Romantic
This genre involved sung texts accompanied by piano.
What are Lieder?
This style is often compared to the paintings of Claude Monet.
What is Impressionism?
The first genre of electronic music, made using manipulation of recording tape.
What is Musique Concrete?
4'33"
What is the 'silent' piece devised by John Cage.
This composer pioneered Leitmotif technique, as well as the Invisible Orchestra, and the concept of "Endless Melody" (Unendliche Melodie).
Who is Richard Wagner? (AKA Ricky the Racist)
This composer pioneered 12-tone serialism for this purpose.
Arnold Schoenberg, in order to erase the presence of a tonal center.
The first successful electronic instrument, which was played by moving one's hands through electromagnetic fields.
What is the Theremin?
This composer created the concepts of 'Deep Listening' and 'Sonic Meditations', which were centered on getting musicians to listen deeply to each other in aleatoric performance.
Who is Pauline Oliveros?
These kinds of melodies were thought to hold significant national meaning, and were often used in concert works.
What are folk tunes?
This piece is famous for causing a "riot" at its premier, though the story has often been exaggerated.
What is the Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky?
This piece was made using tape loop manipulation of the voice of a young Black man in order to make a political statement about police violence and the dehumanizing effects of the criminal system.
What is "Come Out" by Steve Reich.
Vox Balanae uses _ to recreate the sound of _.
Vox Balanae uses electronically amplified flute, cello, and piano played with significant extended technique in order to recreate the sound of whale song.
This composer wrote an average of 2-3 operas per year for 13 years before suddenly retiring from the stage.
Who is Gioachino Rossini?
Possibly the most serialized piece of music ever written.
What is "Structures" by Pierre Boulez.
This work fuses electronic sounds with a Puccini opera, and likely makes a statement about letting go of the past.
What is "Bye Bye Butterfly" by Pauline Oliveros.
This composer creates sound by touching plants.
Who is Angelica Negron?
This composer wrote the Heiligenstadt Testament.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
Who Cares if you Listen?
Not Milton Babbitt.
Olivier Messiaen wrote a symphony with this instrument as a primary soloist.
What is the Ondes Martenot?
This madman wrote the Helicopter String Quartet, for 2 violins, viola, and cello each in their own helicopter, hooked up to amplification, and with a choreographed flight plan.
Karlheinz Stockhausen.