Concepts
How did the musical themes in Star Wars mimic Richard Wagner's compositional style?
Each main character is assigned their own musical theme
Who wrote the jazz standard "summertime" for the show Porgy and Bess?
George Gershwin
Where were American musicals most written and produced?
Broadway, New York
It was too expensive
Who wrote the music for Star Wars?
John Williams
What feature is typical of musicals?
The story is told through one song after another
Who was the composer for Jesus Christ Superstar and Phantom of the Opera?
George Lloyd Webber
What are the musical techniques that were part of Charles Ives's style?
Polytonality and rhythmic complexity
In early video game music, the electronic and melodically simple music was called ______
Chiptunes
Whose music often includes instruments and melodic structures from Asian and European cultures?
Nancy Van de Vate
What subject formed the basis for most broadway musicals in the 1920's and 30's?
Romantic love
Which organization premiered Afro-American Symphony in 1931?
Rochester Philharmonic
What is polytonality?
The use of two or more keys at the same time in a composition
Who wrote the ballet, Appalachian Spring?
Aaron Copland
Which composer wrote Chernobyl, a work inspired by the terrible nuclear disaster that happened in Ukraine in 1986?
Nancy Van de Vate
“The Jazz Age” refers to a time when jazz spread from New Orleans to many parts of the country. When did this occur?
the 1920's
Who was the first African–American woman to write a symphonic work and have it performed by a major symphony orchestra?
Florence B. Price
What type of ensemble was created out of the need for more sound to fill large dance halls?
Big Bands
What occurrence is depicted musically in Charles Ives's Three Places in New England?
Two marching bands playing in the same parade
Who composed Afro-American Symphony?
William Grant Still
What was a way in which the “big band” swing style of jazz differ from New Orleans jazz?
Collective improvisation was no longer featured.
Who was the most important jazz soloist in the Chicago style?
Louis Armstrong on trumpet
The blues, as an idiom, was most influenced by which of the following?
Field hollers and work songs
The swing era is associated with what time period, city, and ensemble?
1935–1950, New York, Big Band
________ was a famous ragtime player from the turn of the century, whose “Maple Leaf Rag” is still performed today.
Scott Joplin