The "Bergs"
A 12 note configuration arranged in a matrix of possiblities
What is "tone row"
Russian neo-classic composer who is most famous for his ballets and often incorporated aspects of Russian folk song into his music
Who is "Igor Stravinsky"
What a wonderful world to be called Satchmo by your closest friends. Name this Jazz artist.
Who is "Louis Armstrong"
A nationalist composer who drew on Euro-American vernacular traditions.
Who is "Aaron Copland"
“The greatest Negro city in the world" for the blending of African American culture, art, and music.
What is "Harlem, New York"
The art of image in reality, and it was mainly distorted to draw attention to the artist's feelings and thoughts.
Use of more than one rhythm, overlapping at the same time.
Melodic pitch bending often employed by blues singers.
What is the "blue note"
Composer for a very blue rhapsody, arranged for the Whiteman Orchestra.
Who is "George Gershwin"
Keyboard player known for his distinctly ragtime style.
Who is "Scott Joplin"
Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern make up this collection of composers, much like their predecessors Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
What is "the Second Viennese School"
This ballet sparked riots upon it's premiere in 1913.
What is "The Rite of Spring"
The birthplace of American Jazz, however there is nothing "new" about it.
What is "New Orleans"
American composer who created a chaotic march using fragments of patriotic & folk songs, polytonality, and polyrhythm.
Who is "Charles Ives"
"Take the A Train" features this legendary Jazz pianoist.
Who is "Duke Ellington"
The german word for "tone-color melody", in which each note of a melody is played by a different instrument.
What is "Klangfarbenmelodie"
The playing technique demonstrated by the upper string section: https://youtu.be/EkwqPJZe8ms?si=GeoXQe_RK6yeu7dZ&t=237
What is "pizzicato"
Improvisational singing using made up sounds, set to a rhythmic meter and harmonic structure.
What is "scat singing"
The neighborhood where many of the popular songwriters and publishers of the modernist era lived.
What is "Tin Pan Alley"
Featuring the "gut bucket" trumpet, as well as the raw, intimate, and emotional singing by this female Jazz singer. Extra points if you can name the song she sang.
Who is "Billie Holiday" singing "Billies Blues"
Berg's most well known Opera, telling the story of a mentally ill soldier battling hallucinations, who eventually kills himself and his lover.
The names of the two Ballets Russes commissions, one about a mythical bird and the other a clown.
What is "Firebird Suite" & "Petrushka"
A piano technique in which the left hand moves back and forth across the keyboard to create a full, driving sound.
What is "stride" piano
Appalachian Spring uses this well-known Shaker hymn.
What is "Simple Gifts".
Neoclassical composer who showed african american art in a progressive way.
Who is "William Grant Still"