Classical Composers
This composer was famous by age 6 for his incredible talent.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
The relative highness or lowness (in frequency) of a sound.
What is pitch?
This musical genre, popularized by Louis Armstrong has it's roots in New Orleans.
What is Jazz?
A type of keyboard instrument, whose strings are plucked by quills.
What is the harpsichord?
This song is at the top of the Billboard 100 as of this morning.
What is Old Town Road?
This composer, known for his 9 Symphonies, was completely deaf by the time he turned 40.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
The speed (fast/slow) a piece of music is played at.
What is tempo?
Artists like the Supremes, the Temptations, and Diana Ross, all were a part of making this Detroit-based genre take off in the 1960's.
What is Motown/R&B?
The smallest member of the string family.
What is the violin?
Name this British rock group, that took the USA by storm in 1964.
He composed the "Surprise Symphony" and the "Farewell Sympony"
Who is Joseph Haydn?
How beats in a musical piece are divided to create interesting patterns.
What is Rhythm?
This kind of music includes all music played in church.
What is sacred music?
This instrument, a member of the woodwinds family, has a double reed.
What is an oboe? (also acceptable, what is a bassoon.)
A long performance for solo voice in an opera.
What is an aria?
A gifted composer in his own right, this composer was the son of Baroque great J.S. Bach.
Who is C.P.E. Bach?
What is form?
This MODERN genre combines drama, acting, costume-design, dancing, and singing.
What is musicals, or Broadway?
This brass instrument was popularized by jazz musicians.
What is the saxophone?
A string "Quartet" is made up this many musicians.
What is four?
This late Classical composer wrote over 600 pieces before his premature death at the age of 31.
Who is Franz Schubert?
The characteristic that distinguishes how one instrument sounds from another.
What is timbre?
This musical genre, has it's roots in the expression of the hardships African-Americans faced in the South around the turn of the 20th century.
What is the blues?
The timpani is part of which family of instruments?
What is percussion?
This 20th century composer suffered fro m Triskaidekaphobia, or, fear of the number 13.
Who was Arnold Schoenburg?