Composers
Cello & Cellists
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Fun Random Facts
100
This composer wrote six suites for solo cello (and also Minuet #2)
J.S. Bach
100
What is the term used for more than one cello?
Celli
100
A modern piano has ____ keys.
88
100
Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven are three of the best known composers from what time period?
The Classical Period
100
What is the type of music called that Tchaikovsky wrote for "The Nutcracker?"
Ballet
200
This is the name we use for a traditional piece whose composer we don’t know
Folk Song
200
Who is this cellist?
Mstlav Rostropovich
200
What is the name of these instruments?
Viols or Viola de gambas
200
Based on the wig this man is wearing, he clearly lived during what time period?
The Baroque
200
True or False: The London Symphony Orchestra was originally booked to perform on the Titanic's maiden voyage, but they narrowly avoided the disaster by booking a gig on another ship at the last minute.
True!
300
This composer is a violinist and member of the Catalyst Quartet whose compositions including “Banner” have been featured on programs by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
Jessie Montgomery
300
"Cello" is the shortened form if the Italian word "Violoncello" which means " ___________"
"little large viola"
300
True or False, this instrument was invented in the Romantic era.
False
300
Dissonance and Atonality were explored extensively in this period of Music History.
The 20th Century
300
True or False: Your hearbeat changes and mimics the music you listen to.
TRUE!
400
This Hungarian composer traveled through Eastern Europe in the early 1900s to collect and record folk music from countries including Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania.
Bela Bartok
400
What material was originally used to make cello strings?
Sheep or goat gut.
400
What was the earliest musical instrument?
The Voice
400
This Romantic Period composer is thought to have made a contraption to stretch and strengthen his fingers, but it damaged them instead.
Robert Schumann
400
The oldest cello that exists to date is known as _______. Hint: It also shares the nickname with Elvis.
The King.
created by Andrea Amati, it’s one of the oldest known cellos. It was built between 1538 and 1560. It is currently in the National Music Museum in South Dakota.
500
This Austrian composer performed in the late 1700s as both a singer and pianist and wrote the Sicilienne in Book 7.
Maria Theresia von Paradis
500
The cello is said to be the closest sounding instrument to the __________.
The human voice
500
Why was this instrument originally called the Forte Piano?
Because it could play both Loud and Soft
500
Name these 4 Composers (extra points for their time periods!)
Mozart (Classical), Beethoven (Romantic), Bach(Baroque), Vivaldi (Baroque)
500
What famous jazz musician wore a necklace with a Star of David all his life and spoke fluent Yiddish even though he was not Jewish.
Who is Louis Armstrong.