Music S2 '24-25

The Natural World

Instrumental pieces that convey a storyline are labeled what?

Programmatic

What did Claude Debussy make?

French symphonic work ‘La Mer’ (The Sea) in 1905

What did Englishman Frank Bridge make?

Orchestral suite "‘The Sea’ (1924)

What did Czech composer Bedrich Smetana make?

Programmatic ‘Vltava’ (German name ‘The Moldau’) in 1874

Where is Smetana’s hometown?

Vltava

What did Philip Glass do?

Make the ballet score ‘Aguas da Amazonia’ (Waters of the Amazon) in 1999

What river is the second longest in the world?

The Amazon

What did Yin Chenzong do in 1969?

Led a group of chinese composers in revising an older work by Xinghai and created ‘Yellow River Piano Concerto’

What did Xian Xinghai do?

Vocal work ‘Yellow River Cantata’ in 1939

What kind of work is ‘Yellow River Piano Concerto’ scored for?

scored for piano and orchestra

What two tributaries of the Mississippi river make up the world’s third largest river system.

Ohio and Missouri rivers

Which organization suggests that the Mississippi River may be the most musical river in the world?

The National Park Service

Who made ‘Mississippi River Suite’ in 1934?

Florence Prince

Who was the first black women to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra?

Florence Prince

Who made ‘Mississippi Suite: A Journey in Tones’ - premiering in NY in 1926?

Ferde Grode (1892-1972)

Who composed a tuba concerto called ‘Reflections on the Mississippi’ in 2013 for tuba and wind band?

Michael Daugherty

What was Daugherty’s first composition for wind band?

‘Niagara Falls’ in 1997 for the University of Michigan Symphonic Band’s 100th bday

Which composer lived in Seatlle when Mt. St. helens erupted 1980 and made a big ass landslide?

Alan Hovhaness

Why did Hovhaness complete ‘Symphony No. 50: Mount St. Helens?’ in 1982

His publisher asked him to

When did Congress declare Mt. St. Helen a national monument?

1982

Who made the concerto ‘Yellowstone for Violin and Orchestra'?’

Jett Hitt in 2002

What was Joan Tower’s first orchestral composition?

‘Sequoia’ in 1981

Who’s and what work was the first orchestral work by a Black composer to be performed by a major American orchestra?

William grant Still’s 1931 Afro-American Symphony

What are the 5 subsections of Still’s 1957 ‘American Scene?’

The East, The South, The Old West, The Far West, and The Southwest- a mountain, a memorial, and a song

Who published ‘The Sounds of Place: Music and the American Cultural Landscape?’

Denise von Glahn in 2003

What did Grofe compose in 1960?

‘Yellowstone Suite’

What did Grofe compose in 1961?

‘Niagara Falls Suite’

What did Grofe compose in 1949?

‘Death Valley Suite’

What did Grofe compose in 1955?

‘Hudson River Suite’

What did Grofe compose in 1956?

‘Dawn at Lake Mead’

What was Grofe’s greatest achievement composition?

‘Grand Canyon Suite’ between 1929-31

Who regarded himself as a ‘composer of Americana?’

Grofe

Where was Grofe born and then moved to?

NY then to the West Coast

What instruments did Grofe learn as a kid?

piano, violin, viola, and alto horn

What age did Grofe play professionally?

15

What Symphony did Grofe join at 17 and play for a decade?

Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra

Throughout his young career, where did Grofe travel?

Southwest live musicians needed such as vaudeville houses, theaters, film sets, and cabarets

Where did Grofe join as an arranger in 1920?

Paul Whiteman Orchestra

Who created a symphonic jazz arrangement of George Gershwin’s 2 piano version of Rhapsody in Blue (1924)

Grofe

Who asked Grofe to compose jazz original works for Whiteman’s emsemble?

Whiteman

Walt Disney adopted what score for a 1958 short film that won the Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Live Action)

Grofe’s ‘Grand Canyon Suite’

During WWI, Grofe joined what and reported to Douglas, Arizona in 1917?

U.S. cavalry band as baritone player

In Arizona August, who took Grofe camping at the Canyon?

A sheriff

Who resided in the Grand Canyon for 13000 years?

Natives

What was one of the earliest of North America’s wonders to be viewed by outsiders?

The Grand Canyon

Who visited the Grand Canyon’s south rum in 1540?

Spanish conquistadores

When did other explorers visit Niagara Falls?

1678 (138 yrs before 1540)

When did other explorers encounter Yellowstone?

1707(167 yrs before 1540)

When did other explorers encounter Yosemite Valley?

1840 (300 yrs before 1540)

When was the Grand Canyon designated as a forest reserve?

1893

When was the Grand Canyon designated as a game reserve?

1906

When was the Grand Canyon designated as a national monument?

1908

When was the U.S. National Park Service established?

1916

When did the U.S. National Park Service take jurisdiction of the Grand Canyon as a national park?

1919

What’s the area of the Grand Canyon Park?

1.2 mil acres; 1,900 square miles; contains 278 of Colorado River

In its first year as a National Park, how many people visited the Grand Canyon

37745

How many people visited the Grand Canyon in 2022?

4.7 mil

When did Grofe vacation in Kingman, Arizona?

1922

What was the initial plan of Grofe’s Grand Canyon Suite?

4-movement composition from dawn to dusk

What was the initial title of Grofe’s ‘Grand Canyon Suite?’

Five Pictures of the Grand Canyon

Who does Grofe credit as the inspiration for the ‘On the Trail’ movement of his suite.

Eddie King, a recording supervisor for Columbia records

What trail did Eddie King mention that Grofe forgotten?

Bright Angel Trail

When was ‘Grand Canyon Suite’ debuted?

11/22/1931

What are the 5 movements of' ‘Grand Canyon Suite?’

Sunrise, Painted Desert, On the Trail, Sunset, Cloudburst

Which listening companion source did the audience request an encore for?

Grand Canyon Suite

Who chose ‘On the Trail’ as the encore piece?

Whiteman

The music box is played by what instrument?

celeste

Who initiated the practice of putting tourists on mules for his hotel?

John Hance in 1887

What is inaccurate abt burros in the ‘On the Trail’ movement?

riders are actually carried by mules.

Mules are the offspring of what?

male donkeys and female horses

What aspect of ‘On the Trail’ did Grofe think of right away?

the hee-haw by violin cadenza

How did Grofe create the sound of a braying burro?

disjunct drop of M7 interval

What’s a concerto?

work featuring a solo instrument

What’s a cadenza?

passage without a steady beat w challenging techniques sometimes improvised on the spot

Who helped Grofe with the violin cadenza?

Principal violinist of Whiteman orchestra, Kurt Dieterle

Who was the soloist when Whiteman recorded the ‘Grand Canyon Suite’ in April 1932?

Dieterle

At the beginning of ‘On the Trail,’ before the first hee-haww, what is played?

The timpani sustains a fortissimo drum roll

(OTT) After the initial bray of the burro, what is played?

The harp ascends upward through an arpeggio then fermata

(OTT) After initial fermata ends, what happens?

orchestra stops playing and violinist repeats hee-haw twice w glissando and then double-stops

(OTT) What did Grofe ask the violinist to do with double stops?

take very quick upward leaps to a high register

(OTT) Which 2 motifs do the violinist play half a minute into the movement?

Cowboy then Burro - disjunct octave leaps and short conjunct phrases

(OTT) What key signature is the Burro motif (oboes) in?

3 sharps so A major

(OTT) What time signature is the Burro (oboes) motif in?

6/8

(OTT) Where did the Burro motif get inspiration from?

1926 ‘Horses’ by Bryon Gay and Richard Whiting and also heard rhythm of construction.

(OTT) What was the inspiration for the ‘Cowboy Song’ motif?

his son’s lullaby

What form is ‘On the Trail’ in?

A-B-A-C-A Rondo form

(OTT) Grofe asked the percussionist in first A section to do what for the clip-clop sound of hooves?

use coconut shells muffled with leather, some others substitute temple blocks.

(OTT) What time signature is ‘The Cowboy Song’ in?

Cut time so 2/2 - develops polymeter w burro motif

How is the celesta’s sound better know today?

it’s used in ‘Hedwig’s Theme’ in Harry Potter films

(OTT) What note does the introduction end on?

High E (accelerated Burro motif)

(OTT) When the Burro motif resumes for the 2nd time, what instruments are played?

oboe and piccolo

(OTT) When the Cowboy motif plays for the second time alongside burro (2nd), what is it played in?

French Horn

(OTT) When pp music evokes a waterfall and oasis in the B section, what instruments are played?

harp and celesta

(OTT) In the B section, what is played against the pp music?

Trombones doing ‘Cowboy Song’

(OTT) In the 3rd Cowboy song (w 3rd burro) in the second A section, what is the Cowboy Song motif played with?

upper strings and woodwinds

(OTT) In the C section, what is played?

Music Box solo celesta candenza

(OTTA) In the third A section, what motif returns

Burro (for like the 4th time) with presto tempo and ends w descending line and hee-haws

Who used “On the Trail” as its signature tune for 20 years?

Philip Morris Radio Show

What other movement of “Grand Canyon Suite” besides ‘On the Trail’ also has many fans?

Cloudburst (finale)

Musical representations of tempests can be found as early as what era?

Baroque era: Western music history from 1600-1730