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