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22 Cards in this Set
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Won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize in music?
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Ellen Toaffe Zwilich
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"Concerto Grosso"
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Ellen Toaffe Zwilich
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"Short Ride on a Fast Machine"
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John Adams
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Won 2003 Pulitzer Prize for "On the Transmigration of Souls"
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John Adams
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"Poeme Electronique"
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Edgard Varese
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What is chance music?
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composer gives guidelines, but very broad
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What is serialism?
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ordering of all materials prior to composition (not just pitches)
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Who wrote 4:33?
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John Cage
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Characteristics of Minimalist music
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steady pulse, clear tonality, insistent repetition of short, melodic patterns
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Where was western swing developed?
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Oklahoma
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Extra Credit:
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Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Varese: Poeme Electronique, Bach
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Folk music festival is held..
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Ashville NC
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Where did jazz originate
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New Orleans
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What is Victrolla?
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record player you had to wind up
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Who is Thomas Dorsy?
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successful blues singer but lost money in depression, changed from blues to gospel and founded National Association of Gospel Music
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Who is Meryl Travis?
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great guitarist who talked about Honky tonk in movie
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Lefty Frizzell?
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bar room singer, influenced George Jones
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Who is Louis Armstrong?
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creating music as you go, great trumpet player, set the stage for jazz
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The first important gospel singing group was...
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Fiske Jubilee Singers
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2 things that jazz has to have...
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improvisation and swing
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Who was Bill Monroe?
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cross eyed, didnt read music, had excellent hearing, innovator in blue grass music
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Who is Hank Williams?
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greatest legacy in country music, can blend honkytonk/country western/blue
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