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1
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What two words defined the romantic era of music?

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Death and destiny

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What was music between 1850 - 1900s primarily about?

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Death, destruction, and destiny

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What was the main belief of Italian operas?

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Bad in the world was caused by man

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4
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Who conveyed complex emotions in opera?

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Giuseppe Verdi

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Who was Giuseppe Verdi?

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An Italian opera writer

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Who wrote “La Traviata”? (1853)

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Giuseppe Verdi

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What opera aimed to force audience to rethink prejudice and judgement while embodying male sexual double standards?

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“La Traviata”

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Where was Franz Liszt born

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Austria

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9
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Who inspired Tchaikovsky?

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Franz Liszt

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10
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What piece of work provided the ground work for the can can?

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“Grand Gallop Chromatique” by Franz Liszt

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Who was known for their dazzling, crowd-pleasing music?

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Franz Liszt

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12
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Who was the first international star?

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Franz Liszt

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13
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Who was known for their “paintings in sound?”

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Franz Liszt

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14
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Who was influential on Claude DeBussy?

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Franz Liszt

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15
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Who invented symphonic poems?

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Franz Liszt

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What are symphonic poems?

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Reduced four movement symphony to one scene, character, or snapshot

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17
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How many symphonic poems did Liszt write?

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13

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18
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Who shifted music from orchestral?

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Liszt

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19
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Who first used all 12 notes of the western scale without repeating?

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Liszt

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20
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Who wrote “Hungarian Rhapsody?”

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Franz Liszt

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21
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What was gypsy music actually?

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Hungarian folk music

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22
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What produced the most loved pieces of the 19th century?

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Pseudo-peasant style infiltrations

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23
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What did America highly debate incorporating to mainstream music?

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Ethnic music

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24
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Who wrote the “New World Symphony?”

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Dvorak

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25
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Who was accused of stealing native music?

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Dvorak

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26
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Who first used diminished and augmented chords?

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Richard Wagner

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27
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What is a tristan chord?

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Diminished chord

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28
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Who replaced traditional Italian operas with continuous pieces?

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Richard Wagner

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29
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How long did it take Wagner to compose the “Ring Cycle?

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Richard Wagner

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30
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What was novel about the “Ring Cycle?”

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The dimmed lights and hidden orchestra under the stage

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31
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Who created the light motif?

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Haufman

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32
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What is chromaticism?

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“Filling music with color”

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33
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What does chromaticism do?

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Makes all chords equally powerful and gives it an unsettling feeling

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34
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What were the main themes of the “Parsifal?”

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Crucifixion and purity or Christ’s blood

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35
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Who wanted to remove all Jews from German culture and served as foundations for Hitler’s Nazism?

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Richard Wagner

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36
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Did Wagner have much of an influence on other composers?

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No

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37
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What did Italian operas both promote and condemn?

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Prostitution

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38
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How long did Giuseppe Verdi compose for?

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51 years

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39
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Who was the most famous Italian opera composer?

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Giuseppe Verdi

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40
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Who composed “dark scary Batman music?”

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Franz Liszt

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41
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Who was responsible for impressionist music?

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Franz Liszt

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42
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Who was the reason pianos now have iron frames because they played so hard?

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Franz Liszt

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43
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How long is the “Ring Cycle?”

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4 hours a night for 4 nights

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44
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Was Wagner alive at the time of Nazism

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No

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45
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Who wrote “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2?”

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Franz Liszt

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46
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Who wrote Native American inspired folk songs?

A

Antionne Dvorak

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47
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Who wrote the “New World Symphony?”

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Dvorak

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48
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What is the “New World Symphony” most known for?

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Nationalist folk song and its 1st and last movement

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49
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Where was Dvorak from?

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Czechoslovakia

50
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What piece of music sounds a lot like the intro to Jaws?

A

Last movement of the “New World Symphony”

51
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What is the opposite of absolute music?

A

Program music

52
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What is program music?

A

Music inspired by artwork, an event, etc.

53
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What is absolute music?

A

Music conjured simply out of a composer’s imagination?

54
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When did Hector Berlioz live?

A

Just after Beethoven

55
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Who composed “Symphony Fantastique?”

A

Hector Berlioz

56
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How many movements was “Symphony Fantastique?”

A

5

57
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Which composer heavily used opiates?

A

Hector Berlioz

58
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What was “Symphony Fantastique” about?

A

A love for a Shakespeare actress he never met

59
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What was novel about “Symphony Fantastique?”

A

First time using a 3-button trumpet, saxophone, anvil, and the biggest symphony to date

60
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How many harps played in “Symphony Fantastique?”

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2

61
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Who was responsible for elevating self-expression in music?

A

Beethoven

62
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What is different about Romantic music?

A

More interesting and less regular phrase length

63
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What is chromaticism?

A

All 1/2 steps of a scale

64
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What did romantic treatment of tone color involve?

A

A lot of instruments

65
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What is different about romantic orchestras?

A

They’re larger

66
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What does program music do?

A

Tell a story

67
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What is thematic unity?

A

Ideefix (same theme throughout symphony)

68
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What is a ball?

A

2nd movement in “Symphony Fantastique” in 3/4 time

69
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What movement in “Symphony Fantastique” is plainchant melody?

A

5th

70
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What is recognizable about the second movement of “Symphony Fantastique?”

A

2 harps

71
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What is the name of the 4th movement of “Symphony Fantastique?”

A

“March to the Scaffold”

72
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What is the name of the 5th movement of “Symphony Fantastique?”

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“Witch’s Sabbath”

73
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What instruments were unique to the 4th movement of “Symphony Fantastique?”

A

2 sets of 4 tympanis

74
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What instruments were unique to the 5th movement of “Symphony Fantastique?”

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5 clarinets and 4 bassoons

75
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What composer was infamous for his antisemitism?

A

Richard Wagner

76
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Who composed “Ride of the Valkyries?”

A

Richard Wagner

77
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What is a valkyrie?

A

A female warrior in the afterlife that carried heroes off the field

78
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What composer wrote a lot about prostitutes or “ladies of the night?”

A

Verdi

79
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Who composed “Aida” (Triumphal march)

A

Verdi

80
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How many movements are requiems?

A

5

81
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What are requiems?

A

Played at funerals, “mass for the dead”

82
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What venue became increasingly popular?

A

Concert halls

83
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What is music with no singing but derived from art, literature, etc?

A

Program music

84
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What is an ideefix?

A

Same idea throughout a symphony

85
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“Thematic unity occurs when a composer….”

A

Answer: B

86
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Does thematic unity occur in the same themes over different symphonies?

A

No

87
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What kind of music is “Symphony Fantastique?”

A

Program music

88
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Was Mozart a Romantic composer?

A

No

89
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Who had the greatest influence on early romantic composers?

A

Beethoven

90
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What element had the greatest influence on early romantic composers?

A

Literature

91
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What instrument was the most widely played in the early romantic era?

A

Piano

92
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What instrument was the most common in households?

A

Piano

93
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What type of music are nationalistic?

A

Folk songs

94
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What composer was the first to use “weird percussion?”

A

Berlioz

95
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Who was the godfather of music and modern theater and music?

A

Wagner

96
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Who was responsible for the symphonic poem?

A

Liszt

97
Q

Where does jazz come from?

A

Congo Square in New Orleans

98
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What era was jazz developed in?

A

1900s

99
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When did jazz become popular

A

1920s

100
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What type of instruments did slaves play?

A

European instruments

101
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What was Sousa’s impact on music?

A

He modified the tuba to wrap around the player, invented the sousaphone

102
Q

What was unique about the slaves in Congo Square?

A

They were allowed to play instruments on Sundays

103
Q

When was Dixieland jazz popularized?

A

1900s

104
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How did jazz funeral marches proceed?

A

Sad on the way there and lively on the way back

105
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What served as the foundation of Blues music?

A

African American work songs

106
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What contributed to the sad tonality of blues music?

A

“blue notes”

107
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What notes are considered “blue?”

A

3 flat and 5 flat

108
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What is “call and response”?

A

The African tradition of an instrument responding to a singer

109
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What is scat?

A

Randomly singing, invented by Louis Armstrong

110
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Who is Duke Ellington?

A

Famous composer, performer, and pianist

111
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Who is Charlie Parker?

A

Famous jazz saxophonist

112
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Who invented bebop?

A

Charlie Parker

113
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What type of music was bebop?

A

Fast jazz music intended to listen to, not dance

114
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Who named the style of bebop?

A

Charlie Parker

115
Q

What do you call playing in unison in jazz?

A

The head

116
Q

Who was Dizzy Gillespie?

A

Bebop jazz artist

117
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How did Dizzy Gillespie get his name?

A

The phrase “dizzy like a fox” because he’d act stupid

118
Q

How does a drummer keep time?

A

High hat and ride cymbal

119
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What purposes do bases serve?

A

Keeping harmonic and rhythmic time

120
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What does it mean when pianos are “comping?”

A

They outline and answer the chords

121
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In what style of jazz was scat invented?

A

Swing jazz

122
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What composer was famous for writing music for specifically his band?

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Duke Ellington

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