The Modern Era Quiz

The avant garde composer who created the piece 4'33" was....

• John Corigliano

• John Cage

• George Gershwin

• Leonard Bernstein

The musical West Side Story was written by...

• George Gershwin

• Igor Stravinsky

• Leonard Bernstein

• Maurice Ravel

Rhapsody in Blue was written by...

• Leonard Bernstein

• John Corigliano

• John Cage

• George Gershwin

Which of these composers are from the Modern Era? (Select 3)

• Aaron Copeland

• John Williams

• George Gershwin

• Johann Sebastian Bach

Which piece of music did Aaron Copland compose?

• Rhapsody in Blue

• The Imperial March from Star Wars

• Fanfare for the Common Man

• The Nutcracker

I am the Dean of American Music. I play the piano and write music for movies! Who am I?

• Josef Haydn

• John Williams

• John Philip Sousa

• Aaron Copland

Famous for orchestral suite, "The Planets"

• Arnold Schoenberg
• Leonard Bernstein
• Gustav Holst
• Bela Bartok

He traveled all over England and collected over 800 folk songs

• Gustav Holst
• Ralph Vaughan Williams
• John Williams
• Bob Dylan

12-tone compositional method

• John Williams
• George Gershwin
• Igor Stravinsky
• Arnold Schoenberg

Traveled with Kodaly recording folk songs

• Bela Bartok

• Ralph Vaughan Williams

• Gustav Holst

• Philip Glass