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Test5; MA; Ch 30-39

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show glass harmonica  
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The best-known American band composer   show
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was written by John Philip Sousa   show
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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   show
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show Amy Cheney Beach  
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Musical style defined by its ragged rhythm & played on banjo, piano, or by bands   show
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The most famous performer & composer of ragtime   show
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show Field hollers  
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this was the lowered scale pitch, used by blues singers, that gives the melody a relaxed effect   show
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show Dixieland  
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show Scat singing  
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show 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   show
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show Miles Davis  
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blended together the two musical styles of jazz and rock   show
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show George Gershwin  
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wrote Afro-American Symphony; introduced the banjo into the orchestra in his Afro-American Symphony   show
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show Charles Ives  
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show Americana  
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show Lincoln Portrait  
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wrote "Over There", "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy", and "Grand Old Flag"   show
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show jazz  
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wrote the musicals Oklahoma, South Pacific, and The Sound of Music   show
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show Romeo and Juliet  
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was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber   show
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show Phantom of the Opera  
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an invention that allowed music recorded on phonograph records to be played simultaneously with the film   show
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show 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   show
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wrote the music scores for the films such as Titantic, Aliens, Apollo 13, and Braveheart   show
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is the study of non-Western and folk music   show
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show 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   show
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wrote "Sonata V" from Sonatas and Interludes -- a prepared piano piece   show
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is the manipulation of natural sounds through the medium of magnetic tape   show
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was Edgard Varese's definition of music   show
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show lights and projected images and text  
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show Minimalist music  
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show says "WHEN JESUS WEPT"; listen for "JESUS"  
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Smith: "Lost Your Head Blues"   show
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Parker: "Ko Ko"   show
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Davis: "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down"   show
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show beginning sounds like TRAIN WHISTLE (HORNS); seconds part SLOW & think "wade in the water"  
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Copland: "Fanfare for the Common Man"   show
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show SCARY black & white movie; Twilight Zone/The Shinning; Eerie  
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show Jazzy, LATIIN influence; Listen for "Puerto Rico" & "America"  
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show Just know it's the main theme  
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show Sounds like WIND CHIMES/POTS & PANS  
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show BEES BUZZING around a nest (piano); INSIDIOUS  
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Glass: Company, II   show
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