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Mr. Dr. Chris (Henry Cowell (1897-1965) (California-born, new piano…
Mr. Dr. Chris
Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
California-born
new piano techniques
tone clusters
The Banshee
(0,1,4)
William Grant Still (1895-1978)
Dean of AA composers
1st to conduct major sym orch (LA Philharmonic)
Afro-American Symphony
call and response
syncopation
jazz harmonies
Classical Forms with folk idioms
Edgard Varise (1883-1965)
Ultra Modernist - experimental, new musical resources
Hyperprism
sound masses colliding or changing
Klangfarbenmelodie
making melody out of non-melodic material
Ionization - when composers use scientific words relating to music
French-born
Ruth Seeger (1901-1953)
Serial techniques
All notes equally important
music math
First woman to receive Guggenheim Fellowship (Music)
Married teacher - Charles Seeger
George Gershwin (1897-1938)
Americanist
Classical Forms with folk idioms
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Americanist - folk elements, national style, incorporated in European genres.
Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)