merican classical/jazz

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ultramodernist

30s term for composers using radical techniques (henry cowell)

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tone clusters

blocks of notes played on piano using fist/forearm

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carl ruggles sun-treader (1931)

large orchestra, self-taught “intuitive innovation”

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atonality

dissonant composition w no fixed key, does not reflect traditional harmony

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serialism

systematic ordering of 12 pitches of chromatic scale

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robert morris raudra (1978)

solo flute, serial, indian “rasas”

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aleatoric music

chance operations determine composition (developed by john cage)

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tania leon indigena (1991)

chamber orchestra, cuban carnivale, trumpet (la jardinera)

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george gershwin

rhapsody in blue & “jazz into concert hall”

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gunther schuller

developed 3rd stream music that combined jazz & classical in 60s

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new orleans jazz (1900)

blues + european band music + ragtime

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ragtime

primarily piano-based instrumental style w syncopated melody

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buddy bolden

cornetist who established 1st jazz band

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swing

big band style of 30s & interracial dance culture

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benny goodman

swing clarinetist, among 1st to integrate jazz bands

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bebop

jazz style pioneered in 40s feat smaller ensembles & greater complexity - associated w subculture of slang, fashion, new black pride, & HEROIN

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cabaret card

workers’ requirement in NY, routinely revoked for drug convictions

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john coltrane

bebop saxophonist who reharmonized & expanded jazz vocab

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fusion

combo of jazz & pop styles (rock)

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miles davis

fusion trumpet pioneer who released bitches brew (1969)