On the Trail Flashcards
generalized
claude debussy and frank bridge
specific
smetana “Vltava”/Phillip Grass “Waters of the Amazon”/Yin Chenzong “Yellow River Piano Concerto”/Xian Xinghai “Yellow River Cantata”
ballet
“Aguas de Amazonia”
Mississippi River Suite
Florence Price/1933
Mississippi Suite: A Journey in Tones
Grofe/Minnesota to New Orleans/New York
tuba and wind band
Reflections on the Mississippi/Michael Daughtery
Michael Daughtry
Niagara Falls/University of Michigan Symphonic Band
Alan Hovhaness
1980/1982/Symphony No. 50: Mount St. Helens
Jett Hitt
Yellowstone for Violin and Orchestra
Joan Tower
Sequoia
William Grant Still
Afro-American Symphony (1931)/first orchestral work by a Black composer to be preformed by an American orchestra/American Scene (The East, The South, The Old West, The Far West, the Southwest: A Mountain, A Memorial, and a Song)
Denis von Glahn
The Sounds of Place, a study about America’s nature in music
Landmarks captured in music by Grofe
Grand Canyon, Death Valley, Hudson River, Lake Mead, Yellowstone, Niagara Falls
Ferde Grofe called himself this
a composer of Americana
State Ferde Grofe was born in
New York
four instruments Grofe played
piano, violin, viola, and alto horn
age at which Grofe performed professionally
15
Grofe at 17
Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra/violinist
Paul Whiteman Orchestra
arranger
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue arranged by Grofe
Whiteman thought this had commercial potential
symphonic jazz pieces
1958
Walt Disney uses Grand Canyon Suite for a film
Dougals, Arizona
baritone player/WWI/1917
