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Bandmaster known for marches.
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Ragtime composer.
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American composer known for his use of polytonality, polyrhythm, and polymeters.
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First black female composer to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra.
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The blues style is characterized by bent pitches and derived from black performance traditions.
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Russian composer who written orchestral, piano, and film pieces.
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First black American to conduct a major symphony orchestra.
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Classical composer and virtuoso pianist.
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Jazz composer.
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Composer, teacher, critic, conductor and sponsor of concerts.
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Orchestral piece written by Charles Ives.
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Seriealist French composer and teacher.
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Composer who helped changed the definition of music to "organized sound."
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Jazz composer.
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The jazz style rose around this time, characterized by both popular and art music traditions with African roots.
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Theatrical composer
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Hungarian composer.
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German composer who made innovations in experimental and electronic music.
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Composer known for use of non-western musical idioms. Created a new spacial notation to accommodate his musical innovations.
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Film score written by Prokofiev.
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Composer characcterized by strong emotional symbolism, slow harmonix movement, and neo-tonality.
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First opera with and all black cast composed by George Gershwin.
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Orchestral piece written by Prokofiev. Comissioned to cultivate musical taste in children.
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Composed by Billy Strayhorn, but recieve little credt.
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Characterized by fast tempo and dissonant solos.
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Relied on sounds made by a natural source.
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Ballet written by Aaron Copland
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Theater performance with the score composed by Leonard Bernstein.