Program 2-020 Giants GIANTS OF AMERICAN MUSICGrades 4-5

REMEMBER: People come from every nation on earth to the United States. Except for the Native Americans, we’re all foreigners, and you can hear that when you listen to American Music.

NAME THE COMPOSERS: George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, John Philip Sousa, Leonard Bernstein

Who am I? Who am I?I led a famous band, and I forgot to write some musicwrote many marches. so I wrote it on a train.My name is: My name is:

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Who am I? Who am I?I studied in Paris and wrote One of my most famousmusic with both jazz and folk musical works is aboutinfluences. My name is: gangs. My name is:

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These composers are called Giants of American Music because:A. they wrote music which takes a very long time to playB. they were all very, very tall men who wore big shoesC. they changed the sound of music in the United StatesD. they all played for a baseball team called the Giants

A player piano is: a piano that plays games a mechanical piano a piano played by a ghost

Name a Giant among Musical Monsters: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

EXTRA CREDIT: NOTE READING SKILLS Notes for the treble clef: copy these quarter notes using the empty staff.

Program made possible by the generous support of Bill Donaldand Christin Galloway, account executives at Morgan Stanley.