An “Out of This World” Composer
Tomorrow (Sept. 21) is this British composer’s 139th birthday. (Born in 1874). He was a trombonist who studied music at the Royal College of Music in London, and was a life-long friend of fellow British composer extraordinaire Ralph (rAAf) Vaughan Williams. His most famous compositions: The Planets, St. Paul’s Suite, and the 1st and 2nd Suite for Military Band.
http://youtu.be/Crs1-7DVvrw
Tomorrow (Sept. 21) is this British composer’s 139th birthday. (Born in 1874). He was a trombonist who studied music at the Royal College of Music in London, and was a life-long friend of fellow British composer extraordinaire Ralph (rAAf) Vaughan Williams. His most famous compositions: The Planets, St. Paul’s Suite, and the 1st and 2nd Suite for Military Band.
http://youtu.be/Crs1-7DVvrw
Week 4
SCANDALOUS!!!!
2013 is the 100th anniversary of the scandalous premier of ________, a ballet and orchestral concert work with music composed by Igor Stravinsky. When first performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on May 29, 1913, the audience was expecting the pleasant sounds of Spring. When the curtain rose and the dancing began, there appeared to be no melody, only a loud, pulsating, dissonant chord with jarring, irregular accents and rhythms, and a primitive, barbaric scenario. It was so avant-garde and unexpected that it provoked a riot DURING the performance: catcalls and whistles from the crowd escalated by shouts and fistfights in the aisles, and police arrived on scene!! Although the work was designed for stage, its music achieved equal if not greater recognition as a concert piece, and is widely considered to be one of the most influential musical works of the 20th century.
http://youtu.be/5UJOaGIhG7A
http://youtu.be/5tGA6bpscj8
2013 is the 100th anniversary of the scandalous premier of ________, a ballet and orchestral concert work with music composed by Igor Stravinsky. When first performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on May 29, 1913, the audience was expecting the pleasant sounds of Spring. When the curtain rose and the dancing began, there appeared to be no melody, only a loud, pulsating, dissonant chord with jarring, irregular accents and rhythms, and a primitive, barbaric scenario. It was so avant-garde and unexpected that it provoked a riot DURING the performance: catcalls and whistles from the crowd escalated by shouts and fistfights in the aisles, and police arrived on scene!! Although the work was designed for stage, its music achieved equal if not greater recognition as a concert piece, and is widely considered to be one of the most influential musical works of the 20th century.
http://youtu.be/5UJOaGIhG7A
http://youtu.be/5tGA6bpscj8
Week 3
He's got "ups". What famous basketball star has conducted the Boston Pops?
http://youtu.be/PoyiR3ob7yk
http://youtu.be/PoyiR3ob7yk
Week 2
OH LA LA!
- 1. Name the French Impressionist composer (1862- 1918) whose birthday was yesterday. This composer wrote Suite Bergamasque, which includes a famous 3rd movement that means “moonlight”, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune and String Quartet in G Minor.
- 2. Who was another French Impressionist composer (c. 1875-1937) who was greatly influenced by the above composer? This composer famously wrote: Bolero and Le Tombeau de Couperin. He orchestrated Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, originally written for piano.
Week 1
BY GEORGE!!! Name 3 composers whose first name is GEORGE.
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