Unit 3
Across
- 1. U.S. Naval ship that mysteriously disappeared near the Bermuda Triangle
- 3. Opera composed by Gershwin, originally considered a failure
- 11. English composer who wrote Crown Imperial as a British coronation anthem
- 13. This orchestral composition featured four french taxi horns for it’s premiere
- 14. The only completed opera of Modest Mussorgsky
- 15. A most popular work of Jean Sibelius bearing the name of his home country
- 16. Dissenting theologian from the Czech Republic
- 19. Composer of Ethiopia’s Shadow in America
- 21. A patron of Tchaikovsky to whom he dedicated Symphony no. 4 in F minor
- 25. Instrument played professionally by Dvorak’s father
- 26. Chicago pianist who received national recognition alongside Florence Price
- 29. Quintessentially American composer, ironically a victim of McCarthyism
- 30. This composer was a southerner of the U.S., and a staunch abolitionist
Down
- 2. This French pianist denied Louis Gottschalk admission to the Paris Conservatory
- 4. Composer of Louisa’s Polka
- 5. Antonin Dvorak dedicated his String Quartet no.9 to this composer
- 6. Modernist composer, slow to recognition, born in Connecticut
- 7. French music educator who instructed Copland in composition
- 8. Friend and insurance agency business partner to Charles Ives
- 9. Pianist, writer, and wife of Joaquin Rodrigo
- 10. A medium tempo bohemian dance counted in 3
- 12. President that invited Samuel Coleridge-Taylor to the white house
- 17. Location of Aaron Copland’s New York studio apartment near Carnegie Hall
- 18. This American composer gained recognition for her composition about a large tree
- 20. Joaquin Rodrigo composition considered a fundamental of classical guitar repertoire
- 22. The original title of Appalachian Spring
- 23. Copland resided in this famous hotel in NYC
- 24. Founder of the St. Petersburg Conservatory
- 27. This Longfellow poem was divided into 3 parts and set to music by Coleridge-Taylor
- 28. Charles Ives played this sport at Yale