Question
This composer took scores of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Jeux to a mountain villa, where he wrote the first section of a piece commissioned for the 125th anniversary of the New York Philharmonic. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this mostly self-taught composer whose Requiem for string orchestra received praise from Igor Stravinsky. This composer's “great mentor” Claude Debussy inspired pieces such as Quotation of Dream.
ANSWER: Tōru Takemitsu
[10m] Rain Tree Sketch II by Takemitsu was written following the death of this composer, his “spiritual mentor.” This French composer notably called for ondes Martenot in his Turangalila Symphony.
ANSWER: Olivier Messiaen [or Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen]
[10e] Takemitsu’s experimental piece Corona, consisting of five etudes represented in the score as circles, pulls from his time learning from this American composer of Sonatas and Interludes and 4’33’’.
ANSWER: John Cage [or John Milton Cage Jr.]
<Noah Sheidlower, Auditory Fine Arts>