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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.