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Concert Music

            
             Although concert music can be dated back to the sixteenth century it was not until the ninetieth century that concert music emerged. In those days there were songs for everyone young or old and a song in any style could be a hit. The music had mass appeal and time and again the concert audience spontaneously joined in to sing the songs they knew and loved. .
             Some traits of concert music are that song is a symbol of the imagination; it is poetic thought encapsulated in music. It is born of the combination of those thoughts in spoken rhythms, framed with melodies and harmonies. The recreation of those multitude inspirations arriving from the world of the humanities acts simultaneously as a principles of creation and a door to the imagination. Its performance depends on a partnership between performer and audience. Concert experience for artist and listener alike permits the close examination of life's successive moments for the reflection of one's fuller existence. .
             It was not until the start of the 20th century concert music began to play a huge part in the rapidly maturing United States. In the twentieth century diversity of concert music styles emerged. In the twentieth century composers found new ways to make their musical ideas represent people, things, and dramatic situations as well as emotional states and even philosophical ideas. .
             The music of the 20th century was not only there to entertain the people but it was used to influence the listeners; the artist had a goal to entertain and to enlighten the listener so that they could get their message heard. Concert music comes in many different styles from orchestra to jazz music. .
             One of the most influential concert music composers of the 20th century was Charles Ives American composer of orchestral, chamber, and solo vocal and piano music who used and anticipated polytonality. A unique quality of his music is the combination of well-known hymns and popular tunes with a complex dissonant accompaniment.


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