Question

This composer compiled six “Walkman-suitable” pieces into a collection whose title combines his name with the word “works.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this American minimalist composer, whose Portrait Trilogy includes the operas Satyagraha and Akhnaten.
ANSWER: Philip Glass [accept Glassworks]
[10h] The piece “Façades” from Glassworks was originally composed for this film directed by Godfrey Reggio. This film opens with a bass chorus chanting a Hopi word meaning “life out of balance.”
ANSWER: Koyaanisqatsi (“koh-YAH-nees-KAHT-see”)
[10e] Glass studied in Paris under Nadia Boulanger, who previously refused to teach this American composer. This composer was heavily influenced by jazz motifs, as seen in his pieces An American in Paris and Rhapsody in Blue.
ANSWER: George Gershwin
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