Ec[000000]LBIf[16]A Serenade for Flute, Harp, and StringsBI
Title of the musical work written by Howard Hanson for his future wife.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBabolitionistsB
Name applied to people in the United States between 1830 and 1860 who favored the mandatory ending of slavery in America.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBaccompanistB
Someone who plays the enriching or supporting part in a musical piece. An accompanist often plays the piano to support a solo singer.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBAlessandro ScarlattiB
An Italian composer who lived from 1659 to 1725. His son, Domenico, was also a composer.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBAlexander IIIB
Tsar of Russia from 1881 to 1894.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBAlfred Bernhard NobelB
Pacifist inventor of dynamite. He also established the Nobel Prizes.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBAmerican Academy in RomeB
A study center for American artists and musicians who have won the Prix de Rome. Howard Hanson won the prize the first year it was offered.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBAmerican Civil WarB
War in the United States during the 1860s fought between the Union (northern states) and the Confederacy (southern states.) The war decided two things: first, that states did not have the right to secede from the union; and second, that slavery would be outlawed everywhere in the country.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBaristocratsB
Members of the aristocracy, an hereditary nobility or privileged class.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBAustriaB
Country in which Beethoven spent much of his life. The capital city is Vienna.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBballetB
Stage dancing having an artistic purpose and substantial length. In the United States, ballet is a term often reserved for works based on "classical" technique rather than styles such as modern dancing.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBBaltic SeaB
Large body of water that is bordered by Sweden, the Commonwealth of Independent States (formerly USSR), Denmark, Finland, Poland, and Germany.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBbandB
A group of musicians, especially those playing wind and percussion instruments, who perform together.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBbassB
The lowest male voice.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBBenjamin DisraeliB
British statesman who was Prime Minister of England several times in the late 1800s. Disraeli was also famous as a novelist.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBBerlinB
A large city in Germany that has been that country's capital throughout much of the nation's history.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBBonus ArmyB
Unemployed U.S. veterans of World War I who marched on Washington, D.C. in May, 1932, to demand early payment of their bonuses. The marchers were brutally dispersed by the U.S. Army, and two marchers were killed.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBCambridge UniversityB
Famous school in England that awarded an honorary degree to Edvard Grieg.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBchamber musicB
Music intended for a room rather than a large hall or theater. As a result, chamber music usually uses only a few performers and treats all performers as soloists equally.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBCharles DarwinB
British naturalist whose scientific investigations led him to formulate the theory of evolution set forth in his book, IOn The Origin of SpeciesI.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBchoirB
An organized group of singers, especially in a church. Haydn spent much of his childhood singing in a boys choir.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBIChoral SymphonyBI
A musical work composed by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBchordB
A combination of three or more tones sounded together.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcoachB
A large, four-wheeled closed carriage.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBCollege of the PacificB
The former name of the University of the Pacific, in California. Howard Hanson taught there when he was just nineteen years old.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcomposerB
Someone who writes music.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcompositionB
The arranging of notes into music, especially the act or art of creating a musical work.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBconcertB
A musical performance by a number of singers or musicians appearing alone or in combination.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBconcertoB
In modern usage, a musical work making use of one or more solo instruments and an orchestra. Generally, a concerto is divided into three parts, called movements.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcourtB
A sovereign, together with his or her council and retinue.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcycleB
The name given to a group of musical pieces that are intended to be performed together and which are linked musically in some way.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBDresdenB
A large city in Germany. Dresden was extensively damaged during World War II. The city is the former capital of Saxony, once a ducal state in what is now Germany.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBDreyfus AffairB
A French political scandal sparked by the army's refusal to recognize the false conviction of Captain A. Dreyfus for treason.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdrumB
A round, hollow percussion instrument that is played by striking it with sticks.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBEastman School of MusicB
Music school founded by George Eastman and attached to the University of Rochester in New York. Howard Hanson was the school's director for many years until his retirement in 1964.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBelectorB
One of a group of German princes who formerly elected the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBElizabeth IB
Queen of England from 1558 to 1603.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBEmily DickinsonB
American poet who lived from 1830 to 1886.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBEnglandB
A country that is part of the United Kingdom. England, Scotland, and Wales all occupy the same island off the coast of France.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBEnglish hornB
A double-reeded woodwind musical instrument.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBetudeB
An exercise for solo instrument or voice, designed to perfect some phase or technique. An etude may also be a musical composition that displays one or more special aspects of technical virtuosity.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBEuropeB
The western part of the Eurasian land mass. Europe includes the countries of Turkey, the Commonwealth of Independent States, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Switzerland, Spain, Poland, Ukraine, England, Norway, etc.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBIFidelioBI
The name of the only opera ever written by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBfjordB
A long, narrow arm of the sea that runs between high, rocky cliffs. Norway, Edvard Grieg's homeland, has many fjords.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBflappersB
Name applied to young women in the 1920s who wore short hair and generally rejected traditional women's roles for themselves.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBfluteB
A small, tubular musical instrument that is blown into and that produces a clear, high, silvery tone.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBFranceB
European country that was the home of Ravel and Debussy.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBFranz Joseph HaydnB
A musician and composer, born in Austria, who lived from 1732 to 1809.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBFranz LisztB
Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer who corresponded with Grieg and encouraged him in his career.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBFrederic Francois ChopinB
Polish composer and pianist who spent much time in France. He lived from 1810 to 1849.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBGeorge EastmanB
American who founded the Eastman School of Music and the Eastman-Kodak Company. George Eastman lived from 1854 to 1932.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBHamburgB
The name of both a city and a state in Germany. The city is a major port.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBHans Christian AndersenB
Famous Danish writer, especially of fairy tales, including IThe Ugly DucklingI and IThe Little MermaidI. Composer Edvard Grieg set one of Andersen's stories to music.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBharmonyB
A simultaneous combination of tones or a group of melodic tones that suggest a simultaneous combination.
