Guess the Composer
An unmotivated student who liked to use his compositions to poke fun.
Who was Erik Satie?
A complex creation with music, lyrics, dialogue, choreography, staging, lights, sets, costumes, and usually orchestras.
What is musical theater?
Music not heard by characters in a film.
What is underscoring/non-diegetic
Duke Ellington renamed his band this in 1923.
What is the Washingtonians?
His style is described as tonal with no rules.
Who is Debussy?
Thought to be a combination of ragtime and dance music with a little blues influence.
What is Jazz?
Music that is heard by the characters in a film.
What is source/diegetic music?
Who are King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, and Jellyroll Morton?
The king of Ragtime
Who is Scott Joplin?
Used to describe art that is overthrowing accepted norms, deliberately challenging audiences.
What is avant-garde?
This changed how we listened to music forever.
What is Industrialization?
What is the creation of radios/recordings?
This composer was originally mediocre in piano.
Who is Debussy?
Was considered one of the first modernists.
Who is Maurice Ravel?
Syncopated rhythm against a straight accompaniment.
What is Ragtime?
A slight drop and slide in pitch on the third, fifth, or seventh scale degree.
What is a blue note?
This composer worked to preserve folk tunes.
Who is Ralph Vaughan Williams?
This composer reclaimed the national Spanish style by including folk tunes in his works.
Who is Manuel de Falla?
A return to the forms, structures, and aesthetics of earlier periods while incorporating elements of modern musical language.
What is neoclassical?
A new tune composed over a harmonic progression borrowed from a preexisting song
What is a contrafact?
A Debussy piece based on a symbolist poem about a half human half goat and his escapades in the woods.
What is Afternoon of a Faun?