1
How many presents of water on earth is in the state of river?
0.0002
Which device is often used by composers to attribute a distinctive character to the rivers?
personification
What does simply speaking, genres that are programmatic use instruments only (without vocalists sing lyrics) to depict storylines called?
Programs
How many presents of water on earth is in water?
5
How many presents of water are locked up in glaciers, polar ice caps, atmosphere, and soil; highly polluted; or lies too far under the earth’s surface to be extracted at an affordable cost?
45
Except from music, what is Vaughan Williams’s second degree
History
For example, during the nineteenth century—a time of considerable political upheaval in Europe—a piece of music that celebrated a recognizable feature of a country, such as a beloved river, could uphold patriotic pride. We call this compositional approach “__________.”
nationalism
What does scherzo mean?
joke
Why did John Luther Adams present Become Ocean
in response to a commission by the Seattle Symphony.
What is the operatic word of soloists singing “songs”?
arias
The structure which intermixed vocal sections for chorus+orchestra, soloist+orchestra, soloist+chorus+orchestra is called?
cantata-anthem
What is palindrome
after the half point, the music is played reverse
Even later, when he did start to compose conventional symphonies, he avoided numbering them for another ____ years.
40
How long did Vaughan Williams labored for A Sea Symphony
That is the name of the last movement in the “Symphony: Water Music”?
Gale
Although Vaughan Williams was a staunch advocate for ________, he also felt that his nation should contribute to “the larger world of music, something that would enrich music for all listeners, not just those who shared geographic borders.”
British Music.
what Is the speech-like passage called?
recitatives
What is leitmotif?
gave the river its own melody
What is chromatic mediant?
the substitution of the lowered chord
Larsen describes the scherzo as “Queen Mab-like,” in reference to the fairy in Shakespeare’s play ______, who is reputed to dash around at night, bringing restless dreams to sleepers.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
organized her elementary school classmates into choirs on the ______ and taught them to sing the parts she’d written.
playground
Unlike many composers today, Larsen has been able to make her living solely through _________, without taking on additional tasks as a teacher or performer.
composing
The solo baritone then takes over, and the music is soon filled with ___________ as the melodic line mimics the rise and fall of the waves.
word painting
What is a tone poem?
a tone poem is a single-movement programmatic work for orchestra.
Within the United States, Alaska takes the lead among the fifty states, with over _____ lakes!
three million