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- 3. This work is a set of six symphonic poems composed by Bedrich Smetana. One of the more famous pieces in this set is titled "The Moldau”.
- 6. This person was an American composer and virtuoso pianist. The Paris Conservatoire rejected his application without hearing play because he was American. Two notable works include: “Bamboula” and “Union” (Last name only).
- 7. This piece was composed by Tchaikovsky in 1880 to commemorate the Russian defense against Napoleon. It is one of Tchaikovsky’s more popular works and is famous for its use of canons.
- 8. This person was a Russian composer of the Romanic period. Notable works include: “The Nutcracker”, “Swan Lake”, and the “1812 Overture” (Last name only).
- 12. This was a French composer and teacher. Two notable students include Joaquín Rodrigo and Xian Xinghai (Last name only).
- 13. This person was an American composer, conductor, teacher, and writer. Referred to by his peers as "the Dean of American Composers” (Last name only).
- 15. Bedrich Smetana’s oldest surviving work.
- 17. This person was a French music teacher and conductor. Famous students include Aaron Copland, George Walker, and Philip Glass (Last name only).
- 18. This piece is George Gershwin’s first published work (First part of the name only).
- 23. A region in the Czech Republic. Its name translates to “home of the Boii”.
- 27. This is a fast Bohemian dance. The composer Antonín Dvořák used this dance in the fifth movement of his “Czech suite”.
- 28. This opera was composed by Modest Mussorgsky between 1868 and 1873. It is the composers only completed opera.
- 29. This piece was composed by Charles Ives and is an arrangement of the traditional American tune “My Country, 'Tis of Thee”.
- 30. This piece was composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1879. The piece was listed as op.39 when it should have been listed as op.55. The piece has five movements.
- 31. This person was an American modernist composer. Famous for his use of bi-tonality and polytonality. Two works include: “Three Places in New England” and “Variations on America” (Last name only).
- 32. This piece was composed by Charles Ives and is the last song in his five-song cycle “Five Street Songs”.
- 33. This is an orchestral march composed by William Walton and was commissioned for the Coronation of King George VI.
- 36. This is a ballet whose music was composed by Aaron Copland upon commission by the choreographer Martha Graham.
- 38. This a classical guitar concerto composed by Joaquín Rodrigo. It is the first of his 11 concertos and is one of his best know works.
- 39. This person was a Bohemia composer and is regarded as the father of Czech music. Two notable works include: “Má Vlast” and “The Bartered Bride” (Last name only).
- 41. This person was a Bohemia composer and often incorporated many idioms of folk music in their works. Two notable works include: “New World Symphony” and “Czech Suite” (Last name only).
- 42. This person was a Romanic period British composer. Two works include: “The Song of Hiawatha” and “Summer is gone” (Last name only).
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- 1. A cycle of five songs composed by Charles Ives. The last song in the cycle is titled “Circus Band”.
- 2. This is a symphonic tone poem composed by Jean Sibelius. The piece was written in 1899 for a political demonstration against the Russian Empire.
- 4. This person was a German music publisher who was notable for publishing most of the music of Antonín Dvořák and Johannes Brahms (Last name only).
- 5. This is an orchestral composition by Joan Tower. It is composed in a single movement and the main theme of the piece is based on the song “America the Beautiful”.
- 9. This person was an English composer. Famous works include: “Crown Imperial”, “Façade”, and “Orb and Sceptre” (Last name only).
- 10. This opera was composed by Giacomo Puccini and is loosely based on the Musical “Rent”.
- 11. This piece was composed by Louis Moreau Gottschalk and contains themes from "The Star Spangled Banner”, "Yankee Doodle”, and "Hail Columbia”.
- 14. This piece was composed by Charles Ives and is also known as “Orchestral Set No. 1”. One of Ives's most performed compositions.
- 16. This is a jazz-influenced orchestral piece composed by George Gershwin. Inspired by the time that he spent in Paris.
- 19. This piece was composed by Florence Price in 1932. It is a vaguely programmatic piece and its three movements are intended to portray: “The Arrival of the Negro in America when first brought here as a slave”, “His Resignation and Faith”, and “His Adaptation, a fusion of his native and acquired impulses”.
- 20. This person was an American composer, pianist, and educator. They’re famous for teaching Aaron Copland and George Gershwin (Last name only).
- 21. This person is a Finnish composer and one of the most notable symphonic composers from Scandinavian. Two notable works include “Finlandia” and “Valse Triste” (Last name only).
- 22. A collection of three cantatas composed by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. The first cantata is titled “Hiawatha's Wedding Feast”.
- 24. This person was an American composer and pianist. Famous works include: “Rhapsody in Blue”, “An American in Paris”, and “Summertime” (Last name only).
- 25. This person was a Bohemia theologian, philosopher, and religious reformer. Said to have been singing hymns as he was burned at the stake for blasphemy against the Catholic Church (Last name only).
- 26. This person was a blind Spanish composer. Two works include “Concierto de Aranjuez” and “Canción del cucú” (Last name only).
- 34. This person was a Russian composer from the Romantic period. They often incorporated many aspects of Russian history and folklore in their works. Two notable works include: “Boris Godunov” and “Night on Bald Mountain” (Last name only).
- 35. This composer was the first black woman to have a symphonic work premiered by a major American orchestra (Last name only).
- 37. This is a semi-slow Bohemian dance. The composer Antonín Dvořák used this dance in the third movement of his “Czech suite”.
- 40. This person is an American composer, pianist, and conductor. Some works include: “Made in America”, “Sequoia”, and “Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman” (Last name only).