Riddles (Name the Musician)
This happens when you spin a lot
Who is Dizzy Gillespie?
Swing, Big Band, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie
What is the 30's?
What is 1910 - present?
What a Wonderful World, Hello Dolly!, When the Saints Go Marching In, Dream a Little Dream of Me
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Became famous for his piece 4'33, a piece of complete silence for 4 minutes and 33 seconds
Who is John Cage?
Something every musician to do when singing/playing
Who is Count Basie?
Cool jazz, blues, B.B. King, Coleman Hawkins
What is the 50's?
Music that doesn't have a key or mode
What is atonal music?
It Don't Mean a Thing, Cotton Tail, Take the "A" Train
Who is Duke Ellington?
Considered the greatest American conductor of all time; wrote West Side Story
Who is Leonard Bernstein?
5,280 feet
Who is Miles Davis?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!
Dixieland, New Orleans Jazz, Louis Armstrong
What is the 20's?
Values were placed in these; no longer beauty
What is innovation and originality?
Milestones, Kind of Blue
Who is Miles Davis?
His piece, The Rite of Spring, made him extremely famous after a riot happened at his premiere
Who is Igor Stravinsky?
I fly high in the sky
Who is Charlie Parker?
Modal Jazz, John Coltrane, Miles Davis
What is the 60's?
These genres were developed during this time period (give me one of the genres)
What is jazz and atonal music?
Giant Steps, Blue Train, India
Who is John Coltrane?
Won the Pulitzer Prize for his piece Appalachian Spring; also nicknamed "Dean of American Music"
Who is Aaron Copland?
A locomotive with really nice air conditioning
Who is John Coltrane?
Charlie "Bird" Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bebop
What is the 40's?
There were changes in these music genres (give me one)
What are operas, symphonies, and chamber music?
Rhapsody in Blue, Summertime, I Got Rhythm, Porgy and Bess
Who is George Gershwin?
His music was heavily monitored for secret messages to other countries; showed immense disapproval to the Russian government through his music on the radio
Who is Dmitri Shostakovich?