bachianas brasileiras no. 2 context

Who built the first successful steam locomotive?

Richard Trevithick

When was the first documented railway journey?

February 21, 1804

What was the first documented railway journey's purpose?

Transport ten tons of iron

Where did the first documented railway journey travel from/to?

Penydarren, Walesto canal wharf in Abercynon

How long was the first documented railway journey?

9 miles

What difficulty did the first documented railway journey experience?

Bolt sheared, boiler started leaking because the engine was too heavy

Who built Locomotion No.1?

George Stephenson

When was the first successful passenger train launched?

September 27, 1825

Where did the first commercially successful railway travel from?

From Middleton coal mine in Leeds, England

When was the first commercially successful railway beginning to run?

1812 (8 yrs after first steam locomotive)

What steam locomotives traveled through the first commercially successful railway?

Salamanca and Prince Regent

Who bankrolled George Stephenson to build Locomotion No. 1?

Edward Pease

For what railway was Locomotion No. 1 made for?

Stockton and Darlington Railway

Where is the Stockton and Darlington Railway?

Northeast of England

Who bought Locomotion No. 1 first?

Pease's son Joseph

How much did Joseph pay to have Locomotion No. 1 on a pedestal in Darlington?

50 euros

To where was Locomotion No. 1 loaned?

Chicago and Philadelphia

When was Locomotion No. 1 loaned to Chicago and Philadelphia? Why?

1876 for 50th anniversary of the American railroad

When was Locomotion No. 1 hidden?

During WW2

Where does an image of the Locomotion No. 1 show up?

The badge of the Quakers, Darlington's football club

Where is Locomotion No. 1 now?

National Railway Museum in England

Who composed Eisenbahn-Lust-Walzer?

Johann Strauss, Sr

When was Eisenbahn-Lust-Walzer made?

1836

What does Eisenbahn-Lust-Walzer translate to?

"railway pleasure waltzes"

Who published "Le chemim de fer", op. 27?

Charles-Valentin Alkan

When was "Le chemim de fer", op. 27 published?

1844

How does "Le chemim de fer", op. 27 end?

Ritardando as the train halts

Who's 1923 orchestral composition was deemed as programmatic, with the composer denying it?

Arthur Honegger

What was the 1923 orchestral composition deemed as programmatic?

Pacific 231

What did Arthur Honegger respond with to those saying his orchestral composition was programmattic?

It was a "mathematical acceleration of rhythm"

Who wrote a piece based on a trainwreck?

ragtime composer Scott Joplin

What was the piece based on a trainwreck called?

"The Great Crush Collision March"

When was the piece based on a trainwreck made?

1896

Who staged a trainwreck?

William George Crush

How many people watched the staged trainwreck?

40,000 people

Where was the staged trainwreck?

Waco, Texas

When was the staged trainwreck?

September 15, 1896

How many cars did the locomotives in the staged trainwreck carry?

6

How long was the track for the staged trainwreck?

4 miles

How fast did the trains in the staged trainwreck go?

50 mph

What tradegy occured in the staged trainwreck?

Boilers exploded

Casualties and injuries from the staged trainwreck:

2 people dead, 6 injured, 1 photographer lost an eye

How does Scott Joplin divulge from the staged trainwreck in "The Great Crush Collision March"?

Train whistles are heard (in reality they wouldn't have been)

Who was the photographer who lost an eye due to the staged trainwreck?

Jervis C. Deane

Examples of styles for train-themed music: (4)

Folk music, gospel, big-band swing, Motown

Examples of songs for train-themed music:

"I've Been Working on the Railroad"

"This Train is Bound for Glory"

"Chattanooga Choo Choo"

"On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe"

“Last train to Clarksville”

"Long Train Runnin"

“Midnight Train to Georgia”

What song was originally about a midnight plane flying to Houston?

"Midnight Train to Georgia"

Who wrote a musical about racing trains?

Andrew Lloyd Webber

When was Starlight Express made?

1984

What musical about racing trains did Andrew Lloyd Webber make?

Starlight Express

Where and when was a special theater made for Starlight Express (which characters use roller-skates and train costumes) constructed?

London, 2024

Who is the "star" of Starlight Express?

Rusy, a steam engine

A children story mimicing sound of a steam engine in motion

The Little Engine The Could: "I think I can, I think I can"

When did diesel trains begin operating?

1930s

How long did steam railways keep running?

1960s

Who composed Bachianas brasileiras No. 2?

Heiter Villa-Lobos

When was Bachianas brasileiras No. 2 composed?

1930