Unraveling French Composers
Despite his heavy rejection of the term this composer is considered the founder of the Impressionist movement.
Claude Debussy
Primitivism is most strongly associated with the early music of which composer?
Igor Stravinsky
He started writing his own music at age 18 and wrote his first Broadway musical at the age of 20.
Aaron Copland
Was the first woman to win the Rome Prize in 1913.
Lili Boulanger
What nationality is Igor Stravinsky?
Russian
Aaron Coplands music had several phases, earlier works use this musical style as a heavy influence.
Jazz
Ravels best known piece is an orchestral work that reflects his fascination with other cultures music.
Bolero
In 1909, Igor Stravinsky was commissioned to compose music for this successful play.
The Firebird
In the later 1930s, this composer wrote pieces that drew on American folklore: Billy the Kid (1934), Rodeo (1942), Appalachian Spring (1944).
Aaron Copland
Ravel used this style in many of his pieces; artists became fascinated with ideas and styles from distant regions and drew inspiration from them.
Exoticism
Igor Stravinsky studied with which member of The Five?
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
A method of composing in which all pitches of a composition are derived from a special ordering of the twelve chromatic tones.
Twelve-tone system
Born into a family of musicians. Her older sister, _____ was one of the most influential composition teachers in the 20th century.
Nadia Boulanger
Igor Stravinsky in his later works focused on a style emphasizing balance, restraint, and wit.
Neoclassicism
Partly a reaction to the chaos of other music styles of the era, _____ calls for a steady pulse, clear tonality, and repetition of short melodic patterns.
Minimalism