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- 3. French composer and critic who was heavily influenced by Asian music, impressionism, and symbolism among others; his harmonic innovations were profoundly influential
- 4. Pianist and composer whose works, such as "Maple Leaf Rag," defined ragtime
- 13. _________ Talking Machine Company: American record company and phonograph manufacturer, founded in 1901
- 14. A performance practice in which the music is created as it is being performed
- 15. French pianist and composer who was aligned with the surrealist and dadaist movements in art; his challenges to the classical tradition deeply influenced the French and American avant-garde
- 16. Artistic movement originating in Italy that celebrates the machine age and advocated for music based on noise rather than on musical pitches
- 18. Bohemian pianist, composer, conductor, teacher and music critic, recognized as the “father” of Czech national music
- 19. Russian composer, member of the Mighty Five, who is mostly known for his programmatic orchestra works on exotic or nationalist themes, like Scheherazade and Russian Easter Overture
- 21. Composer and pianist, influenced by French impressionism and neoclassicism, who was the central figure of 20th-c. Spanish music
- 22. Early 20th-century artistic movement, developed by German and Austrian artists, featuring intensely expressive works that seek to convey the anxiety and extreme psychological pressure of modern life
- 23. Pianist, composer, and first professor of music at Columbia University, who was the best-known American composer of his time both at home and abroad
- 24. An instrumental piece for band featuring a strong, marked beat, an uncomplicated style, and a series of strains
- 25. Group of composers, centered around Boston, mostly trained in Germany, who were the first professors of music in conservatories and universities
- 26. Pianist and composer who was the first American woman to succeed as composer of large scale art music, such as the Gaelic Symphony
- 31. Russian composer and pianist known primarily for his piano sonatas, who moved beyond tonality without being atonal; his works reflect his interest in mystical philosophy
- 34. A melodic section of a march, each repeated at least once. Also seen in ragtime.
- 35. An early 20th century style of jazz, named after the city where it emerged from a combination of ragtime, brass bands, spirituals, the blues, and Caribbean and Mexican elements
- 37. Violinist and composer known primarily for his symphonic poems and symphonies, who was Finland’s leading composer
- 38. Pianist and composer, leader of the Spanish nationalist school of composers, best known for virtuosic piano pieces like Iberia
- 39. One of the strains of a march, in a dramatic, highly rhythmic style
- 40. First English composer to be recognized internationally in over 200 years, he is known primarily for his orchestral music, including the Pomp and Circumstance marches
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- 1. A vocal African-American folk music which influenced most of the popular music of the 20th century
- 2. Early 20th c. movement, originating in France, which blended elements of 17th and 19th c. music with modernist elements
- 5. Pianist and composers whose piano and orchestral works display a distinctively French sensibility; some of his keyboard works are early examples of neoclassicism
- 6. Bohemian violinist, organist and composer who first won international acclaim with his Slavonic Dances for four hands piano
- 7. An early 20th-century, composed piano music featuring consistent syncopation of the melody against a steady duple meter
- 8. _____________ refers to music that either has no tonal center, or is not governed by the rules of tonality. The two most common types are serial atonality (which is based on the 12-tone row) and non-serial atonality (which is based on pitch class sets).
- 9. British trombonist, composer, and teacher, best known for his rediscovery and use of English folk songs and church music to teach, and his orchestral work The Planets
- 10. 20th-century artistic movement that rejected many aspects of traditional art and favored experimentalism and abstraction
- 11. musics that are accessible to the majority of people because of their familiarity; including folk and popular musics
- 12. Pianist, composer and conductor who was the leading piano virtuoso of his day and the last representative of Russian late Romanticism
- 17. A type of vocal enunciation intermediate between speech and song, used by Schoenberg in several works, most notably in Pierrot lunaire
- 20. Composer, conductor, teacher and writer who was the most important English composer of his generation, writing in a national style inspired by folk song, hymns, and English composers like Tallis
- 27. A family of musical genres of African-American origin, featuring improvisation, a flexible approach to rhythm known as swing, and blues harmonic and melodic elements
- 28. Leading 20th-c. Czech composer, famous primarily for his operas; his melodies and rhythms are based on the Czech language
- 29. Viennese-born violinist, painter, composer and teacher whose developed the twelve-tone method; he was one of the most influential composers of the 20th c.
- 30. First native-born U.S. composer to attempt large orchestral works and operas
- 32. Artistic movement that seeks to over through accepted aesthetics, challenge tradition, and radically reconsider the purpose and materials of art
- 33. One of the strains of a march, lyrical and softer
- 36. Norwegian composer, pianist, and conductor, known primarily for his incidental music to Ibsen’s Peer Gynt; he was recognized as the foremost Scandinavian composer of his generation