Wrote classical music using folk and Jazz tunes
Aaron Copland
Focused on the mood and atmosphere
Impressionism
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Clair De Lune: Claude Debussy
By Aaron Copland
a Cowgirl lives on a ranch and tries to win the heart of the head wrangler
Rodeo
French Impressionist composer. Wrote Clair de Lune
Claude Debussy
No real key, notes chosen at random
Atonalism
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"Hoedown" from Rodeo: Aaron Copland
By Aaron Copland
Follows the Life of a well-known "outlaw" in New Mexico
Billy the Kid
From Russia. Wrote the Ballet "Rite of Spring"
Igor Stravinsky
Utilized jazz/folk music, more enjoyable to the "everyday person"
American Classical Music
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Rite of Spring: Igor Stravinsky
By Igor Stravinsky
Takes Place in prehistoric Russia and uses unfamiliar choreography
Impressionist Composer AFTER Claude Debussy
Maurice Ravel
Sequence of Whole and Half steps in a Major Scale
W W H W W W H
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"Suite for Piano": Arnold Schoenberg
Which President did Aaron Copland write a piece of music about?
Abraham Lincoln
Known for atonal music
Arnold Schoenberg
A scale used in Impressionist music. Sounds very dreamy and mysterious
Whole Tone Scale
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What type of music would you use this tool for?
Atonalism