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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 picture will play a brief extract of one of that composer's works.

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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

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

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

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

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