20th Century Music is a time capsule of music history for every decade from the start of the 1900s through the 1990s. This exciting series presents composers, musicians, and performers, along with their musical styles and movements, as they relate to the world events, people, politics, social changes, and technology of each era. Dynamic text, colorful images, and a convenient time line capture the tremendous talent and the colossal changes in every area of music from classical to rap.In the 1960s, a time of economic prosperity, rock music reigned, spurred on by widespread rebellion against authority and social conventions of the past, as well as an ideal of complete and total freedom. Brilliant new rock musicians emerged, including Bob Dylan and the Beatles, but even Igor Stravinsky, an old master, applied forward-thinking techniques to his own musical style.
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