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MA Unit 4

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Which composer from Washington D.C. wrote patriotic wind band music and was known as the "March King"?
John Philip Sousa
Which composer from Connecticut attended Yale for music, then became an insurance salesman, but continued to write music that would go undiscovered until the 40's?
Charles Ives
What is the term for music that uses fragments of other pieces?
quotation music
Which Jewish composer from NY wrote in a simple, American nationalistic style?
Copland
What genre features mostly short pieces for brass and percussion?
Nationalism
Which Neoclassical composer from Florida was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for composition?
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Which style, unique to America, is repetitive, and is sometimes called "process music"?
minimalism
Which Minimalistic composer from Massachusetts attended Harvard and is now the composer-in-residence for the San Francisco Symphony?
John Adams
Which 19th C genre for voice and piano was usually in major keys, sentimental, nostalgic, and printed as sheet music for home use?
Parlor Song
Which composer from Pennsylvania wrote such parlor songs as Oh Susanna and Camptown Races?
Foster
Which style from NYC, the "Hollywood" of turn of century music, featured mostly short lived songs in the style of a waltz?
Tin Pan Alley
What forerunner of Jazz featured upbeat, syncopated pieces mostly for solo piano?
Ragtime
Which Texas ragtime composer wrote an opera that won the Pulitzer decades after his death?
Joplin
Which style, featuring the unique "aab" form, began as folk music, was 1st published in 1912, and reached a high point in 20s / 30s?
Blues
Which Blues singer from Tennessee eventually signed with Columbia Records to become the highest paid black performer in 1920s?
Smith
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