Mus3115 Final Exam

Patrick Gilmore died in

Gilmore composed using the pseudonym

Complete scales became possible on brass instruments through the development of

The most important bandleader in the United States before Sousa was

The Saxhorn family of instruments and the Saxaphone family of instruments are the same thing

Sousa became the director of

The Sousaphone is

Sousa dedicated this march to the Highty Tighties

1876 to 1926 is called

Arthur Pryor was a ________ with the Sousa Band

The director of the new sousa band is

which of the following composers is a graduate of VT?

The Boston Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1881 by

Many portraits of famous bostonians were painted by

the current conductor of the BSO is

Theodore Thomas was the founder of the

this conductor raised the playing standards of american orchestras

Isabella stweart Gardner was a great patroness of the arts. In addition to her support of music in Boston, she also created and art museum with her personal collection. This museum, The Gardner Museum, was originally called

All these artists (Vermeer, Rembrandt, Manet, Degas, Flinck) have this in common

Appointed Music Instructor at Harvard in 1862

Director of the new wngland conservatory from 1897 to 1931

teacher of charles ives

the most preeminent woman composer at the turn of the century (19th to 20th)

composer of symphonic sketches

which contry held cultural power over american music life at the end of the 19th century?

this composer has been called french american

the unusual instrument called for in Leoffler's "La mort de Tintagiles" is the

henry f. gilbert's "Dance in Place Congo" takes its title from

what is a Flivver?

Krazy Kat is a

diaghilev is/was

engelbert humperdinck composed

who wrote "In Xanadu did Kubla Kahn a stately pleasure done decree"?

the american opera company and the national conservatory of music were both gounded by

the director of the national conservatory of music was

dvorak's symphony no. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, "From the New World", is based on American Fold Music

who wrote the words to the second movement of dvorak's New World Symphony, Going Home?

Harry Thacker Burleigh is best known for his

the first person to sing a recital consisting entirely of Spirituals was

the first person to use a phonograph to record native american music was

who proposed to publish american compositions including ragtime, Negro songs, Indian songs, Cowboy songs, and other new and daring expressions?

the publishing company founded by arthur farwell in 1901 was called

the first black composer to be extensively published was

william grant still first heard an orchestra at

the style period of literature and art inNYC during the 1920s and 1930s is called

william grant still wroked as an arranger for

the first symphony by a black american composer to be performed by a major american orchestra was

scott joplin's Treemonisha is

the musical structure of Joplin's maple leaf rag is

this composer thought of musical textures in terms of color

best known as a jazz musician, this composer was working on an opera, Queenie Pie, during his last hours.

Charles Ives' teacher at Yale was

The champion of ive's music was

pianist John Kirkpatrick performed Ives' __________ at Town Hall in 1939. This performance brought Ives' music to the attention of the public

charles ives recieved the pulitzer prize for

who said "Don't pay too much attention to the sounds for if you do, you may miss the music."

what american composer studied with Nadia Boulanger at the american conservatory in france from 1921 to 1924?

who was once described as the dean of modern american composers?

who managed to capture the essence of america in his music?

Virgil Thomson called him "the President of...American Music"

George Gershwin was a longtime student of Nadia Boulanier

the orchestrator of "Rhapsody in Blue" was

Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" was premiered by

Gershwin only composed "popular" music

Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" is best described as an/a

The composer of the "Jazz Symphony" was