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How many pieces did Scott Joplin write?
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80
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What genre of music did Scott Joplin Compose
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Ragtime
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a type of rhythm where notes run against the normal pulse of musical meter
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Syncopation
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Does syncopation only occur in ragtime?
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No
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To play Ragtime piano, is it necessary to read music?
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No, most ragtime musicians didn't know how to read music
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Why did Ned Rorem say Leonard Bernstien had "four lives in one"?
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He was a conductor, composor, pianist, and educator
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What play was the premise for West Side Story
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Romeo and Juliet
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West Side Story made a social justice statement. What was it?
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Racial tension is bad - Racism
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Name the two gangs in the West Side Story
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The Jets and the Sharks
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Describe Gospel's vocal style
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It is a combination of blues, jazz and sanctified church music based in protestant religion
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What was Mahalia Jackson's relationship with Thomas Dorsey?
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He wrote the song that she sang at Martin Luthur Kings funeral
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The classic age of Gospel refers to what decades of musical history?
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40s and 50s
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What famous composer did John Cage study composition with?
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Arnold Schoenberg
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What did the New York Philharmonic do when asked to play one of Cage's pieces?
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Hissed at him
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What was unique about Atlas eclipticalis? and was it well recieved by the audience?
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He took transparent paper and overlayed it on star charts pg 459.
it was not well recieved by the audience |
