Music Study Questions 2425

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What type of music is used to illustrate aspects of the globe without using words?

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Programmatic

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Which composer took listeners on a programmatic journey down the Vltava River?

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Bedřich Smetana

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What is the title of Philip Glass's ballet score that pays tribute to the Amazon River?

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Águas da Amazônia

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Who composed the Mississippi Suite: A Journey in Tones?

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Ferde Grofé

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Which national park inspired Alan Hovhaness's Symphony No. 50?

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Mount St. Helens

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What is the title of William Grant Still's set of five suites surveying the American landscape?

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American Scene

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Which composition by Ferde Grofé was adapted by Walt Disney for a 1958 short film?

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Grand Canyon Suite

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What instrument is featured in Michael Daugherty's Reflections on the Mississippi?

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Tuba

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Which composer is known for the symphonic jazz arrangement of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue?

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Ferde Grofé

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What is the first movement of Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite?

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Sunrise