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Presented by Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
American Musical Modernism: Revolution in Sound
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
6:30 PM
Online
How did American composers step out of Europe’s shadow in the early 20th century and develop their own distinctive musical identity? This course will explore the music of Charles Ives, Ruth Crawford Seeger, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, and others, examining their role in the rise of a distinctively American form of modernism.
Part of: United in Sound America at 250
Performers
Nathan Shields, Instructor