, Arnold Schoenberg developed atoneality out of the rsing expressionism. He also developed the Twelve tone technique, which was continued by many disciples, including Stravinsky. Scott Bradley even used this techinque in Tom and Jerry.After the First World War, many composers started returning to previous centuries for their inspiration and wrote works that draw elements (form, harmony, melody, structure) from this music. This type of music thus became known as neoclassicism