Welcome back to Between the Barlines! Today, we are exploring Spanish nationalism - which was essentially their modernism movement. In the early 20th century, Spain was creating its own modern musical identity. Spanish modernism is tradition meeting innovation: think of ancient folk sounds colliding with impressionism, neoclassicism, and the avant-garde.

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Welcome back to Between the Barlines! Today, we’ll explore what French modernism is, why it emerged, and how Debussy and Ravel each forged unique yet complementary paths into modern music.

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Welcome Back to Between the Barlines! Today, we’re diving into the bold and sometimes controversial world of Richard Strauss. He was a composer who pushed late Romantic music to its expressive limits while standing on the threshold of modernism. Strauss was a master of orchestral color, psychological drama, and sonic spectacle, and his music spans three major genres: tone poems, opera, and art song.

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Welcome back to Between the Barlines! Today, we talking about one of the most memorable composers in history: Gustav Mahler. Check out below for links to the music I mentioned in today's podcast! Most of these recordings are conducted by Leonard Bernstein.

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Music mentioned in this podcast:

Des Knaben Wunderhorn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXVDmBmk1ss

Symphony No. 2 (“Resurrection”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi6ZjkXFlcU

Symphony No. 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA7BPdZgxGk

Symphony No. 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fETsZU29AHw

Das Lied von der Erde: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUZLLmUpaTk

Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I have a very fun episode planned for us today where we will take a hiatus from talking about strict classical music and explore the formation of jazz.

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Welcome to Between the Barlines! We learned in our first episode a little about modernism, but to refresh your memory about this term, MODERNISM in music is less a style than a mindset. Composers questioned traditionalism in tonality, form, rhythm, and timbre. Romantic emotional excess gave way to experimentation and abstraction. Key modernist traits include:

• Fragmented melodies and asymmetrical forms
• New harmonic languages, including atonality and polytonality
• Emphasis on rhythm, percussion, and timbre
• Interest in machines, cities, and modern life
• A deliberate break from the past—or a radical reimagining of it

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Welcome Back to Between the Barlines! I am excited to talk about today’s episode topic because I feel like it is especially pertinent to the music being created in the USA during this part of the century. As we are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the USA this year, I want to draw your attention to something I mentioned last season; that is, if you think about it, our country was really shaped by foreigners in many senses of the word “shape.” It wasn’t until about the 20th century where America embodied nationalism and created their own voice - vernacular music was a humongous part of this transformation.

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Welcome back to Between the Barlines! Happy New Year! This season, we are exploring the 20th century up until 1950. Today, we will talk about Modernism and technology's impact on music during the 20th century.