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John Phillip Sousa
Promoted the American wind band tradition
A bandmaster known for his marches -
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Scott Joplin
the sting featured his music -
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Charles Ives
One of the great American composers
Had to prove himself in Europe -
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R. Nathanial Dett
Helped found the National Association of Negro Musicians -
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Luigi Russolo
An Italian Futurist painter, composer and builder of experimental musical instruments. -
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Florence Price
The first black female composer to have a symphony preformed by a major American orchestra -
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Sergei Prokofiev
Russian composer; orchestra pieces, piano works and film music. -
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William Grant Still
First Black American composer to have a symphony and opera preformed by a major ensemble, as well as the first to conduct a major ensemble -
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Henry Cowell
John Cages teacher
American innovator who was drawn to non western music
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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 -
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Aaron Copland
Taught at Harvard, gave lectures and conducted festivals in many American schools -
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Radio invented
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The Unanswered Question
Orchestral work, No specific Genre -
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Billy Strayhorn
Composed A train
The A train is the subway line that runs through Manhattan up to Harlem -
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Billie Holiday
one of the leading female jazz singers
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Jazz
An American musical style -
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Leonard Bernstine
Was Bisxual as well as made music including West side story -
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Blues
Folk music based off a simple, repetitive, poetic musical form -
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Vibraphone invented
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The Harlem Renaissance
There emerged a cultural capital of African American Arts -
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Television Invented
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Swing Era
The highly improvisational style of New Orleans jazz lead, in the 1930s -
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World War 2
Lead to the expansion of composers emotional connection in music -
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Bebop Era
The new cool jazz, had fast tempos and dissonant solos