Question
Answer the following about the modernist composers known as the “American Five,” for 10 points each.
[10m] This member of the Five employed the “tone cluster” in The Tides of Manaunaun. This composer explored “extended piano” techniques, such as plucking the strings directly, in pieces like The Aeolian Harp.
ANSWER: Henry (Dixon) Cowell
[10h] Another prominent member of the “American Five,” Carl Ruggles, is best known for this dissonant, orchestral tone poem titled for a line from Robert Browning’s “Pauline.”
ANSWER: Sun-Treader
[10e] The most noted member of the Five was this associate of Cowell and Ruggles, who himself made use of “tone clusters” in his Concord Sonata.
ANSWER: Charles (Edward) Ives
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 50% | 17% |
| 2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| Cornell B- | Cornell C++ | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Rollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang | Dr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, Iraq | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| What is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU | Houston and friends | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| The Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B | Hutto Hippos | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |