When it came to Russian nationalism in the nineteenth century, this group packed a punch.
What was the Mighty Handful? [Mighty Five]
100
Unexpectedly for this genre, this work focused on racial prejudice.
What is South Pacific?
200
ANSWER: He wrote music in which several melodies in different keys sound at once.
Who was Charles Ives?
200
It unfolds in twelve-bar form with an a-a-b scheme per verse.
What is the blues?
200
Of all the composers in history, he’s credited with inventing serialism.
Who is Arnold Schoenberg?
200
This Bohemian composer wrote a furiant with a lively hemiola.
Who was Bedrich Smetana?
200
He took a play by Shakespeare as inspiration for a Broadway musical.
Who was Leonard Bernstein?
300
DAILY DOUBLE! Need title of whole work, section heard in this excerpt, composer, style period.
Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Finale
Johannes Brahms
Romanticism
300
The name of this work refers to a song, to a Broadway musical, and to a jazz version by a famous saxophonist.
What is “Lady Be Good?”
300
29 May 1913
When did The Rite of Spring premiere?
300
Although she was born in a country suffering from a cultural inferiority complex, she wrote music that has been compared to that of Brahms rather than nationalist works.
Who was Amy Beach?
300
DAILY DOUBLE! composer (first and last name), nationality, compositional technique
Charles Ives
American
Collage
400
It was one of the first established bands that John Philip Sousa worked with.
What is the Marine Band?
400
With his “royal” first name, he and his band played at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
Who was Duke Ellington?
400
Interested in many styles, this French composer was especially drawn to the sound of the Javanese gamelan.
Who was Claude Debussy?
400
DAILY DOUBLE! composer, title with key, style period.
Symphony No. 40 in G minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Classical
400
Both of these theatrical genres use spoken dialogue instead of recitative.
What are operetta and the musical?
500
Lerner and Loewe, Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Who were composer-lyricist teams writing Broadway musicals?
500
Daily Double! composer, title, style period
La Soiree dans Grenade (Evening in Grenada)
Claude Debussy
Modernism (Impressionism)
500
Played without direct contact by the performer, this early electronic instrument was important in avant-garde music and also taken up by the Beach Boys. [two antennae—frequency and amplitude—sound sent to loudspeaker]
What is the theremin?
500
His simple language and hollow-sounding chords are often associated with a quintessentially American spirit.
Who was William Billings?
500
This famous lyricist-composer team wrote South Pacific.