Composers
Jazz
Opera
Spirituals
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100
This man was a child prodigy. His dad took his daughter, Nanneral, and son on a tour of Europe. This composer never felt like he had a childhood. He wrote over 800 pieces of music. He is very famous and he died at age 35.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
100
An improvisational style of music that began with African-American spirituals, ragtime and blues.
What is Jazz?
100
A play set to music in which most or al of the characters sing.
What is opera?
100
A contemporary african american composer who had his own choir and arranged choral music.
Who is Moses Hogan?
100
Meadowbrook is a cool school. It's the best place to be. Teachers and students are working hard. We read, we write and our thinking's alright...
What is the Meadowbrook School Song?
200
This man was very mean. In fact, people called him a "madman." He was from Germany and he wrote an 18 hour long opera cycle called "The Ring Cycle."
Who is Richard Wagner?
200
A jazz musician who played the saxophone and played a type of Jazz called "Be Bop."
Who is Charlie Parker?
200
A short break in betweens acts of an opera.
What is an Intermission?
200
An African American song with religious text.
What is a spiritual?
200
A place where MB kids go to sing, play instruments and learn about composers.
What is Meadowbrook's School's music room?
300
This man was from the Baroque period. His music has lots of trills and fast moving notes. He played the organ at church and his job was to make music for the church. I think his second wife would have preferred he come home more often because we had 20 children!
Who is Johan Sebastian Bach?
300
This famous Jazz musician didn't want to play the piano when he was young. He wanted to play baseball until the day he heard ragtime being played on the piano. This man decided to learn how to play and when he was older created his own orchestra.
Who is Duke Ellington?
300
Accessory and an item characters hold and use during the opera.
What is a prop?
300
Former slaves and students at Fisk University raising their voices in song to save their school.
Who are the Fisk Singers?
300
Teacher of music at Meadowbrook School.
Who is Mrs. Finch?
400
Mrs. Lifshitz loves the story of "Peter and the Wolf." This man wrote the music to the story. His wrote a leit motif (theme) to each character. Each character was portrayed by an instrument. He was a Russian composer.
Who is Sergei Prokofiev?
400
This city played an important part in the development of Jazz. Many people from different cultures lived in this city and together the citizens learned from each other. As a result a new style of music formed, Jazz.
What is the city of New Orleans?
400
A place where actors and singers can make costume changes during the show.
What is a dressing room?
400
For the old man is awaitin' for to carry you to freedom if you ...
What is the song, "Follow the Drinking Gourd?"
400
A place in the music room that displays vocabulary that we have learned in music class through out the year.
What is the Music Word Wall?
500
This little girl has been compared to Mozart. She, too, at a young age can play the piano extremely well. She lives in Rockford and has been on the Ellen show many times. She's preformed at Ravinia and has even played at the White House. She is a relative of one of Meadowbrook School's 4th graders! She is an inspiration to many.
Who is Emily Bear?
500
A variety of rhythms which are in some way unexpected and not even sounding.
What is syncopation?
500
The building the opera is performed in.
What is a Concert Hall? What is an Opera House?
500
Music sung without instrumental sound.
What is "a cappella?"
500
There are two in this music room. It is a percussion instrument and has 88 keys.
What is a piano?
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