Composers
This composer invented atonality through 12-tone serialism.
Who is Arnold Schoenberg?
Henry Cowell wrote this piece, which requires two performers because one has to hold the pedal down while the other runs their fingers around the strings.
What is The Banshee?
In jazz, it is customary to do this to the 8th notes.
What is swing the 8th notes?
In Impressionism, there are different scales used. Some of them are scales that use the same key signature, but start in the middle of the scale. The term we use to describe the seven different kinds of scales using this method are called these.
What are modes?
Golden won Best Song for visual media, and is part of this subgenre.
What is K-pop?
This composer wrote 4'33".
Who is John Cage?
We listened to a George Gershwin piece that said the 'I got this."
What is rhythm?
The Impressionist style requires blending of tones, and on piano, it is achieved many times by using this.
What is the damper pedal?
This term describes art that pushes the boundaries of what is traditionally defined as art.
What is avant-garde?
This Taylor Swift song broke the spotify streaming record upon its release in later 2022.
What is Anti-Hero?
We listened to this composer's 1st piano sonata, which incorporated both a 12-tone row, but also some Hispanic dance music to contrast the atonality.
Who is Alberto Ginastera?
Scott Joplin wrote many piano rags. Name one of them.
What is the Entertainer, Maple Leaf, Pineapple, and many others?
This is the term for accenting weak beats.
What is syncopation?
This term, used in making tone rows, refers to flipping the intervals the opposite direction. It is also a term used in making chords, particularly if there are slashes in the lead sheet.
What is inversion?
Olivia Rodrigo gained fame with this 2021 debut hit single.
What is Drivers License?
Claude Debussy and this composer were the foremost impressionists.
Who is Maurice Ravel?
George Crumb wrote this piece, which set music to the 12 zodiac symbols and incorporated pictures in the music.
What is Makrokosmos?
By making all 12 tones equal, this traditional aspect of music is completely removed.
What is harmony?
This style of music in the 20th century still hung onto the idea of phrasing and emotion, but used the dissonances created by atonalists to amplify those emotions.
What is neo-romanticism? (Neo-romantic)
The Weeknd album After Hours featured this hit song which topped the charts for multiple weeks, featuring 80s style synth sounds.
What is Blinding Lights?
This Australian composer wrote music for the Anne Landa preludes.
Who is Carl Vine?
Gyorgi Ligeti wrote this piece for 100 metronomes.
What is Poeme Symphonique?
In a 12-tone matrix, there is a prime, inversion, and these two other forms of the row to create 48 tone rows.
What are retrograde and retrograde inversion?
The system for creating atonality is also called this term that begins with the letter S.
What is serialism?
This Billie Eilish song won the 2026 Grammy Award for Song of the Year.
What is Wildflower?