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John Philip Sousa
bandmaster know for composing many marches -
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Charles Ives
American composer, considered one of the great composers of the 20th century, very innovative. Polytonality, polyrhythms and polymeters, quotations of American tunes and hymns, limited atonality -
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Robert Nathaniel Dett
Pianist, studied with Natalie Boulanger and at Harvard and Columbia -
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Edgard Varèse
French-American composer. Important pioneer in percussion music -
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Florence Price
first black female composer to have symphony performed by major American orchestra: Symphony No. 1 in E minor -
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Sergei Prokofiev
Russian composer, did music for piano, orchestra, and film music -
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William Grant Still
First Black American composer to have a symphony and opera performed by a major ensemble -
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George Gershwin
American composer: wrote classical, concert hall music infused with jazz and popular music -
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Duke Ellington
Major band leader in the swing era and then in the big band era -
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Aaron Copland
Composer, teacher, critic, conductor, and sponsor of concerts -
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Olivier Messiaen
Serialism French composer and teacher. Incorporated bird songs into his music -
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Elliott Carter
An American composer; influential as a teacher and as a composer -
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Alex North
Film Composer. popular works: A Streetcar Named Desire -
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John Cage
Influenced modern compositional techniques. Helped change the definition of music to "organized sound" due to the modern techniques used in his compositions. -
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Billie Holiday
Leading female jazz singer -
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Milton Babbitt
American composer, teacher, and music theorist. -
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Leonard Bernstein
Conductor, composer, teacher, pianist, lecturer, TV personality -
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György Ligeti
Hungarian Composer, teacher. Active in electronic music. Wrote music for "2001 A Space Odyssey" (1968). -
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Pierre Boulez
most important composer of the French avant-garde. Maximalism -
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Luciano Berio
Italian composer. Leader of modern Italian composition in the 20th century. Helped establish electronic studio in Milan -
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Karlheinz Stockhausen
German composer that innovated electronic music and other types of experimental music -
George Crumb
American composer and teacher. Composed orchestral music, modern madrigals, song cycles, chamber music, and piano music -
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Henryk Górecki
His style features: minimalism, neo-tonality, clusters, and strong emotional symbolism -
Peter and the Wolf, Opus 67
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Paul Lansky
American composer, professor, theorist, and critic. Pioneer in digital sound synthesis -
Sonatas and Interludes - John Cage
16 sonatas for piano -
“A Black Pierrot” from Songs of Separation - William Grant Still
art song, text by Langston Hughes (1902-67) -
4'33" - John Cage
Described as a piece to be played in any way by anyone -
The RCA Mark II synthesizer
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West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein
Musical theater production based on Romeo and Juliet -
Ancient Voices of Children - George Crumb
5 songs and 2 instrumental interludes. Based on poems by Federico Garcia Lorca -
modular synthesizer
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MIDI
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"notjustmoreidlechatter" - Paul Lansky
a scoreless piece composed for female voice