Styles
Orchestra music that tells a story
What is Program Symphony
Developed the 12 tone system, wrote Pierrot Lunaire, and many other atonal pieces
What is Arnold Schoenberg
"The March King" who famously wrote "The Stars and Stripes Forever" and had an instrument named after him
Who is John Philip Sousa
Composer of "Symphonie Fantastique" whose story paralleled his own
Who is Hector Berlioz
Character theme developed by Wagner operas and still used in movies today
What is leitmotif
A song from the Romantic period that is accompanied by piano and for solo voice with lyrics from poetry
What is Art Song
Composer of operas like Flying Dutchmen, The Ring Cycle and Tristan and Isolde. He was interested in the "total art work" of opera
What is Richard Wagner
American composer of "Appalachian Spring" and many other notable distinctly American sounding pieces
Who is Aaron Copland
Composer of "Pictures at an Exhibition," nationalist, composed this piece for his friend's art exhibition
Who is Modest Mussorgsky
aleatory music where some of the music is left up to the performer's imagination
What is Chance music
Composition for solo instrument to build strength or speed or some other skill
What is Etude
Nationalist composer who wrote "The Moldau" to celebrate the famous river from his homeland in Czech Republic
Who is Smetana
Inventor of chance music; famous for 4'33", believed silence is music
What is John Cage
Composer of the 1812 Overture and many notable ballets like The Nutcracker
Who is Tchaikovsky
The 12 tone melody from 12 tone music
What is a tone row
A piece written for night frequently for piano, usually slow
What is Nocturne?
Wrote "In the Hall of the Mountain King" which was incidental music for the play Peer Gynt
Who is Edvard Grieg
Composer who experimented with polytonality and band music
Who is Charles Ives
Composer of many ballets such as "The Rite of Spring" and operas
Who is Stravinsky
Music that uses tape recorded music from nature and other electronic means in live performance
What is Musique Concrete?
Halfway between speaking and singing
What is Sprechstimme
French Impressionist composer who wrote "Sunken Cathedrals", focused on large blocks of sound, chord clusters, and polychords
What is Claude Debussy
Minimalist composer of opera such as Einstein on the Beach
What is Philip Glass
Balakirev, Cul, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky
Who are The Russian Five
The use of no tonal center or scale
What is Atonality?