Week 9 - Music and Dance: Wartime Concerns: Graham, Copland and Appalachian Spring

Question 1

Grant wood, American Gothic (1930)

Answer 1

In the Us

1930’s

Question 2

Who is Aaron Copland

Answer 2

American composer

Question 3

What are Copland’s 3 American styles

Answer 3

1. Jazz

2. Western Styles (country) 3. Folk Melodies

Question 4

Where did Jazz originate

Answer 4

The United States

Question 5

Elements of Copland’s “Four Piano Blues” (1949)

Answer 5

Syncopation

Very calming, soft, incorperating slight jazz chords and syncopation

Question 6

Who was Gene Autry

Answer 6

“The Singing Cowboy”

Gene was a main force in uplifting the public in the 1930’s

Question 7

What do westerns do to Americans

Answer 7

Uplift them and make them proud to be american

Question 8

Elements of Copland “Rodeo” (1942)

Answer 8

Hoedown, and is still used today for beef production ads

Question 9

What did Martha Graham (1894-1991) perform in

Answer 9

Lamentation (1930)

Question 10

What type of dance is Graham’s “Lamentation” (1930)

Answer 10

Expressionist dance

Question 11

What are the expressionist features of “Lamentation”

Answer 11

• Costume is her skin
• Agony: not meant to be pretty
• The emotions are protruding through her skin

Question 12

What is Frontier (1935)

Answer 12

American style

Appetite for space

Question 13

What is “Simple Gifts” from Appalachian Springs (1994)

Answer 13

Shaker folk tune
Very hopeful for the people
Very popular
Goes on to represent America

Question 14

Elements of “Simple Gifts”

Answer 14

Intervals = triads
- 1st-3rd-5th notes of the scale
- Space between notes
Creates variation
- Very slow then picks up depending on variation
○ Follows the appetite for space - lots of room between the notes