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146 Cards in this Set
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Which conservatory did DeBussy attend?
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Paris Conservatory of Music
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Did Debussy follow the rules of composition?
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Nope
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Who rejected the Germanic and Romantic style of composing?
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DeBussy
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Did DeBussy use unique scales?
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Yes
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Who was somewhat influenced by Far East Music?
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DeBussy
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"Clouds" by DeBussy was the first of three of what style of composition?
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Nocturnes
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Who used lots of knife chords?
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DeBussy
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"Festivals" was the second of this type of compostition by DeBussy.
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Nocturne
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Who wrote two books of preludes?
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DeBussy
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Who titled all of his preludes?
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DeBussy
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Who wrote two symphonic sketches titled "Le Mer," and this was as close as this composer came to writing a symphony?
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DeBussy
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What nationality was Ravel?
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French
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Who Wrote Balero and what kind of dance is it?
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Ravel, and it is a Spanish dance with a characteristic rhythm.
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Ravel wrote this piece which was commisioned by the Ballet Russes?
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Dapnis and Chloe
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Who was the director of the Ballet Russes?
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Sergie Diaghilev
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What nationality was Starvinsky?
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Russian
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Who wrote Petrushka and what was it about?
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Stravinsky, and it was about puppets at a carnival having a love triangle
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bitonality
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writing in two keys at once
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polytonality
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writing in more than two keys at once
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Who wrote "Rite of Spring?"
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Stravinsky
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What instruments were included in the large orchestra required for "Rites of Spring"
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8 horn, 5-6 trumpets and lots of percussion
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What ballet company was Rite of Spring written for?
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The Ballet Russes
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The Firebird was this composers second big ballet?
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Stravinsky
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Which piece's first performance caused a riot in the hall, and how did the composer escape?
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The Firebird, and Stravinsky snuck out the back window
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Rite of Spring did what to the instruments ranges?
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Strethed them out by taking them to the extremes.
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ostinato
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a ryhthm repeated over and over
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What insturment opens up Rite of Spring and what nationality is the folk tune from?
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Basson, and Lituanian
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Who conducted the first performance of Rite of Spring?
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Pierre Monteux, who was the Ballet Russes's primary conductor
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Many other composers mimicked the styles of this piece.
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Rite of Spring
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Who was Pergo Lesli?
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An 18th century composer which Diagilev showed to Stravinsky
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Stravinsky arranged this piece by Pergo Lesli for orchestra, but added new rhythms and melodies?
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Pulcinella
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Commendra Dell'arte
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small production of puppet shows with stock characters
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Pulcinella was this type of piece
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Commandra Dell'arte
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neoclassical
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taken from the past but modernized or made more contemporary
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Stravinsky came to this country during WW2
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USA
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Which city did Stravinsky live in?
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Hollywood, CA
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Who wrote Ballet Scenes for a Broadway Show?
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Stravinsky
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Who commissioned Ballet Scenes for a Broadway Show?
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Commissioned by Billie Rose
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What nationality was Bartok?
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Hungarian
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Who used lots of Hungarian connotations
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Bartok
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Kodaly
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Bartok's companion who listened to peasants folk tunes and notated them
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Bartok and Kodaly used what to document this songs?
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primitive recording equipment
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Bartok published a collection of these
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Hungarian folk tunes
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Who wrote Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta?
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Bartok
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antiphonal
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plays on the oppisite side of the stage
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tremolo
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playing very fasdt
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Bartok came to which country during WW2
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USA
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Who would not allow his music to be played in Hungary as they sided with Germany
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Bartok
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Bartok settled in this city?
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New York
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Who taught ethnomusicology at Columbia?
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Bartok
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This composer was diagnosed with luekemia
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Bartok
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The conductor of this symphony visited Bartok in the hosital and asked him to write a piece?
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Boston Symphony
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In response to the hospital visit, Bartok wrote this piece?
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Concherto for Orchestra, consisting of 5 movements
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True of False: After Bartoks death he became one of the top performed composers
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True
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What nationality is Shoenburg?
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Austrian
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Which composers earlier works were in a late romantic style but became an expressionist composer?
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Shoenburg
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Who wrote "Five Orchestral Pieces"
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Shoenburg
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In "Five Orchestral Pieces," what are the titles of movements one and three
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preminitions and colors
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klangfarbenmelodie
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tone color melody
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Who is known for the twelve tone system?
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Shoenburg
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Variations for Orchestra was written by who and was the first piece to use this.
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Shoenburg, and the twelve tone system
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Shoenburg taught at these two schools
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Webern abd Berg
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Where did Shoenburg move during WW2?
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Hollywood, CA
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Where did Shoenbrug teach during WW2?
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UCLA
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atonal
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no tonality
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Who wrote Pierrot Lunaire?
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Shoenburg
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Pierrot Lunaire is composed of how many small songs?
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21
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Who wrote Peter and the Wolf?
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Prokifieff
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Each animal or character in Peter and the Wolf is represented by what?
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An instrument or section
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Was Prokofieff a great pianist?
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yes
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Was Prokofieff a young prodigy?
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Yes, he wrote songs at a very young age
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What was Prokofieff first symphony called?
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The 1st Symphony
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Where did Prokofieff live?
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Paris, and USA
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Where did Prokofieff live before Paris?
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Russia, but he left before the revolutuion
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When did Prokofieff return to Russia?
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The late 1930's which was under the soviet government
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Was Prokofieff's music censored by the government?
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Yes
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Who wrote the ballet of Romio and Juliet
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Prokofieff
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Where did Shostakovish live?
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Russia
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Many of Shostakovich's friends did what after displeasing the government?
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disappear
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Who wrote Lady Macbeth of the Mtsenky Region
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Shostakovich
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Who attended a performed of Lady Macbeth of the Mtsenky Region and was offended, and by what?
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Stalin, and by the sexual connotations
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After offending Stalin, how did Shostakovich rehabilitate himself?
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He wrote the fifth Symphony
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Who liveed in Boston during the colonial times?
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Billings
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Who wrote a lot for choral groups?
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Billings
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Who wrote mainly patriotic music or religious tunes?
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Billings
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Who wrote a sring quartet all on open strings in which the players had to retune their instruments?
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Benjamin Franklin
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Who was a pianist that wrote a lot for the piano and was considered as good as Lizst and stole African rhythms for his compositions?
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Gottshalk
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Who is known as the march king and wrote 100's of marches and had his own band as well as writing Stars and Stripes Forever?
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Sousa
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Who was the first great American composer?
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Ives
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Who was born in Connecticut
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Ives
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Whose father was a local bandmaster?
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Ives
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Who wrote pieces with lots of things going on at the same time?
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Ives
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Who managed and insurance company?
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Ives
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The profit Ives recieved from his insurance company allowed him to do what?
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Publish his music nad hire people to play it
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Whose @nd Symphony was written around 1901?
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Ives
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Ive's 2nd Symphony was never performed entierly until when?
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1951
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Ive's 2nd Symphony ends with what?
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a tone cluster
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tone cluster
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two or more adjacent notes played together
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Who wrote "Three Places in New England"
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Ives
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Which piece by Ives depicts a place in New England, and uses patriotic tunes, and the second movement is called Putmann's Camp, Redding CT?
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Three Places in New England
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What piece by Ives is a philisophical piece and has no references to patriotic tunes or popular tunes?
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The Unanswered Question
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Who is the most popular American composer?
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Gershwin
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Gershwin started in what field of music?
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Popular music and jazz
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Which American composer had great success writing for Hollywood and Broadway?
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Gershwin
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Who wrote the Opera Porgery and Bess?
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Gershwin
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Porgery and Bess calls for what?
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An all African American cast
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Who debuted Rhasphody in Blue and when?
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THe Paul Whitman Orchestra in 1924
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Who was the first composer to incorporate elements of jazz in his music?
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Gershwin
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Who was the most popular concert composer?
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Copland
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Which American traveled to Europe for further study and studied with Boulanger in Paris?
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Copland
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This composer's early music had a very dissonant quality to it.
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Copland
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Who is best known for 3 ballets; Rodeo, Billy the Kid, and Appalachian Spring
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Copland
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Which Copland Ballet took Cowboy tunes and starts with a piece called Open Prairie?
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Billy the Kid
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Rodeo was this composer's second ballet.
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Copland
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This ballet by Copland is about the Shakers and incorporates the song Simple Gifts
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Appalachian Spring
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This composer was always looking for new sounds.
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Edward Varese
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This composer was interested in science and architecture
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Varese
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One of Varese's most famous pieces
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Ionization
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Ionization is all for this section
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percussion, but there is a piano and a siren in the piece
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Who wrote Peome Electronique
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Varese
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What was Poeme Electronique written for?
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The World's Fair in 1958 and the Phillips Radio Corporation
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Who wrote Adagio for Stings?
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Samuel Barber
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What is the most frequently performed concert piece by and American composer?
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Adagio for Strings
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This composer was the pioneer of minimalism
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John Cage
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Who used the technique of prepared piano quite regularily
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John Cage
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Aleatoric
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music of chance (leaves a lot of options for the performers) which makes no two performances the same
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Whote wrote 4'33''
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John Cage
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Who wrote the operas Einstein on the Beach and The Voyage?
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Phillip Glass
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Who wrote the piece Glassworks?
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Phillip Glass
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Who writes operas inspired by current events?
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John Adams
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What was the Adams opera Nixon in China about?
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Nixons visit to China
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What was Adam's opera The Death of Klinghoffer about?
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Terrorist who took over a cruise ship and threw a Jewish man in a wheelchair overboard
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Which composers father was the 1st chair violinist in the Phil Harmonic Orchestra?
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Corigliano
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Whose 1st symphony was about AIDS and the loss of people to AIDS?
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Corigliano
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Corigliano's first symphony included what for his friend?
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The piece Albeniz which is a tango and one of his friends favorite pieces
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This composer had his first fame as a conductor
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Leonard Bernstein
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This composer was the regular conductor of the Phil Harmonic for 11 years
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Leonard Bernstein
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This composer made an impact on television by televising some of his performances
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Leonard Bernstein
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This composer did programs on CBS explaining music and current issues
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Leonard Bernstein
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This composer gave young peoples concerts
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Leonard Bernstein
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This composers music reflects his Jewish heritage
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Leonard Bernstein
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Bernstein wrote for Broadway, but what is his most famous show?
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West Side Story which was inspired by Romeo and Julie
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Who wrote a comic opera titled Candid?
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Leonard Bernstein
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Candid is inspired by what philosopher?
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Voltaire
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Which composer brought back the music of Mahler?
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Leonard bernstein
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Which conductor/composer performed all of Mahler's symphonies?
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Leonard Bernstein
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