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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