Born in Miami, Florida, this composer studied composition at the Juilliard
School and worked as an usher at Carnegie Hall beforeyears laterbeing the
first individual to occupy the Composers Chair at the same institution.
a. Zwilich
b. Copland
c. Adams
d. Williams
e. Cage
Question 2Which composition, set in Pennsylvania during the early 1800s, is a one-act
ballet that tells the story of a pioneer celebration in a newly built farmhouse?
a. Appalachian Spring
b. The Rite of Spring
c. The Nutcracker
d. Pierrot lunaire
e. Simple Gifts