final cards

Question 1

fast eighth staccato notes, quick full

wind ensemble,

Answer 1

John Adams, Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986)

Question 2

clapping, rhythmic

Answer 2

Steve Reich, Clapping Music (1972)

Question 3

violin music, quick rhythmic, frantic,

Answer 3

Alfred Schnittke, Concerto Grosso No. 1 mvt 2 (1976)

Question 4

choir music, soft, churchlike, more static

Answer 4

Arvo Part, “O Weisheit” from Seven Magnificat Antiphons (1988 re. 1991)

Question 5

choir music, more minor, canon beginning, more male voices

Answer 5

Arvo Part “O Konig aller Volker” from Seven Magnificat Antiphons (1988 rev. 1991)

Question 6

voices, “to the side” “around and around” then choir that modulates, spoken word and singing in and out

Answer 6

Caroline Shaw, Partita for 8 Voices, mvt. 1 (2009-11)

Question 7

bells, orchestra, more traditional orchestra, tension, piano, flute trills and solos

Answer 7

Jennifer Higdon, blue cathedral (2000)