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In jazz, a new melody composed over an existing harmonic progression borrowed from another song
What is a contrafact?
100
Term coined by Varese to describe a body of sounds characterized by a particular timbre, register, rhythm, or melodic gesture, which may remain stable or may be transformed as it recurs.
What is a "sound mass" "sound cloud"?
100
This composer wrote "The Unanswered Question"
Who is Charles Ives
100
This famous teacher lived in France and taught many American composers including Phillip Glass and Aaron Copland.
Who is Nadia Boulanger?
100
The composer and his/her composition is associated with Minimalism
Who is LaMonte Young (The Tortoise: His Dreams and Journey), Terry Riley (In C), Steve Reich (Drumming, Piano Phases, Clapping Music), et al
200
A contrafact on Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm"
What is "Rhythm Changes"
200
This electronic instrument was used in Messiaen's famous Turangalila Symphonie.
What is the ondes martenot
200
This composer wrote "War Requiem"
Who is Benjamin Britten
200
This woman received the first pullitzer prize in music given to a woman for her work, "Symphony No. 1"
Who is Ellen Taaffe Zwillich?
200
The composer and his/her composition is associated with post minimalism
Who is Steve Reich (Tehillim), Phillip Glass (Einstein on the Beach, Akhnaten), John Adams (Phrygian Gates, Harmonielehere, Nixon in China, Short Ride in a Fast Machine, On the Transmigration of Souls, Doctor Atomic), et al
300
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What is the 12-bar blues?
300
What does MIDI stand for?
What is Musical Instrument Digital Interface
300
This composer wrote "West End Blues"
Who is King Oliver
300
What are some reasons why music written by women has been ignored in earlier music history textbooks?
What is … -women had limited to n access to positions of power (kapellmeister, director of music positions) -women were excluded from counterpoint classes in conservatories of the 19th century and earlier. -women tended not to be style makers because of their limited access to counterpoint classes.
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The composer and his/her composition is associated with accessible Modernism
Who is Gyorgy Ligeti (Atmospheres, Requiem, Luxaeterna - all 3 used in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Other works by Ligeti: Vertige, Poeme Symphonique (for 100 metronomes)
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This famous nightclub in New York City was home to one of the greatest jazz performers and composers, Duke Ellington.
What is The Cotton Club?
400
This approach to composing leaves some decisions normally made by the composer to chance, such as the rolling of a die.
What is chance?
400
This composer wrote Gesang der Junglinge (Song of the Youths)
Who is Karlheinz Stockhausen
400
Name 2 or more women composers working today (other than Dr. Carol or myself)
Who is . . . Jennifer Higdon (2010 Pullitzer Prize winner), Libby Larsen, Joan Tower, Sofia Gubaidulina, Thea Musgrave, Emma Lou Diemer, et al
400
The composer and his/her composition is associated with Nationalism (Canada)
Who is Claude Champagne (Village Dance, Canadian Suite)
500
Music or sounds heard by the characters in a film
What is diegetic music?
500
This book, written by Olivier Messiaen, outlines the ways in which he incorporates meditation and contemplation in his music.
What is "The Technique of My Musical Language"
500
This famous composition was originally titled 8'37"
What is "Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima"
500
Name 2 important women conductors working today
Who is . . . JoAnn Falletta, Marin Alsop, Jane Glover, Xian Zhang among others
500
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Who is Ernst Krenek (Johnny spielthof). Who is Kurt Weill (Threepenny Opera)
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