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Test5; MA; Ch 30-39

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