20th century composers
List one 20th Century composer
Florence Price
Samuel Coleridge Taylor
Stravinsky
John Cage
Gershwin
Samuel Barber
20th centruy music comes after what era of music
Romantic Era
Famous composers such as Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven lived during which musical era
Classical Era
musical term for getting louder
crescendo
What is a ricochet bow stroke
Throwing the bow stroke on the string, heavy bounce
Who is Florence Price and why is she important
One of the first black women composers in the 20th century
When did the 20th Century era start and end? Approximately
1890-1980
What type of music came before the baroque era
what is the time signature of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Noveletten first movement
3/8
What is Binary form in music
What is Rounded Binary form
A B
A B A'
Tell me three things that set Price apart from other composers
Women
Black
In general classical music comes from a very biased part of history, explain some reasons why this statement is true
1892-1968
In general classical music comes from a very biased part of history, explain some reasons why this statement is true
White males composed most music
Only rich people could afford music and in general the money came from the slave trade
White males were given advantages to learn and pursue music on a professional level
Women were expected to get married and even if they were talented, once they got married, they stopped preforming
What is the date of the concert
How many movements are in a typical classical symphony?
Bonus: if you can list what the movements consist of
4
Allegro (fast movement)
Adagio (slow movement)
Minuet/Trio
Finale (faster than the Allegro)
Your mom had a baby, who is her son a family member of, and the amount of music in the womb during the time of her labor was substatnial
there are many answers to this question but the one I will take is your mom
What are 3 qualities of 20th century music that changed the general expectation for music during this time
-Tonally unstable
-Frequent rhythmic changes
-very specific dynamics
-The idea of "futurism"
-polyphonic texture
-Creative musical forms often in relation to previous forms
List two popular romantic Symphonies
Mahler, Dvorak, Mendelsohn, Brahms, Tchaikovsky
Count and clap this rhythm:
(this will be given to you from the teacher)
Pass/Fail
Mozart was a composer in the Classical era of music, and he is still considered one of the greatest musical geniuses of all time. What do scholars speculate is the reasoning for his genius?
He was a child prodigy with a photographic memory.
List three other 20th century composers other than Price and Coleridge-Taylor
John Cage
Stravinsky
Gershwin
Britten
List three other 20th century composers other than Price and Coleridge-Taylor
John Cage
Stravinsky
Gershwin
Britten
Bela Bartok was a famous classical composer in what era of music?
What is he most famous for composing
20th Century
Quartets
In the Key of A minor what notes would a half diminished chord include
Ab – Cb – Eb – Gb
What is the I, iii, IV, V, and vi chord in the key of E major
EM
G#m
AM
BM
C#m