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30/01/2017 20th Century Composers

Link the name of one of the 30 composers listed below to the picture and brief biographical details at each of the 15 questions.  Clicking the sound icon under each composer's name will play a brief extract of the work concerned.

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Candidate Composers...

Bacharach - Barber - Bernstein - Britten - Carmichael - Coates - Copland - Debussy - Delius - Ellington - Finzi - Gershwin - Holst - Joplin

Kern - Morricone - Nyman - Porter - Poulenc - Rachmaninoff - Ravel - Rodgers - Satie - Shostakovich - Sibelius - Sondheim - Villa Lobos

Weill - Williams (J) - Williams (RV)

1.

1872-1958

Served in WWI as an ambulance driver

 
2.

1902-1979

Won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, a Tony and a Pulitzer Prize
3.

1862-1918

Impressionist composer who used non-traditional scales
 

(Ralph Vaughan) Williams (RV)

Sea Songs

  

(Richard) Rodgers

Victory at Sea Suite

  

(Claude) Debussy

Clair de Lune

4.

1900-1950

Leading stage composer who became a US citizen later in life

5.

1901-1956

Died the day after debut of his Cello Concerto on the radio

6.

1899-1981

Jazz-oriented composer who also had an acting career
 

(Kurt) Weill

September Song

  

(Gerald) Finzi

Eclogue

  

(Hoagy) Carmichael

Stardust

7.

1926-2020

Southern European - founded Forum Music Village studio

8.

1862-1934

Left blind and paralysed from syphilis contracted in Paris

9.

1918-1990

Musical styles included film, ballet, orchestral and symphonic
 

(Ennio) Morricone

      Cinema Paradiso - Piano Solo

  

(Frederick) Delius

Brigg Fair

  

(Leonard) Bernstein

West Side Story

Symphonic Dances

10.

1928-

Friend of John Cage – cites Darius Milhaud as his biggest influence

11.

1874-1934

Trombonist heavily influenced by Wagner and Richard Strauss

12.

1885-1945

Worked with P G Wodehouse in London between 1900 and 1910
 

(Burt) Bacharach

The Look of Love

  

(Gustav) Holst

I Vow to Thee My Country

  

(Jerome) Kern

Showboat Overture

13.

1865-1957

Widely known for his 7 symphonies and his tone poems

14.

1875-1937

Fought in WWI driving munitions under German bombardment

15.

1891-1964

Horse riding accident left him in constant pain
 

(Jean) Sibelius

Karelia Suite

  

(Maurice) Ravel

Pavane pour une Infante Défunte

  

(Cole) Porter

Begin the Beguine