Musical Creators

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Chapter 8

• Musical Creators

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• Composers work to externalize inner feelings
• Composition is the craft of putting together
  sounds to create a musical work.
• Some composers doodle on the piano until they
  find something they like, some labor and re-work
  material until they are satisfied, others
  improvise and songs are correct the first time
  theyre played.

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Diane Warren

• Known as the hit machine
• First hit was Rhythm of the Night from the
  movie The Last Dragon
• She doesnt wait for music to come to her she
  goes to work everyday.
• Hook the motive or grabber phrase in a song
  that often accompanies the words of the songs
  title

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George Gershwin

• Father of American operas
• Composer of popular songs, broadway musicals, and
  concert music
• Worked with his brother Ira to complete songs
  (Ira lyrics, George music)
• I Got Rhythm
• Porgy and Bess Bess, You Is My Woman Now
• Modulation a change of key

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Aaron Copland

• Father of American orchestral music
• Music borrowed heavily from folk traditions and
  themes
• Appalachian Spring, Simple Gifts
• Fanfare for the Common Man
• Fanfare a short, showy tune, usually written
  for brass, played to honor important people or
  announce an important event

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New Direction

• As technology advances, composers develop new
  ideas and creative ways to use that technology.
• Synthesizer an electronic device, usually with
  a keyboard, capable of producing sounds in almost
  any range, tone quality, and volume

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Libby Larsen

• She interprets poetic images into musical
  portraits.
• The Settling Years from poetry penned by
  actual pioneers, 3 movements Comin to Town,
  Beneath These Alien Stars, and A Hoopla
• Marimba Concerto After Hampton influenced by
  jazz musician Lionel Hampton, specialized in
  marimba/melodic percussion

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Moses Hogan

• Born in New Orleans, LA
• Arranges Negro spirituals for choral ensembles