Music 2 nums and dates

The Mississippi and its great two tributaries, the Ohio and Missouri Rivers make up the ____ largest river system in the world.

third

Michael Daugherty composed Niagara Falls for wind band to honor the University of Michigan Symphonic Band’s ____ anniversary.

100th

When did Mount St. Helens erupt?

1980

Alan Hovhaness composed Symphony No. ___: “Mount St. Helens“

50

How many subsections are there in William Grant Still’s “American Scene?“

5

Ferde Grofe started performing professionally by this age

15 y/o

Ferde Grofe joined the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra as a violinist at what age?

17

How long did Ferde Grofe play with the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra?

A Decade

Ferde Grofe joined the Paul Whiteman Orchestra as an arranger in this year.

1920

In what year did Ferde Grofe first visit the Grand Canyon?

1917

Native Americans had already resided and known the Grand Canyon for how many years before Europeans?

13,000 years

Spanish conquistadors visited the canyon’s South Rim in this year.

1540

When was the Grand Canyon designated as a forest reserve?

1893

When was the Grand Canyon declared as a game reserve?

1906

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

1916

When did the Grand Canyon become a national park?

1919

The Grand Canyon covers how many acres?

1.2 million acres (>1900 square miles)

The Grand Canyon contains how many miles of the Colorado River?

278 miles

How many people visited the Grand Canyon in its first year as a national park?

37745

How many people visited the Grand Canyon in 2022?

4.7 million

What is the date of Grand Canyon Suite, “On The Trail“?

1929-1931

How many movements are in Grand Canyon Suite?

5

Ferde Grofe originally planned how many movements for Grand Canyon Suite to depict one day?

4

John Hance initiated the practice of putting tourist on mules in this year.

1887

Whiteman Orchestra recorded the suite in what month and year?

April 1932

How many motifs are there in On The Trail?

2

The Burro motif is in what time?

6/8

The Cowboy Song motif is in what time?

Cut-time or 2/2

What is the year range for the Baroque period?

1600-1730

Antonio Vivaldi composed the “Four Seasons“ in this year.

1725

The second concerto of “Four Seasons“, “Summer“, illustrates a dramatic storm in what movement?

3rd movement

Joseph Haydn evoked a storm in the last movement of his Symphony No. ___, “Le Soir”.

8

The Romantic era comprises most what century?

19th century

Beethoven hosted a concert in Vienna on what month, day, and year?

December 22, 1808

How long did Beethoven’s concert last?

4 hours

How many symphonies did Beethoven perform at his concert?

2

How many movements are in Beethoven’s sixth symphony, “Pastoral“?

5

Beethoven imitated bird calls from a nightingale, quail, and cuckoo in what movement of Pastoral?

2nd

What year was Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, op. 68 “Pastoral,“ Mvt 4 composed?

1808

When was the tuba patented?

1835

Takemitsu established an experiment workshop in what year?

1951

Kenzaburo Oe wrote “Ante no ki o kiku on’natachi” (Women Listening to Rain Tree), which won him the Yomiuri Literary prize, in what year?

1982

When was Ame no ki (Rain Tree) written?

1981

How many percussionists play in the Ame no Ki?

3

How many marimba players are there in Ame no Ki?

2

How many vibraphones players are there in Ame no Ki?

1

What date did Ame no Ki debut

May 31, 1981

What meter are the marimabas in the C section of Ame no Ki in?

5/8

Rain trees often reach a height of how many feet?

Few rain trees have reached up to how many feet?

80, 160

Rains trees typically have a diameter of how many feet?

Few rain trees have had a diameter of how many feet?

100, 195

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov entered the Naval College in St. Petersburg at what age?

12

When did Nikolai start working on his first opera?

1868

How many years did it take for Nikolai to write his first opera?

3 years

How many operas would Nikolai write throughout his life?

15 operas

When was Flight of the Bumblebee composed?

1900

The transformation of Gvidon into a bumblebee occurs at the end of what Act?

Act III

How many leitmotifs does Gvidon have in Flight of the Bumblebee?

2 leitmotifs

Prince Gvidon’s leitmotifs are in what time?

2/4

What centuries did the Renaissance encompass?

15th-16th century

In Olivier Messiaen’s, Réveil des oiseaux (“Awakening of the Birds”), how many species of birds did he imitate?

38

One of the earliest scientific attempts to notate bird’s singing patterns was in Athanasius Kircher’s Musurgia universalis (“The Universal Musical Art”). What year was this published?

1650

A skylark can sing between how many tones per second?

100-103 tones per second

Amy Beach’s Hermit Thrush at Morn is opus no. ___?

92

What year was Hermit Thrush at Morn composed?

1921

How many bird motifs are there in Hermit Thrush at Morn?

2 motifs

The Philip Morris Radio Show used “On The Trail“ as its signature tune for how many years?

20 years