Answer to Question 1
Title - Joan Tower's Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
Tower conceived the work as a tribute and a response to Copland's fanfare
Both the Copland and Tower works are scored for eleven brass and three percussion
Both fanfares are more than ceremonial flourishes
Both are short, but substantial musical statements
both exemplify a relatively recent trend in musical life which is concert music for large ensembles featuring winds and percussion.
Answer to Question 2
Minimalist composers restored consonant harmony while moving forward
Effect of old and new at the same time
Reconceived the way music presents time
free listeners from marking the passage of time at comfortable intervals
slowly changing harmony, open-ended rhythm, and anonymity of performing resources help project a sense of connection to something beyond the self that is essentially spiritual
connects back to the spiritual impulse that inspired music earlier music.
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