Theory Exam 2

German composer under Nazi Germany, used lots of open 4ths and 5ths, wrote stravinsky-esque music and incorporated both classical and modern elements.

Music written for a specific purpose

French composer who stopped composing after failling to win the prix de rome but went on to teach many influential composers. Picked largely because she was not German (Germany bad)

American composer with a distinctly American sound (Billy the kid, A hoedown from rodeo), often incorporated folk and jazz into his music.

A fusion of jazz and classical music

American composer from the midwest who was fascinated by satie and studied under Nadia Boulanger\

An opera birthed from the collaboration of Virgil Thomson and poet Gertrude stein. Groundbreaking in its innovative use of language and music. Put everything in the script to music

American composer who disliked neoclassicalism in favor of the renaissance. Believed symphony to be just a form, and not a guide for instrumentation.

American composer and teacher from brooklyn

American composer who composed "his own musical experiences". Started when he was very young with no training, eventually studied under a futurist composer and went on to teach John Cage.

American Composer, wrote String Quartet III(1931), a sound mass composition

Child prodigy turned Russian composer who rebelled against neo-romantic composers. Liked Haydns neatness. Supressed by the USSR, but found ways around their rules.

Russian composer and friend of Britten, wrote the chaotic lady macbeth

French-born American composer. Pioneered electronic music and musique concrete. Wrote Poeme electronique

Mechanical player piano

Innovative instrument used in non innovative ways to reproduce standard repertoire or pop music

French cellist and radio broadcaster known for his work with rhthym, particularly ancient Greek rhythyms. Wrote Reveil des oiseaux, the transformation of transcribed bird songs into a beautiful song.

American composer who's father was an inventor. Studied under Henry Cowell and Schoenberg. Less a composer, more an inventor. Created organized sound.

6' 300lbs Jewish man. Described his process as very intuitive, which frustrated anyone looking to learn. Wrote songs that were very unstructured and left a lot to the performer. (indeterminacy) Invented graphic notation.

American composer from Massachusetts. Influenced by visual artists like Jackson Pollac and Alexander Calder. Used graphic notation (December 1952) time space notation (Times Five) and mobile notation (Available forms I)

American composer and devotee of John Cage, least known composer in the NY school, believed in the "democratization of music" giving freedom to the performers and allowing music to be performed by anyone, trained musician or not

British composer and pacifist who composed with a forward looking complexity. Collaborated often with the poet W. H. Wrote "Libera Me", from war requiem

Inventor of the first electromechanical musical instrument, called the telharmonium

A piece written by Paul Hindemith about a painter who struggles to express himself under an oppressive regime

A chaotic opera written by Shostakovich which ruined his reputation with the USSR (deigned that music be for the state)

A piece by Roy Harris that showcases a different sound from Aaron copeland, a composer taught by the same teacher

A distinctly very American piece by Aaron Copeland. Defined the sound of the west, though written by a new yorker

A piece by Olivier Messaien that uses his non-retrogradeable rhythms

Piano Concerto

A piece by Olivier Messaien that makes use of the Ondes Martenot, a piano with vibrato

A piece by Edgard Varese that makes use of manipulated recordings

An opera with music prepared by John Cage, using a prepared piano to make sounds similar to that of a percussion ensemble

A piece written by Britten(pacifist) which made use of anti war poems

A piece written by Debussy which includes a memorial for a friend who died in war. Mocks the german army

NY school of composers

A piece by Shostakovich through which one can imagine the German army approaching the city

A piece written by Charles Ives depicting conflicting feelings between patriotism and horror at the effects of war