Composers
The composer known as "The March King."
Who is John Philip Sousa?
The instrument that was invented by John Philip Sousa so that tubas could march in a parade.
What is a sousaphone?
A professional music school.
What is a conservatory?
The full name for the instrument that we now refer to as the "piano."
What is the pianoforte?
An outstanding performer, especially in music.
What is a virtuoso?
She is the first female composer to rank with highly educated musicians.
Who is Amy Beach?
The most famous march written by John Philp Sousa in which the trio is the most well-known section.
What is "The Stars and Stripes Forever"?
Before his father made him join the military, John Philip Sousa was planning on running away to join this when he was 13.
What is the circus?
Pedal on the right that holds tones, connecting one to another for a legato melody line.
What is the damper pedal?
A harsh, more restless sound.
What is dissonance?
He was an American composer especially known for his piano music that reflects the variety of cultures he was raised in.
Who is Louis Moreau Gottschalk?
The dramatic, highly rhythmic section in a march that is also sometimes called the "dogfight."
What is the break?
Someone born in this country of a foreign family.
What is Creole?
A song that captures the mood or character of its subject in musical terms.
What is a character piece?
The use of musical ideas that are identified with a specific country, region, or ethnicity.
What is nationalism?
He was an African American composer often referred to as, "The King of Ragtime."
Who is Scott Joplin?
The section in a march that is sweeter, softer, and more lyrical than the others.
What is the trio?
The music is described as "for the people."
What is vernacular music?
The pedal in the center that sustains some notes while others sound cleanly above them
What is the sostenuto pedal?
A technique in which a melody or theme recurs throughout the piece, varied in tempo, timbre, rhythm, meter, accompaniment, etc.
What is theme and variations?
He was a Czech composer who showed a fascination with the music of African and Native Americans.
Who is Antonin Dvorak?
The meter that most marches are written in to correspond with the LEFT-right-LEFT marching pattern.
What is duple meter?
The famous large recital hall built in New York City in 1891 where prestigious musicians perform.
What is Carnegie Hall?
The pedal on the piano that shifts the keyboard so it only plays on one string--also sometimes known as the "soft" pedal.
What is the una corda?
A group of composers who lived in the New England, mostly around Boston, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
What is the Second New England School?