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1
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Who was the first artist to debunk and simplify music?

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Eric Sati

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What was Daniel Foray’s contribution to music?

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Helped simplify it

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What artist wrote 5 poems about the death of children to music?

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Gustav Mahler

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4
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Who wrote the “Salame?”

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Richard Strauss

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What style did Strauss change to?

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Went from a wistful, hopeful manner to a rebellious, dramatic style

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What type of music was Tchaivosky most known for?

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Dance music

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Who did Claude Debussy learn from?

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Musgosroski

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Who was inspired by the Javanese, eastern exotic music at the Paris World Fair?

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Claude Debussy

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Who first allowed “hanging chords” to resonate over each other?

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Claude Debussy

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What type of music was Igor Stravinsky most known for?

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Ballets

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11
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Who wrote about supernatural characters?

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Stravinsky

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What type of scale did Stravinsky use?

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Octatonic

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13
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Who was the most famous orchestrator?

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Ravel

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What was impressionist music?

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French composers playing smooth, seamless music

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What was the most important feature of impressionist music?

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Tonecolor

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16
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Who composed the “Rite of Spring?”

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Stravinsky

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What was the audience’s reaction to the “Rite of Spring” the first time?

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Caused a riot

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Who composed a lot about folk music and nature?

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Gustav Mahler

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19
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What boosted African American music?

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Recording

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20
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What were spirituals?

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Blend of response chants and hymns

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What was the topic of a lot of spirituals?

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Old Testament oppression

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Who was the first person to put spirituals in front of a white audience?

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Samuel Coleridge

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23
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What were “blue notes?”

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Flattened 7 and 3 positions

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24
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Where were blue notes borrowed in part from?

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Hymns and vaudeville

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25
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What is one of the most famous blues songs?

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“Ballad of John Henry”

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26
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What genre is known for a intermingling of genres?

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Ragtime

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27
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What is syncopation?

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Emphasis on wrong notes to create a jerky sound

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28
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What type of music is the “cake walk”?

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Ragtime

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29
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What song began jazz?

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“Jelly Roll Blues” by Jelly Roll Morton

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30
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What song in Fantasia 2000 was about whales?

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Pines of Rome

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31
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What song in Fantasia 2000 depicted Noah and the Ark?

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Pomp and Circumstance

32
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What song in Fantasia 2000 depicted the tin soldier?

A

Piano Concerto No. 2

33
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What song in Fantasia 2000 was considered minimalist?

A

Beethoven’s Fifth

34
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Who founded “Young Audiences?”

A

Leonard Bernstein

35
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Who composed “West Side Story?”

A

Leonard Bernstein

36
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What are minstrel shows?

A

White actors would paint themselves in blackface and parody traditional song and dance

37
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Why were minstrel shows created?

A

African Americans would not be allowed on stage as the same time as whites

38
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What was the first show to define the musical theater genre?

A

“Showboat”

39
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What makes music?

A

Melody, tempo/rhythm, texture

40
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Who invented the prepared piano?

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John Cage

41
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Who experimented with the barriers/structure of music?

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John Cage

42
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Who was known to compose by crumpling paper and making notes out of the creases?

A

John Cage

43
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What was unique about John Cage’s “4 minutes 33 seconds”

A

It was complete silence

44
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Who was known for word prompts and highly interpretive music?

A

Stockhausen

45
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Who wrote tone poems?

A

Richard Strauss

46
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What are tone poems?

A

1 movement symphonies that tell a story

47
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What group played “Symphonia Domestica?”

A

Brass quintet

48
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How many symphonies did Gustav Mahler write?

A

9

49
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Who is the most famous American composer?

A

Aaron Copland

50
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Who wrote “Fanfare for the Common Man?”

A

Aaron Copland

51
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Where is Pitor Tchaikovsky from?

A

Russia

52
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Who composed the Nutcracker and Swan Lake?

A

Tchaikovsky

53
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Who composed the “Dance of the Snowflakes”

A

Tchaiokovksy

54
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What two French composers instituted impressionism?

A

Claude Debussy and Ravel

55
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What was the solo instrument in “Clouds” by Debussy?

A

English horn

56
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What is an orchestrator?

A

Takes a piece for instrument and arranges it for an orchestra

57
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Who composed “Bolero?”

A

Ravel

58
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Where is Bernstein from?

A

New York

59
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What instruments are not in a jazz combo rhythm section?

A

Trumpet or sax

60
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What instruments are in a jazz combo rhythm section?

A

Trap set (drums), brass, and keyboard

61
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Who helped invent “beebop” jazz?

A

Miles Davis

62
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What were popular jazz instruments?

A

Piano, alto/tenor sax, drums

63
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Who composed “Take Five”?

A

Dave Brubeck

64
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What time is “Take Five” written?

A

5/4

65
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What is a pentatonic scale?

A

5 notes

66
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What instrument does my professor play?

A

Trumpet

67
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What happened to harmony in this era?

A

Became more dissonant

68
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Who composed “Rodeo”?

A

Aaron Copland

69
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What are key features of jazz performance?

A

Improv and syncopation

70
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Who composed “Rhapsody in Blue?”

A

George Girchwin

71
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What is improv?

A

Playing over a chord structure

72
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Where did spirituals come from?

A

American slaves

73
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What song from Fantasia 2000 was written for a piano solo?

A

Rhapsody in Blue

74
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Who composed “Piano Concerto No 2?

A

Dmitri Strastakovich

75
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Who composed “Pomp and Circumstance”?

A

Edward Elguard

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