American Composers
This composer wrote 4'33".
Who is John Cage?
This person performed the National Anthem at Superbowl LX (2026).
Who is Charlie Puth?
What is polytonal?
When notes of a chord clash together or sound harsh by being half or whole steps apart.
What is tone cluster?
This era ended with the death of J.S. Bach in 1750.
What is the Baroque Era?
This composer is considered a minimalist composer, and wrote the film score for "The Truman Show."
Who is Philip Glass?
This famous ballet caused a riot from the audience on its opening night.
What is The Rite of Spring?
Pounding rhythms and heavy accents.
What is primitivism?
Music based on multiple repetitions and subtle variations of a few ideas over a long span of time with slow rate of change.
What is minimalism?
This era saw the creation of notated music within Gregorian Chant.
What is the Renaissance or Medieval?
This composer wrote Appalachian Spring and composed pieces with Pioneer themes and folk tunes.
Who is Aaron Copland?
This composer created serialism and experimented with mathematical aspects of composition through a 12 tone matrix.
Who is Arnold Schoenberg?
Layering of themes as more people enter a scene.
What is additive form?
This American composer is known for his Virtual choir projects.
Who is Eric Whitacre?
This era occurred between 1820 and 1900.
What is the Romantic Era?
This composer wrote West Side Story, a musical based on Romeo and Juliet.
Who is Leonard Bernstein?
Recite the first line of the Ruston High Alma Mater.
What is "Firmly founded Alma Mater, Mother true is she"?
Music where certain elements are left to chance.
What is Chance Music or Aleotoric music?
Name 2 of the artists previously discussed for Modern Era/20th century?
Who is...
Matisse, Kandinsky, Wei Wei, Kirchner, Lawrence, Warhol, Richter, Rodrigue?
The modern era came after this era.
What is the Romantic Era?
This composer was known as the "Dean of African American composers".
Who is William Grant Still?
This composer was considered the first significant American composer and asked "The Unanswered Question".
Who is Charles Ives?
This term describes electronic music with slide shows, films, or light shows
What is mixed media?
More composers during the Modern Era were from this country than any other era.
Where is America?
Beethoven and Mozart were both composers within this era.
What is the Classical Era?