Enter the 20th Century as renowned performer and lecturer Michael Ballam introduces
you to the music of Strauss, Rachmaninov, Grieg, Sibelius, Debussy, Fauré,
Vaughan-Williams, Stravinsky, Shoenberg, and Berg. Explore our age filled with
creativity and change. Gain tools to select from this century music that will
uplift and enlighten.
In this fourth in a series of User Friendly Classics, you will come to appreciate
through the perspective eyes of Dr. Ballam the best music of the 20th Century
has to offer. Holding a Ph.D. in music history and literature from prestigious
Indiana University, Michael Ballam has an enthusiastic love for music which
is contagious to those of all ages.
Includes musical examples from:
- Strauss songs
- Rachmaninov’s “Piano Concerto #2” and “Theme of
Paganini”
- Grieg’s “Piano Concerto #1”
- Solvij’s Song from “Peer Gynt”
- Sibelius’ “Finlandia”
- selected Debussy and Fauré songs
- Debussy’s “Claire de Lune”
- Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” and “Firebird”
