This section includes readings that will provide an overview of major trends in the Modern era. The readings will specifically focus on impressionism, expressionism, and twelve-tone technique. It also provides specific information on composers and pieces created in those styles.

This section includes the following pages:

• Music of the 20th Century
• Impressionism
• Claude Debussy
• Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
• Maurice Ravel
• Daphnis et Chloe
• Expressionism
• Arnold Schoenberg
• Pierrot Lunaire
• Sprechstimme
• Twelve-Tone Technique
• Suite for Piano