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Test5; MA; Ch 30-39
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mozart wrote a work for Benjamn Franklin's ___ ____. | glass harmonica |
| The best-known American band composer | John Philip Sousa |
| was written by John Philip Sousa | The Stars and Stripes Forever |
| The greatest American song writer of the romantic period; Important composer of parlor songs who wrote "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" was | Stephen Foster |
| was the first American woman to compose a symphony | Amy Cheney Beach |
| Musical style defined by its ragged rhythm & played on banjo, piano, or by bands | Ragtime |
| The most famous performer & composer of ragtime | Scott Joplin |
| was the style of music that formed the basis for the blues | Field hollers |
| this was the lowered scale pitch, used by blues singers, that gives the melody a relaxed effect | Blue note |
| was another name for New Orleans jazz | Dixieland |
| the singing of nonsense syllables during improvised solos | Scat singing |
| was the band leader who rose to fame at Harlem's Cotton Club | Duke Ellington |
| the jazz style, developed by swing band players in after-hours clubs that emphasized small combos & experimented with free-form solo work | Bebop |
| was involved in the creation of cool jazz | Miles Davis |
| blended together the two musical styles of jazz and rock | Fusion |
| wrote Rhapsody in Blue -- the most famous classical work to make use of jazz stylings | George Gershwin |
| wrote Afro-American Symphony; introduced the banjo into the orchestra in his Afro-American Symphony | William Grant Still |
| composed the work the "Unanswered Question"; idealized the strength & simple virtue of the ordinary people | Charles Ives |
| is the term used to describe the style of American nationalism Copland evokes in Appalachian Spring | Americana |
| Unique feature of Copland's ____ _____ is spoken text derived from Lincoln's speeches & letters. | Lincoln Portrait |
| wrote "Over There", "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy", and "Grand Old Flag" | George M. Cohan |
| The popular musical style Gershwin uses in Porgy and Bess is | jazz |
| wrote the musicals Oklahoma, South Pacific, and The Sound of Music | Rodgers and Hammerstein |
| The plot of West Side Story was based on | Romeo and Juliet |
| was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber | Jesus Christ Superstar |
| is Ander Lloyd Webber's most operatic work | Phantom of the Opera |
| an invention that allowed music recorded on phonograph records to be played simultaneously with the film | Vitaphone System |
| one of the first movie composers who composed the music score for the 1933 film King Kong and the 1939 film Gone with the Wind | Max Steiner |
| included original music and pre-existing music chosen by George Lucas for the music of the movie Star Wars | John Williams |
| wrote the music scores for the films such as Titantic, Aliens, Apollo 13, and Braveheart | James Horner |
| is the study of non-Western and folk music | Ethnomusicology |
| is the Indonesian term for a musical ensemble | Gamelan |
| John Cage placed bolts, screws, bamboo and other objects in the strings to create a percussion sound on the piano called | Prepared piano |
| wrote "Sonata V" from Sonatas and Interludes -- a prepared piano piece | John Cage |
| is the manipulation of natural sounds through the medium of magnetic tape | Musique concrete |
| was Edgard Varese's definition of music | Organized sound |
| In addition to the music, "Poeme electronique" also included | lights and projected images and text |
| music in its simplest, most basic elements | Minimalist music |
| Billings: "When Jesus Wept" | says "WHEN JESUS WEPT"; listen for "JESUS" |
| Smith: "Lost Your Head Blues" | she SINGS then TRUMPET comes in after; MONEY |
| Parker: "Ko Ko" | very FAST, high ENERGY |
| Davis: "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" | RANDOM, instruments play whatever; SLOW think indie rock drugs at WOODSTOCK; TRUMPET wakes you up but plays SLOW |
| Still: Afro-American Symphony, I | beginning sounds like TRAIN WHISTLE (HORNS); seconds part SLOW & think "wade in the water" |
| Copland: "Fanfare for the Common Man" | big DRUMS at beginning (think Mulan-Gong); HEROIC with trumpets; think 911 |
| Zwilich: Symphony no 1, I | SCARY black & white movie; Twilight Zone/The Shinning; Eerie |
| Bernstein: "America" from West Side Story | Jazzy, LATIIN influence; Listen for "Puerto Rico" & "America" |
| Williams: "Main Theme" from Star Wars | Just know it's the main theme |
| Indonesian: "Srepegan (slendro nim)" | Sounds like WIND CHIMES/POTS & PANS |
| Cowell: "The Banshee" | BEES BUZZING around a nest (piano); INSIDIOUS |
| Glass: Company, II | starts LOUD, then SOFT, then LOUD; same note, different pitch and instrument; LOUPING around |