Frank, There is a websight of the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th Century. I don't agree with all of them(i.e. Nirvana's 1991 "Smells Like Teen Spirit")but it is worth a look:
www.npr.org/programs/specials/vote/list100alphabet.html
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