Great Music of the 20th Century
Season 1
Ep 14. The World Turned Upside Down
- TV-PG
- March 2, 2018
- 45 min
Following the horrors of World War II, note how many composers sought to create music that was purged of the past, based in intellectual and scientific rigor. Investigate Ultraserialism, a compositional system in which nearly every musical element is organized "serially," as musical pitch is in the 12-Tone Method. Experience American Ultraserialism in the brilliant works of Milton Babbitt.