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Louie's Biography
Louie's Music
Canadian Music
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Where was Louie born?
Vancouver, Canada
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What was Louie's first composition?
Molly
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Who gave North America its musical roots?
The Aboriginals
200
When did Louie begin her piano studies?
Age 7
200
Describe 1 element of Louie's musical style.
Louie’s style, a blend of East and West, draws on a wide variety of influences. Her music bears both traditional and non-traditional elements of Western music, poetic images, nature, and heavenly phenomena. Her earlier compositions were primarily concerned with using the sounds of Asian music. Since then, her style has acknowledged traditional structures, combined with an emphasis on expression.
200
What kind of music did Canadians listen to during the Great Depression?
Jazz (Swing)
300
For which mediums do Louie compose for?
Concert, dance, television, and film
300
What is unique about Distant Memories?
Instead of bar lines, the performance time is given in seconds (marked by “senza misura”)
300
What was the origin of Impressionistic music?
Impressionistic paintings (ex. Sunrise by Claude Monet)
400
Where did Louie receive her Bachelor of Music in Music History?
The University of British Columbia
400
What is Burnt Toast?
A series of 8 comic mini-operas for television
400
Which countries influenced Canadian music?
America, Britain, and France
500
What was the first major Canadian composition to be performed in Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts?
Wolf's Court
500
Name 3 of Louie's most recent compositions.
Infinite Sky With Birds, Wolf's Court, and Louie's Pursuit
500
What is the 12-tone method?
A technique in which all 12 notes of the octave have equal importance