Unit 3 Study Guide Music

La Marseillaise

First national anthem- in France 1795 to sing to defend French Revolution

God Save the King/Queen

English in 1765 as rallying cry when house of stuart tried to get the crown, not the official national anthem of england

Zadok the Priest

written in 1727 by george handel for the coronation of King George II lyrics are from old testament —> handel emphasis on god save the king

Deutschlandlied

german national anthem means song of germany, became rallying cry for “germany above all in the world”—> only third phrase is formed now

1812 Overture

song by tchaikovsky to depict russian win over france

Shostakovich 5th Symphony

won massive approval authority, his most popular work

Star Spangled Banner

written by francis scott key, stuck on british ships that bombed the place then wrote this poem

Lift Every Voice and Sing

came from james weldon johnson a principal at stanton hs during segregation, write a poem abotu struggles of black americans in jim crow, recited by 500 jacksonville students in 1900—>NAACP called this the black national anthem

God Bless America

writes in 1918, but puts it aside then as rise of nazi and during a radio show with kate smith he introduced this

This Land is Your Land

wrote by woody gutherie, only the first verse because other lyrics were problematic rebuttal to god bless america

Stars and Stripes Forever

written by john sousa, concieved it on christmas day while sailing back to nyc

Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue

Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue

Dmitri Shostakovich

soveit composer than wrote 5th symphony scared that he would be killed

Francis Scott Key

wrote the star spangled banner, owned slave, opposed abolition, lawyer

Whitney Houston

sang the star spangled banner in superbowl XXV

Irving Berlin

talent for singing and creating music pieces, started a singing waiter—>discovered then 60 yr career, grammy tony etc

Woody Guthrie

moved from oklahoma to california, wrote folk music scene and hated God Bless America because he felt it ignored the issues —> write This land is your land

John Philip Sousa

becomes conductor of marine band then goes private and starrts his own professional band composed over 130 marches

Toby Keith

Donald Glover/Childish Gambino

Socialist Realism

doctrine of the soviet union of the role of artists in a communist state/ art has to be relevant and scenes of daily life realistic and supportive of the party