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Name two important technological inventions of the late 1800s that were influential to the creation of early electronic music. | Telephone, Phonograph |
Luigi Russolo is known for his design and creation of what instrument? | Intonarumori |
Luigi Russolo wrote his manifesto titled ______________________________ in 1913. | Art of Noises |
Luigi Russolo is often regarded as one of the first ______________________________ composers. | Noise music |
Who invented the Telharmonium? | Cahill |
The Telharmonium transmitted to the listener’s home music through ______________________________. | Telephone Wires |
Briefly describe how the Theremin is played. | One hand controls pitch, one hand controls volume, you don’t touch the instrument |
What was another name for an early Theremin? | Ether phone |
______________________________ was a Theremin virtuoso and she toured as a recitalist on the instrument. | Clara Rockmore |
The Ondes Martenot is an offspring of what other electronic music instrument? | Theremin |
Briefly describe the design/construction of the Ondes Martenot. | Keyboard, ring controller to change pitch, button for sound |
The Ondes Martenot has seen a revival in its use due to the efforts of ______________________________, the guitarist for the band ______________________________. | Johnny Greenwood, Radiohead |
John Cage studied music composition primarily with what famous modern classical music composer? | Arnold Schonberg |
Cage studied and was influenced by the philosophy and religion of ______________________________. | Zen Buddhism |
John Cage would often use the ancient Chinese divination book called ______________________________ in his compositional methods. | E ching |
Name one of John Cage’s musical inventions? | Water gong, prepared piano |
Cage is famous for saying “try as we may to make a ___________________________________, we cannot.” | Silence |
John Cage is known for his indeterminate compositions. Another term for this is ______________________________. | Aleatoric music |
John Cage is cited as one of the first composers to write ______________________________ music, which combines the use of electronic devices with traditional musical instruments. | Electroacoustic |
Poéme Èlectronique was composed for what international event? | 1958 World’s Fair Brussels |
There were more than __________ speakers in the walls of the Philips Pavilion for the first performance of Poéme Èlectronique. | 400 |
Varèse is also known for his works for percussion ensemble including Ionisation, which introduced the ______________________________ as a musical instrument. | Siren |
Varèse was, at one point, very unhappy with his music leading to a __________ year hiatius. | 20 |
______________________________ is defined as the character or quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch or intensity. | Timbre |
Musique concrète can be based on sounds that are ______________________________ or ______________________________. | Real, electronic |
Pierre Schaeffer thought that composers should stop working as artists and creators and instead become ______________________________ of sound and acoustics. | Researchers |
Pierre Schaeffer saw musique concrète as a sonic analog to ______________________________. | Photography |
Hugh LeCaine’s Dripsody is composed from a single audio sample of what sound? | Drop of Water |
Dripsody is mostly based around what musical scale? | Pentatonic |
What is the name of the early synthesizer invented by Hugh LeCaine? | Electric sackbut |
Xannis Xenakis’ Concret PH is composed from audio samples of what sound? | Burning charcoal |
Concret PH was composed for what international event? | 1958 World Fair, Brussels |
Xenakis also had a career in what other field? | Architecture |
Xenakis created music based on mathematics and probability called ______________________________ music. | Stochastic |
Karlheinz Stockhausen appears on the cover of what popular music album? | Sargent Pepper and the Lonely Heart Club Band |
Stockhausen’s experiments in Elektronische Musik were pieces of music made from ______________________________ sounds. | Electronically produced synthetic sounds |
Name one of the many styles of modern composition that Stockhausen used in his music. | Pointillism, serialism, indeterminate |
Name the polarizing composer that made controversial statements about the 9/11 tragedy. | Stockhausen |
Name one of the four men that founded the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center. | Milton Babbit, Ussachzevsky, Leuning, Roger Sessions |
Music from the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center was mainly composed on what instrument? | RCA Mark II electronic music synthesizer |
The Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center was founded by a grant from what foundation? | Rockafeller |
The Mark II Sound Synthesizer was operated using the _____________________________ method similar to a player piano. | Punch card |
Otto Luening and Valdimir Ussachevsky were professors at what university? | Columbia University |
Otto Luening’s composition Low Speed uses recorded improvisations of a ______________________________ that are to be played back and performed over in a live setting. | Flute improvisation |
Milton Babbitt’s work Philomel uses the compositional technique of ______________________________, a style that seeks to structure and control every element of pitch, rhythm, dynamics and articulation. | Serialism |
Steve Reich is one of the pioneers of musical ______________________________. | Minimalism |
Steve Reich’s particular style of composing used in such pieces as Come Out, and Pendulum Music involves repetitions of sound that goes in and out of ______________________________. | Phase |
Minimalism is described as a compositional practice that relies heavily on ______________________________. | Repetition |
Reich stated, “I do not mean the process of composition, but rather pieces of music that are, literally, _____________________________. | Processes |
What is the occupation of the person whose voice is heard in the composition It’s Gonna Rain? | Preacher |
Steve Reich is originally from ______________________________. | New York |
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