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The Sound and the Fury: A Century of MusicEpisodes

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  1. Easy Listening?

    3/3How post-war composers began to bring back elements of rhythm, metre and harmony.

  2. Free for All

    2/3How music came under state control in the 1930s and serialism took over after the war.

  3. Wrecking Ball

    1/3How the early 20th century saw a fragmented, abstract, discordant sound come to the fore.