Porgy and Bess
Speech-like singing typically in operas but also used in Porgy and Bess
What is Recitative?
Take the A-Train is about this
What is taking the correct train to get to the jazz bars?
Composer of Crenendum
Who is William Schuman?
Problem Soviet musicians encountered when trying to go to the U.S.
What is fingerprinting?
The Lacy Zarubin agreement
What is the one-for-one cultural exchange agreement between the U.S. and U.S.S.R?
Porgy and Bess is said to be part of both of these genres
What are opera and musical?
VOA went live 56 days after this event
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Orchestral ensemble established in Stuggart Germany in 1952
What is The Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra?
The orchestra stops playing and the unaccompanied soloist displays virtuosic techniques
What is a Cadenza?
The person who made the arrangement of "Colorado Trail" used by Leonard Warren
Who is Thomas Jefferson Scott?
Three reasons why the Nazis didn't like Porgy and Bess
What is it was from the U.S., the composer was Jewish, and it was associated with Jazz and African-Americans.
Reason for which Louis Armstrong canceled his State Department tour
What is he was unhappy with Eisenhower's response to the crisis at Little Rock?
3 movements if Crenendum?
What are Declaration, Chorale, and Finale?
When a violinists' bow connects with two strings simultaneously
What are double-stops?
The three knights
Who are Benny Anderson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, and Tim Rice?
Opera who gave the European premiere
What is the Danish Royal Opera?
Henderson and his arranger Don Redman (1900–64) are credited with four primary innovations about "Big Band Jazz"
What are increased the band size, employed sectional writing (Block voicing), Call-and-response, and extensive riffs?
Two ways in which Shostakovich twisted the scherzo-and-trio form
What are duple meter instead of the traditional triple and featuring Dies Irae?
The subtitle of Piano Concerto No.1
What is Allegro Non Troppo E Molto Maestoso?
Tempo marking of Embassy Lament
What is scherzando?
Porgy and Bess was the first American work shown in this foremost opera theatre in the world
What is La Scala?
Type of rhythm used throughout "Remember Who You Are"
What is swing rhythm?
Day on which the Zhandov decree issued
What is February 10, 1948?
Requirements for the three rounds of the Tchaikovsky Competition
What are polyphonic work, Russian or Soviet composers and also had to perform a composition from their native land, and a new work, commissioned specifically for the 1958 competition?
The key and form used in Colorado Trail
What is E major and A-A-B-A?