Exam 3: The American Scene, Lecture Flashcards
What did American music draw on for its musical culture
Europe
American composers that studied in Europe were___ who came on the scene too late
Romantistics
Edward McDowell was an_ composer with__recognition
American, some
Americans were___as musicians and___ and an American style of___ was needed
Inferior,composers, writing
American composers began to be noticed when the music scene switched from___ romanticism to ___ Impressionism
German, French
With the musical shift from German to French, comparisons ___ ___ so apt to be made
Were not
Who was most prominent of American impressionists: Charles ___
Griffes
What two things was Charles Griffes most noted for
White peacock, poem for flute
Charles Ives did not have fame until after his ___ but is considered ___ of American music
Death, father
Who was the first original voice of American composers
Charles Ives
Where was Charles Ives born
Connecticut
Who challenged Charles Ives musically
His father
Charles Ives studied at___ with horatio ___
Yale, Parker
Who was not a musician by vocation but owned an insurance company, wrote music on the weekends
Charles Ives
Conductors wouldn’t play this person’s music and scoffed at it
Charles Ives
What age did Charles Ives stop composing due to illness
Charles Ives
Where did Charles Ives’ music first gain attention, and what sonata gained him recognition
Europe, concord
Which number of Charles Ives symphonies was awarded the ___ prize in ___ (year) this was how many years after it was composed?
3, Pulitzer, 1947, 50
Ives’ music made use of hymns, folk, and popular songs indigenous to ___
America
Ives’ music subjects were ___ themed (country)
American
Ives’ was influenced by ___ experiences like ___ bands playing in a parade (diff. Tempo and keys)
Childhood, 2
Ives used polytonality,___, clusters, ___, and ___
Atonality, polyrhythms
Who was one of the first to write without bars or time signatures?
Charles Ives
Who and where was new music in America promoted? And in what year?
Conductors, universities, 1920s
