Assignment #8
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- 3. sport Charles Ives played to connect with his friends and played at Yale University
- 6. cause of death of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor who died at age of 37
- 8. Country where composers such as Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky wore born
- 9. A music society created by Elena Pavlonva where Tchaikovsky would learn music theory
- 10. duration of Joan Tower's Made in America single movement that is based on America the Beautiful
- 12. name of a Bohemian semi slow dance that was very commonly used by Dvorak in his works
- 13. number of movement present in Antonín Dvořák's Czech Suite also known as Op 39
- 15. of the most recognizable works by Jean Sibelius and performed by VCU symphony recently
- 16. 20th Century African American Women composer who was student and roommate of Florence Price
- 17. instrument Charles Ives played in churches by the age of 12
- 19. the first instrument Antonín Dvořák learned to play as a child before continuing his music studies
- 21. 20th Century African American Women composer who was known for writing nationalistic works
- 23. the age of Louis Moreau Gottschalk when he had his New Orleans debut
- 24. pianist of the Paris conservatory who said "America is country of steam engines and not musicians"
- 25. nationality of Aaron Copland
- 26. African American poet that Samuel Coleridge-Taylor collaborated and wrote music to his poems
- 30. Musical director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra who was very influential to Aaron Copland's music
- 34. A barrel type organ that was given to Tchaikovsky when he was child to learn piano
- 36. theme that inspired many composers and artist in the 19th and 20th century
- 37. style of dance used in the second movement of Antonín Dvořák's Czech Suit
- 38. the instrument Dvořák was playing when he played under the tutelage of Bedřich Smetana
- 39. name of the monk who was the self named Czar in Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov
- 40. Dvorak's symphony also known as The New World where he used many African American Spirituals
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- 1. name of the piece written in 1944 by Aaron Copland for per Martha Graham's request for a ballet was originally titled Ballet for Martha
- 2. Gottschalk work composed 1862 that shows spectacular works that show American patriotism
- 4. piano student Gottschalk took when he was living in New York
- 5. the instrument Antonín Dvořák's father used to play as an amature
- 7. the name of the piece Gottschalk performed in Rio right before he collapsed weeks before dying
- 11. Anna Dvorak sister who at first Antonin Dvorak was attracted to before marrying the older sister
- 13. quick and fiery Bohemian dance typically in 2/4 time
- 14. U.S president that received Samuel Coleridge-Taylor at the white house in 1904
- 18. Bohemian/Czech composer of the 19th century that known for using folk dances in his works and incorporating the New World
- 20. American composer born on October 20th of 1874 in Connecticut
- 22. British University where Dvorak and Tchaikovsky were given Doctorates of Music
- 27. musical element used by Charles Ives that was very much discouraged by his music professors at Yale University
- 28. the age Samuel Coleridge-Taylor when he started taking music lessons at the Royal College of Music
- 29. 19th Century Finnish novel that influence Sibelius and many others including JR Tolkien
- 31. Publisher name that Brahms and Dvorak used to publish their works and published the Czech Suite by Dvorak
- 32. two different tonal centers happening at the same time in music much used by Ives
- 33. the name of Bedrich Smetana's cousin to whom he wrote a Polka for and is his oldest surviving work
- 35. where Gottschalk had a concert tour in the year 1854 when traveling through the Caribbean