Music in WWI

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Music in WWI

• Sara Abu-Ghnaim
• Academic Decathlon

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• Classical Music

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Sir Edward Elgar

• Born on June 2, 1857 at Broadheath, England
• Father owned a music shop and tuned pianos- his
  music experience
• Played many instruments and was self-taught
  composer
• Taught violin and played organ at St. George's
  Roman Catholic Church in Worcester
• In 1889 married Caroline Alice Roberts, one of
  pupils
• Imperial March, King Olaf, Caractacus, Pomp and
  Circumstance

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Sir Edward Elgar

• Pieces were being played in Europe and America by
  1905
• In WWI composed patriotic pieces
• Practically lived in retirement in 1920s
• Elgar suffered malignant tumor that pressed on
  sciatic nerve
• Died on February 23, 1934

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Pomp and Circumstance

• Began as the trio section for Elgars March in D
  major
• Got name from lines in Othello
• Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill
  trump,The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing
  fife,The royal banner, and all quality,Pride,
  pomp, and circumstance of glorious war!

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Richard Strauss

• Born on June 11, 1864 in Munich, Germany
• Dad played the horn and Richard became
  experienced
• Composed at age of 6
• Went to university, but had no education in music
• In 1885, became conductor of the Meiningen
  Orchestra
• While ill, wrote his first opera, Guntram in
  1891-3
• Worked with Hofmannsthal on Der Rosenkavalie
• In 1930s, was head of State Music Bureau
• In WWII protected his daughter-in-law
• Died in his Garmisch home in 1949.

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Waltz from Der Rosenkavalier Suite

• Includes 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2
  bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba,
  timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, rattle,
  tambourine, harp, and strings

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Sergei Prokofiev

• Born in Sontsovka on April 23, 1891
• Showed talent as pianist and composer at 10
• In 1917, finished an opera on Dostoyevskys
  Gambler
• Wrote The Love for Three Oranges in 1919
• Other works Romeo and Juliet, Peter and the
  Wolf, Alexander Nevsky, Violin Sonata No. 1 in F
  minor, Cinderella
• Died in 1953

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Symphony No. 1 in D Major

• Includes 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2
  bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and
  strings.
• Composed from 1916-1917
• Dedicated to Boris Asafiev.
• The movements in it are allegro, larghetto,
  gavotte non troppo

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Igor Stravinsky

• Born in Lomonosov on June 17, 1882
• Son of a leading bass musician
• During Great War looked for refuge in Switzerland
• In 1920s, avoided string instruments and did wind
  instruments
• Some works are L'Oiseau de Feu ,Deux poèmes,
  Petrushka, Deux poèmes, Le roi des étoiles, Le
  Sacre du Printemps, Trois poésies de la lyrique
  japonaise, Souvenir de mon enfance
• Died in 1971

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Pulcinella

• Commissioned in 1919 by Sergei Diaghilev- helped
  raise Stravinskys reputation
• Pulcinella was first in Igors era of
  neoclassicism

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• Popular Music

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Jack Norworth and Nora Bayes

• Jack known for writing the song Take Me Out to
  the Ballgame
• Nora was born in 1880
• Is best known for introducing George M. Cohan's
  song, "Over There
• Started stage career and her parents thought it
  was full of sin and damnation
• Nora died on March 19, 1928

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Shine on, Harvest Moon

• Written in 1908

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Irving Berlin

• Born in Israel Berlin on May 1888
• First song was Marie from Sunny Italy
• How Deep Is the Ocean?, Blue Skies, White
  Christmas, Always, Anything You Can Do, I Can Do
  Better, There's No Business Like Show Business,
  Cheek To Cheek, Puttin' On The Ritz, A Pretty
  Girl Is Like A Melody, Heatwave
• Died on September 22, 1989, when he was 101
  sleeping in NYC

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Alexanders Ragtime Band
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George M. Cohan

• Born in Providence, Rhode Island  on July 3, 1878
  
• Received little formal schooling but traveled
  with parents
• Started as violinist, but later played with
  family in dance and sing act

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Over There
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Walter Donaldson

• Born on February 15, 1893 in Brooklyn, New York
• Son of piano teacher
• Entertained troops at U.S army camps
• Met Irving Berlin at Camp Upton
• Dont Cry Frenchy, My Little Bimbo on a Bamboo
  Isle, Carolina in the Morning
• Walter died on July 15, 1947 in Santa Monica,
  California

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How You Gonna Keep em Down on the Farm
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George and Ira Gershwin

• Ira Gershwin born in New York City and attended
  Townsend Harris High School
• George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn
• Worked together on The Man I love

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The Man I Love
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Joseph Oliver

• Started playing in New Orleans in 1908
• Blinded in one eye
• Returned to Chicago in 1922 and started King
  Olivers Creole Jazz Band
• Was teacher and mentor of Louis Armstrong

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West End Blues

• Recorded in June 1928

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  Keep 'Em Down On The Farm (After They've Seen
  Paree)." 2007. First World War . Com. 13 Mar 2008
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• Duffy, Michael. "Vintage Audio Over There."
  First World War .Com. 10 Mar 2008
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• None, None. "Igor Stravinsky." 10 October 2000.
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Independent Research

• Von der Schonheit from Das Lied von der Erde-
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• Gustav Mahler
• De laube a midi sur la mer from La Mer- 4
• Claude Debussy
• Lhistoire du soldat Suite
• The Royal March- 6
• The Little Concert- 7
• Igor Stravinsky
• Le tombeau de Couperin
• Menuet- 8
• Toccata- 9
• Maurice Ravel
• Walzer from Funf Klavierstucke, Op.23- 11
• Arnold Schoenberg
• Interlude from Wozzeck, Act III- 12
• Alban Berg
• Prologue from Music for the Theatre- 13
• Aaron Copland

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