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John Phillip Sousa
John P Sousa promoted the American wind band tradition here and in Europe. He was also a bandmaster known for creating many of the most popular and well known American marches such as Stars and stripes forever and the Washington post. -
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Scott Joplin
Had his music featured by The Sting. As well as Charlie Chaplin using his music in his film The Circus. -
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Charles Ives
Ives Style Traits-
Polytonality
Polyrhythms and Polymeters
"Americana"
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R. Nathaniel Dett
One of the most famous unknown composers, He also helped found the National Association of Negro Musicians. -
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Luigi Russolo
An Italian futuristic painter, composer, and builder of experimental musical instruments. -
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Florence Price
Price was the first African American female composer to have a symphony preformed by a major American orchestra: symphony no1 in E minor. -
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Radio invented/Patented
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Aaron Copland
Copland Style Traits
Vigorous
Mixed Meters, rhythmic
Comprised of as few notes as possible open intervals
Solos, often exposed
Clean and transparent
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The Unanswered Question
Orchestral work: no specific genre -
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World War One
As many other groups, classical music took a major hit to this war losing many composers and performers to the war. -
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Billy Strayhorn
Composed A Train
Strayhorn and Ellington collaborated on songs -
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Billie Holiday
One of the leading female jazz singers
broke racial barriers by preforming with white bands -
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Jazz
An American musical style, arose in the early 20th century. -
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Leonard Bernstein
made the music "make our garden grow" and "westside story" -
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Vibraphone Invented
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Television invented
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Swing era
A highly improvisational style of New Orleans jazz. -
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World War 2
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Bebop era
The new cool jazz, with fast tempos and dissonant solos.