March Fun
What is Karl King's most famous march titled?
Barnum and Bailey's Favorite
This composer died in his sleep after weeks of illness.
Richard Strauss
This composer was offered honorary doctorates of music twice, but turned them down.
Percy Grainger
Grainger uses the same melody in three of his pieces. Name them.
Australian Up-Country Tune
Colonial Song
The Gum-Suckers March
E.E. Bagley began at age 9 as a vocalist and comedian with what company of entertainers?
Leavitt's Bellringers
This composer worked as an insurance salesman to provide his living.
Charles Ives
This composer won the 1839 Prix de Rome award.
Charles Gonoud
The first three notes of the Chaccone (1st movement) of Holst's "First Suite in Eb" are what?
Eb, F, C
1987
Name the amusement park near where Robert Russell Bennett grew up and went to. This inspired the piece "Suite of Old American Dances"
Electric Park
This composer taught at Mills College in Oakland, CA and Dave Brubeck was one of his students.
Darius Milhaud
What is the marked tempo for the 3rd movement of Milhaud's "Suite Francaise"
Half note = 112
This march was played during John Philip Sousa's funeral procession.
Semper Fidelis
These two works from this unit that are original band works later transcribed for orchestra
Holst - Hammersmith
Schoenberg - Theme and Variations, Op. 43a
This composer won the Prix de Rome prize in 1900
Florent Schmitt
Which work did Strauss premiere as a conductor/composer, but not rehearse prior?
Suite in Bb, Op. 4
These 3 pieces were sold to the publisher to profit less than $40!
National Emblem - E.E. Bagley
Washington Post - J.P. Sousa
Semper Fidelis - J. P. Sousa
This composer didn't compose any original works for winds
Johannes Brahms
This composer won the Pulitzer Prize in 1956
Ernst Toch
Hummel is interesting as he wrote a mandolin sonata...what piece of his did we study?
Octet Partita in Eb