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Impressionaism is a continuation of romantic styles, focused on program music, nature, folklore, and uniting music/art/
Debussy What was his Symphonic poem? What did it influence? Was it program music? Late 19th century |
Debussy is the most important french composer of the early 20th century.
His symphonic poem "The afternoon of a faun" influenced russian ballet. Afternoon of a faun was inspired from a symbolist poem, impressionism |
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Stravinsky experimented with poly___ and poly__ writing.
What were his early works Rite of Spring |
The Rite of Spring was a ballet, but was widely recognized as a concert piece.
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WIlliam Grant Still
What was the piece he wrote: What was each movement inspired from What was the Harlem Renaissance |
His Suite for Violin and Piano looks to three black visual aritsts for inspiration.
This piece is chamber music, and influenced by Jazz. The Harlem Renaissance came about after the CIA dumped heroin into the the city. Filmmakers, sculptors, and musicians flourished in this time. |
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Adam Copland is regarded as being the "___ of american composers"
What was the piece Martha Graham commisioned him to make What genre was it? |
Appalchian Spring
Reffered to as dean of american composers genre neoclassical ballet suite was inspired by latin american music from CARLOS chaves. |
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Silvestre Reveultas
What was his piece called Who was it a tribute to What was the genre |
A Homage to Federico Garcia Lorca
The genre is chamber ensemble |
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George Gershwin
What does Tin Pan Alley mean? |
Famous for Porgy and Bess
Focuses on African American folk idioms Tan pan alley refers to musicans who set up business in manhattan. |
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Leonard Bernstein
What was his most famous piece What was it a remaking of Filled with ? What is Mambo This was piece was surreal which means |
West Side Story
It was a remaking of Romeo and Juliet Filled with American Jazz, and Mambo is an afro cuban dance with a fast and higly syncopated beat. |
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The Rite of Spring is written by
He uses uses what new harmonic compositional techniques Inspired by what? Fa |
Stravisnsky
He employs polyrhymic and polytonal compositional techniques. Inspired from ballet |
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Schoenberg made what piece?
Was he an impressionist ? What was his work inspired from. |
Arnold Schoenberg was an impressionaist, and he made Pierrot Lunaire, from a poem.
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Alban Berg was an impressionist
He made what piece, and it was inspired from what type of art? |
He made Wozzeck, an opera, and it was derived from a play
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Bela Bartok wrote which piece?
Rejected what? and adhered to what |
Nationalist movement, classical movement. rejected romanticism
Wrote Concerto for Orchestro |
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Carl Orf wrote which piece?
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Carmina Burana
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Charles Ives
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Wrote Country Band March
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George Grump contributes to ___ garde music
He wrote cablito negro, inspired by poems |
George Grump contributes to ___ garde music
He wrote cablito negro, inspired by poems |
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John Cage
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Wrote Sonatas and Interludes
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