chapter 35.3: between the wars - the us

Question 1

united states emerged as the world’s _______

Answer 1

most powerful economy, most influential

Question 2

edgard varese (1883 - 1965)

Answer 2

french-born, influenced by debussy, schoenber, and stravinsky

Question 3

hyperprism (1922 - 1923)

Answer 3

pitch, instrumental color, gesture, rhtyhm interact: suggest sound masses colliding and changing

Question 3

poeme electronique (1957 - 1958)

Answer 3

electronic tape piece

Question 3

henry cowell (1897 - 1965)

Answer 3

native of california; little training in european music

Question 3

the banshee (1925)

Answer 3

ideas summarized in new musical resources (1930)

Question 4

still’s afro-american symphony, opening movement (1930)

Answer 4

first symphonic work by african american composer performed by major american orchestra

Question 4

george gershwin (1897 - 1938)

Answer 4

late 1920s and 1930s: most famous, frequently performed american composer in classical genres

Question 4

ruth crawford seeger (1901 - 1953)

Answer 4

first woman to win guggenheim fellowship in music

Question 4

string quartet 1931

Answer 4

seeger’s best known work

Question 4

rhapsody in blue (1924)

Answer 4

billed as “jazz concerto”

Question 4

appalachian spring (1943 - 1944)

Answer 4

exemplifies americanist idiom

Question 4

porgy and bess (1935), folk opera

Answer 4

draws and opera and music genres

Question 4

william grant still (1895 - 1978)

Answer 4

“dean of afro-american composers”

Question 4

aaron copland (1900 - 1990)

Answer 4

most important and central american composer of his generation