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- The Early Twentieth Century - Commentary on societal changes and the effects they had on the music of the period. Includes links to noted composers of the time.
- List of 20th Century Classical Composers - Wikipedia entry linked to individual biographical articles plus internal references and external links.
- Halcyon Days Music - Midi music collection of early American music of the 19th Century and early 20th Century, complete with scans of sheet music covers and lyrics.
- The American Scene: Early 20th Century - Includes images of paintings produced throughout the 1930s and into the early 1950s, with emphasis on American Realism.
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art - Collections include ancient art, French and English 19th and early 20th century art, 19th and early 20th Century American art, international modernism, photography, and contemporary art.
- Music at UCC: Web resources: Early 20th-century music: various composers - Links to sites devoted to composers of the period.
- BUBL LINK / 5:15 Internet Resources: Twentieth century music - Eighteen resources on twentieth century music with abstracts.
- The North Point Gallery - San Francisco, CA. gallery that specializes in 19th and early 20th century American paintings with an emphasis on the art of early California. The gallery carries paintings by such 19th century artists as Bierstadt, Bush, Deakin, Hill, Keith and Yelland, as well as works from the plein-air period by Gamble, Gray, Payne and Wores.
- The Fauves Page - Provides an overview of the artists termed 'wild beasts' of early 20th century movement with sample artworks and references.
- Liverpool s Dock Engineers - Short biographies of the men who built Liverpool's docks between the early 18th century and the early 20th century.
Wikipedia Articles
- Western use of the Swastika in the early 20th century - The swastika (gammadion, "fylfot") symbol became a popular symbol of luck in the Western world in the early 20th century, prior to its adoption by Nazi Germany in the 1920s. The term swastika is first attested in English in 1871, and first refers to the Nazi emblem in 1932.
- Duo-Art - Duo-Art was one of the leading reproducing piano technologies of the early 20th century, the others being Ampico and Welte. A number of distinguished classical and popular pianists, such as Josef Hofmann and Vladimir Horowitz, recorded for Duo-Art, and their rolls are a legacy of 19th century and early 20th century aesthetic and musical practice.
- Ampico - Ampico (short for "American Piano Company") was one of the leading reproducing piano technologies of the early 20th century, the others being Duo-Art and Welte. A number of distinguished classical and popular pianists, such as Rachmaninoff, recorded for Ampico, and their rolls are a legacy of 19th century and early 20th century aesthetic and musical practice.
- Modern dance - Modern dance is a dance form developed in the early 20th century. Although the term Modern dances has also been applied to a category of 20th Century ballroom dances, Modern dance as a term usually refers to 20th century concert dance.
- Ukraine in World War I - One of the underlying themes of Ukrainian history of the early 20th century has been the quest for an independent nation. Many attempts were made in the early 20th century, but both World War I and the Russian Civil War disrupted such attempts.