quiz 2

Question 1

Percy Grainger Children’s March (year)

Answer 1

1919

Question 2

Percy Grainger Children’s March (fact)

Answer 2

-originally written as a piano solo
-original music by Grainger
-performed by Goldman Band
-flexible instrumentation

Question 3

Igor Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments (year)

Answer 3

1920

Question 4

Igor Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments (facts)

Answer 4

-written in memory of Claude Debussy
-symphonie=sounding together
-written for orchestral wind instruments
-not typical form- mosaic

Question 5

Ralph Vaugh Williams English Folk Song (year)

Answer 5

1923

Question 6

Ralph Vaugh Williams English Folk Song (facts)

Answer 6

-includes 8 folk tunes
-originally had 4 mvmts
-commissioned by Royal Military School of Music
-one of the earliest serious works for band

Question 7

Gustav Holst Hammersmith (year)

Answer 7

1930

Question 8

Gustav Holst Hammersmith (facts)

Answer 8

-commissioned by the BBC
-premiered by the US Marine Band
-orchestral version published first
-based off the river thames

Question 9

RESPIGHI Huntingtower Ballad (year)

Answer 9

1932

Question 10

RESPIGHI Huntingtower Ballad (facts)

Answer 10

-only work for bands
-commissioned for memorial of John Philip Sousa
-inspired by huntingtower castle in Scotland
-overture form