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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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Had his music featured by The Sting. As well as Charlie Chaplin using his music in his film The Circus.
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Ives Style Traits-
Polytonality
Polyrhythms and Polymeters
"Americana"
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One of the most famous unknown composers, He also helped found the National Association of Negro Musicians.
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An Italian futuristic painter, composer, and builder of experimental musical instruments.
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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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created a new way for news and entertainment to be broadcasted.
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Copland Style Traits
Vigorous
Mixed Meters, rhythmic
Comprised of as few notes as possible open intervals
Solos, often exposed
Clean and transparent
Filled with folk songs and folk idioms -
Orchestral work: no specific genre
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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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Composed A Train
Strayhorn and Ellington collaborated on songs -
One of the leading female jazz singers
broke racial barriers by preforming with white bands -
An American musical style, arose in the early 20th century.
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made the music "make our garden grow" and "westside story"
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A highly improvisational style of New Orleans jazz.
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The new cool jazz, with fast tempos and dissonant solos.