Total number of children.
What is 20 children.
Age he lost his hearing.
What is 28 years old.
Famous song he wrote for friend's son.
What is Brahms Lullaby.
He owned his own baseball team called the "Secret 9" and loved to act as well as play trumpet.
What is Louis Armstrong.
At what age did Hans Zimmer lose his father?
What is 6 years old.
Total number of children who died.
What is 10 children.
Famous song Mrs. Short always plays on the piano.
How many years did it take for him to write one piece of music?
What is 20 years.
His real name was Edward and he lived at the same time as Babe Ruth.
What is Duke Ellington.
What famous song did Hans Zimmer write in memory of his father?
What is The Lion King.
He played this instrument and it appears on The Grinch movie too.
What is the Organ.
A famous song he wrote despite the tragedy of his hearing loss.
What is Ode to Joy.
True of False: He never married.
What is true.
Her nickname was the "First Lady of Song" or "Queen of Jazz" and she was the 1st black woman to win a Grammy Award.
What is Ella Fitzgerald.
How many schools did he get kicked out of?
What is 8 schools.
How many pieces of music did he write?
What is 1,128.
This percussion instrument is tuned to a certain pitch and sometimes goes by the name kettle drum.
What is the Timpani.
How old was he when he wrote his first piece of music?
What is 11 years old.
This is a style of singing that copies the sounds of an instrument and uses nonsense syllables.
What is scat.
What 2 instruments did he teach himself to play?
What is the piano and guitar.
Name the 4 Woodwind instruments in the orchestra.
What is Flute, Clarinet, Oboe & Bassoon.
Name the 4 Percussion instruments in the orchestra.
What is the Piano, Xylophone, Cymbals & Snare Drum.
Name the 4 Brass instruments in the orchestra.
What is the Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone & Tuba.
This rhythm is what gives music it's swing feel and is used in music like jazz, salsa and hip hop.
What is syncopation.
Name the 4 String instruments in the orchestra.
What is the Violin, Cello, Bass, Harp.