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William Grant is the first African American to have his symphony and opera performed by a major ensemble. (1931, 1949)
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Profokiev was also commissioned to compose for film scores, like Lieutenant Kije
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Max Steiner composed the score for King Kong.
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The first opera with an all black cast. Composed by Gershwin to be an American Folk Opera.
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Grant was the first African American to conduct a major Symphony.
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"Peter and the Wolf," was an orchestral piece commissioned to cultivate musical taste in young children. It was composed by Sergei Prokofiev
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A jazz song written by Billie Holiday
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Although "the Unanswered Question," was composed in 1906, it wasn't actually published until 1940. It was composed by Ives.
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Schoenberg saw Ives as a monument to artistic integrity, so he wrote a note praising him.
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Composed by Copeland for Martha Graham. Is a ballet.
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Work prepared for the piano. 16 sonatas, in 4 groups.
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Ives won the Pulitzer Prize for his third symphony
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"A Black Pierrot" is published by Langston Hughes.
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Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, and Jerry Lee Lewis blended musical styles of jump blues and honky-tonk to create Rock N' Roll.
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Florence Price composes adoration.
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Gage composed this piece that explored silence.
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Based on Voltaire's books.
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A musical based on Romeo and Juliet. Composed by Bernstein
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Louis Durey wrote with Vietnamese themes in order to protest war.
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At age 90, very famous conductor, Leopold Stokowosky, conducts Debussy's "The Afternoon of the Faun." Stokowoski lived to be age 95.
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Featured some of Scott Joplin's music.
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Revised by Bernstein.
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A Broadway Musical that takes it's style from the 20th-century American style.