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Carmen

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Opera by Georges Bizet about the gypsy Carmen and Spanish life

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Giuseppe Verdi

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Most famous Italian opera composer of late Romantic Era

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Giacomo Puccini

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Italian opera composer best known for La Boheme the Bohemians

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Richard Wagner

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Most famous German opera composer of the Romantic Era composed "endless melody"

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Glissando

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A music technique of sliding from one pitch to the other

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Polytonality

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Two or more keys at the same time

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Atonality

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The absence of tonality or key

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Ostinato

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A motive or phrase repeated persistently

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Claude Debussy

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French 20th Century composer associated with the impressionism Style

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Impressionism

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Style of music in early 20th century that emphasize tone color in vagueness

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Neoclassicism

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Style of music in 20th century that sought to emulate classical music in simplicity

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Igor Stravinsky

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Russian composer living in France that composed "The Rite of Spring" and later and neoclassical work

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The Rite of Spring

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Igor Stravinsky's ballet that caused a riot in Paris

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Expressionism

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20th century style that emphasized intense subjective emotion

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Arnold Schoenberg

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German expressionist composer that invented the twelve-tone method of music

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Bela Bartok

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Hungarian composer who collected folk songs from various countries and wrote concerto for orchestra

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Charles Ives

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Experimental American composer who was wealthy and wrote Central Park in the dark

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George Gershwin

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American composer famous for incorporating jazz in the concert hall with Rhapsody Blue

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William Grant Still

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African American composer who also conducted and wrote film scores

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Aaron Copland

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American composer who is famous for the ballet Appalachian Spring

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Jazz

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Musical style rooted in improvisation characterized by a syncopated rhythm and a steady beat

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Call and response

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In music when the voice is answered by an instrument or group of instruments

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Ragtime

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A style of composed piano music by black pianist for saloons and dance halls

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Blues

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Form of vocal or instrumental music that grew out of spirituals typically sad

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Bessie Smith

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Empress of the Blues, she was the most famous blues singer of the 1920s

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Rhythm Section

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In jazz the piano, plucked double bass, guitar, or banjo, and drum set

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Scat singing

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Style of singing with nonsense syllables invented by Louis Armstrong

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Louis Armstrong

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Trumpet player and singer early Jazz innovator invented scat singing

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Bebop

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Jazz style for 4 to 6 players that emphasize complexity to be listened to not danced to