Test 5 Flashcards
Who was the first artist to debunk and simplify music?
Eric Sati
What was Daniel Foray’s contribution to music?
Helped simplify it
What artist wrote 5 poems about the death of children to music?
Gustav Mahler
Who wrote the “Salame?”
Richard Strauss
What style did Strauss change to?
Went from a wistful, hopeful manner to a rebellious, dramatic style
What type of music was Tchaivosky most known for?
Dance music
Who did Claude Debussy learn from?
Musgosroski
Who was inspired by the Javanese, eastern exotic music at the Paris World Fair?
Claude Debussy
Who first allowed “hanging chords” to resonate over each other?
Claude Debussy
What type of music was Igor Stravinsky most known for?
Ballets
Who wrote about supernatural characters?
Stravinsky
What type of scale did Stravinsky use?
Octatonic
Who was the most famous orchestrator?
Ravel
What was impressionist music?
French composers playing smooth, seamless music
What was the most important feature of impressionist music?
Tonecolor
Who composed the “Rite of Spring?”
Stravinsky
What was the audience’s reaction to the “Rite of Spring” the first time?
Caused a riot
Who composed a lot about folk music and nature?
Gustav Mahler
What boosted African American music?
Recording
What were spirituals?
Blend of response chants and hymns
What was the topic of a lot of spirituals?
Old Testament oppression
Who was the first person to put spirituals in front of a white audience?
Samuel Coleridge
What were “blue notes?”
Flattened 7 and 3 positions
Where were blue notes borrowed in part from?
Hymns and vaudeville
What is one of the most famous blues songs?
“Ballad of John Henry”
What genre is known for a intermingling of genres?
Ragtime
What is syncopation?
Emphasis on wrong notes to create a jerky sound
What type of music is the “cake walk”?
Ragtime
What song began jazz?
“Jelly Roll Blues” by Jelly Roll Morton
What song in Fantasia 2000 was about whales?
Pines of Rome
What song in Fantasia 2000 depicted Noah and the Ark?
Pomp and Circumstance
What song in Fantasia 2000 depicted the tin soldier?
Piano Concerto No. 2
What song in Fantasia 2000 was considered minimalist?
Beethoven’s Fifth
Who founded “Young Audiences?”
Leonard Bernstein
Who composed “West Side Story?”
Leonard Bernstein
What are minstrel shows?
White actors would paint themselves in blackface and parody traditional song and dance
Why were minstrel shows created?
African Americans would not be allowed on stage as the same time as whites
What was the first show to define the musical theater genre?
“Showboat”
What makes music?
Melody, tempo/rhythm, texture
Who invented the prepared piano?
John Cage
Who experimented with the barriers/structure of music?
John Cage
Who was known to compose by crumpling paper and making notes out of the creases?
John Cage
What was unique about John Cage’s “4 minutes 33 seconds”
It was complete silence
Who was known for word prompts and highly interpretive music?
Stockhausen
Who wrote tone poems?
Richard Strauss
What are tone poems?
1 movement symphonies that tell a story
What group played “Symphonia Domestica?”
Brass quintet
How many symphonies did Gustav Mahler write?
9
Who is the most famous American composer?
Aaron Copland
Who wrote “Fanfare for the Common Man?”
Aaron Copland
Where is Pitor Tchaikovsky from?
Russia
Who composed the Nutcracker and Swan Lake?
Tchaikovsky
Who composed the “Dance of the Snowflakes”
Tchaiokovksy
What two French composers instituted impressionism?
Claude Debussy and Ravel
What was the solo instrument in “Clouds” by Debussy?
English horn
What is an orchestrator?
Takes a piece for instrument and arranges it for an orchestra
Who composed “Bolero?”
Ravel
Where is Bernstein from?
New York
What instruments are not in a jazz combo rhythm section?
Trumpet or sax
What instruments are in a jazz combo rhythm section?
Trap set (drums), brass, and keyboard
Who helped invent “beebop” jazz?
Miles Davis
What were popular jazz instruments?
Piano, alto/tenor sax, drums
Who composed “Take Five”?
Dave Brubeck
What time is “Take Five” written?
5/4
What is a pentatonic scale?
5 notes
What instrument does my professor play?
Trumpet
What happened to harmony in this era?
Became more dissonant
Who composed “Rodeo”?
Aaron Copland
What are key features of jazz performance?
Improv and syncopation
Who composed “Rhapsody in Blue?”
George Girchwin
What is improv?
Playing over a chord structure
Where did spirituals come from?
American slaves
What song from Fantasia 2000 was written for a piano solo?
Rhapsody in Blue
Who composed “Piano Concerto No 2?
Dmitri Strastakovich
Who composed “Pomp and Circumstance”?
Edward Elguard
