This text introduces students to the various styles pioneered in 20th century music through a series of key listening examples. Written in an easy-to-understand style, the author begins by addressing twenty questions about "New Music" and then proceeds through a varied repertoire of works in a way that brings twentieth century music alive and take on meaning.

1. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun by Claude Debussy.

2. Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin.

3. The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky.

4. Pierrot Lunaire by Arnold Schoenberg.

5. The Concord Sonata by Charles Ives.

6. Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin.

7. Bolero by Maurice Ravel.

8. Quartet for the End of Time by Oliver Messiaen.

9. Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland.

10. Sonatas and Interludes by John Cage.

11. Mysterious Mountain by Alan Hovhaness.

12. In C by Terry Riley.

13. Drumming by Steve Reich.

14. I Am Sitting in A Room by Alvin Lucier.

15. 4th String Quartet: Amazing Grace by Ben Johnston.

16. Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass.

17. Perfect Lives by Robert Ashley.

18. 0 Superman by Laurie Anderson.

19. Miserere by Arvo Pýrt.

20. Atlas by Meredith Monk.

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