Music
Artists
Composers 1
Composers 2
Dance/Acting
100

The _______ is the sequence of notes that makes up a tune

Melody

100

Painter of the Sistine Chapel and sculptor of David

Michelangelo

100

Name 3 of the most famous compositions by George Gershwin

Rhapsody in Blue

An American in Paris

Porgy and Bess

Strike up the Band

I Got Rhythm

100

This Austrian composer started composing at the age of 5 and died early at the age of 35 but still managed to create 41 symphonies in his lifetime

Wolfgang Amadeus

Mozart

100

Wearing his trademark top hat and tails, this dancer/actor starred in the Gershwin brothers Broadway musical Funny Face as well as The Royal Wedding, which included a dance with a coat wrack and his ceiling dance.

Fred Astaire

200

The name of the symbol that signals the notes should be played gradually softer.

Decrescendo

200

Using a style termed Pointillism, this artist created A Sunday on La Grande Jatte

Georges Seurat

200

Ode to Joy is the 4th movement in which of Beethoven's symphonies?

9th Symphony


200

The Nutcracker was composed in 1892 by this Russian man

Pyotr Ilyich

Tchaikovsky

200

American dancer whose repertoire includes 181 ballets.  She was the 1st dancer to perform at the White House and starred in Appalachian Spring

Martha Graham

300

Lento, Moderato, and Allegro are terms that describe how quickly a song should be played, also called this:

Tempo
300

Known for his style of Cubism, this painter also had a blue period.

Pablo Picasso

300

Aaron Copland collaborated with choreographer Agnes de Mille in composing this ballet.

Rodeo

300

This American composer who was the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants had hits such as Rodeo and Appalachian Spring.

Aaron Copland

300

American dancer who performed in Rodeo and Oklahoma, also won Tony Awards for Brigadoon and Kiwamina

Agnes de Mille

400

This type of music was or is sung by musicians such as Michael Jackson, Taylor Swift, Meghan Trainor, and Elvis Presley

Popular Music

400

Water Lilies and Impression: Sunrise by this artist gave name to the style of painting known as Impressionism

Claude Monet

400

The Overture of 1812 is well known for its use of cannons during the performance and was written by this Russian composer

Pyotr Ilyich

Tchaikovsky


400

Beethoven's only opera.

Fidelio

400

This Russian born dancer/choreographer co-founded the New York City Ballet in 1948 and performed in The Nutcracker and Don Quixote

George Balanchine

500

A fermata above a note means the musician should do this to the note

Hold it longer

500

Name 3 famous works by Leonardo da Vinci

Portrait of a Man in Red Chalk

Vetruvian Man

The Last Supper

Mona Lisa

Savior of the World

500

Wrote Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and Jupiter Symphony (Symphony in C Major No. 41)

Wolfgang Amadeus

Mozart

500

This German-Baroque composer wrote the Brandenburg Concertos for the younger brother of King Frederick I of Prussia

Johannes Sebastian 

Bach

500

This Texas born African-American dancer and choreographer who studied with Martha Graham, created 79 ballets and was a part of such productions as House of Flowers, Revelations and Night Creature

Alvin Ailey

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