T/F:  This music is in a minor key.  (Listen to the first 30-60 seconds, starting at :12).    

Balance Order Clarity Form was so important (hooray for sonata-allegro form)! Absolute music Lots of symphonies, string quartets, and sonatas Which historical era is represented?

Steve Reich’s later minimalistic works were strongly influenced by:

The blues originated from work songs of African Americans in the American south.

The film music from the movie Star Wars is highly influenced by which Romantic Era technique and composer?

The blues originated from work songs of African Americans in the American south.

The keyboard instrument you hear/see in this video is:

This music was an important precursor to jazz It is filled with the lively, syncopated rhythms of African American music, but used primarily classical forms It was written and performed mostly by African American pianists What style of music is being described?

This music was an important precursor to jazz It is filled with the lively, syncopated rhythms of African American music, but used primarily classical forms It was written and performed mostly by African American pianists What style of music is being described?

We can best describe what we are seeing/hearing here as: