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These three composers left the USSR after the Russian Civil War in 1921
Who are Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Rachmaninoff and what do they have in common?
These two sisters were prominent Belle Epoque musicians, the younger sister was a composer and the older a prominent teacher
Who were Lili and Nadia Boulanger?
This insurance salesman used polytonality and musical quotation long before the mainstream
Who was Charles Ives?
The composer of the 1931 oratorio Balshazzar's Feast, trained at Christ Church in Oxford
Who was William Walton?
This genre precursor to Jazz featured heavy slave music influence, 12 bar song form, cathartic themes, and call and response
What is blues?
This work of Shostakovich's is known as his "rehabilitation work"
What is Symphony #5?
This French Impressionist composer also incorporated Neoclassical elements in his music
A huge commercial success, this composer is best known for his Rhapsody in Blue
Who is George Gershwin?
This composer of English opera emphasized themes of social ostracization and pacifism
Who is Benjamin Britten?
This bandleader catered his compositions to the strengths of his performers, such as in his signature tune "Take the A Train"
Who is Duke Ellington?
Wrote some badass piano sonatas, Love for Three Oranges, left the USSR for a hot minute, also wrote a bunch of ballets
Who is Prokofiev?
Known for his highly disciplined serial language, this pupil of Messaien went on to composer "Structures"
Who is Pierre Boulez?
This leading figure in American Ballet commissioned Appalachian Spring
Who is Martha Graham?
This prominent composer of both vocal and orchestral music drew heavily on folk songs for his music, later edited The English Hymnal
Who was Ralph Vaughan Williams?
This early Jazz trumpeter popularized scat and soloists
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Stalin hated this opera and this composer was shook af, ran against policies of "Socialist Realism"
What is "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" by Shostakovich?
Known for his complex and original theory, this French composer wrote many organ works and pioneered integral serialism
Who is Olivier Messaien?
Largely self-taught, this composer created many new piano techniques and wrote "New Musical Research"
Who is Henry Cowell?
The "wild child" of English music, this composer studied with Sessions and Babbitt at Princeton before composing "Eight Songs for a Mad King"
Who was Jelly Roll Morton?
From 1921-mid 1930s, this policy in the USSR allowed for relative artistic freedom
What is the New Economic Policy?
This school opened to balance the Paris Conservatory's emphasis on Opera
What is the Schola Cantorum?
This pianist "realized" many of John Cage's works
Who is David Tudor?
This WWI poet wrote the English text in Britten's War Requiem
Who was Wilfred Owen?
This saxophonist was an important soloist in Count Basie's band
Who was Lester Young?