Classical Composers
This Russian composer shocked audiences with The Rite of Spring.
Who is Igor Stravinsky?
Jazz music often includes making music up on the spot.
What is improvisation?
This singer is called the “King of Rock & Roll.”
Who is Elvis Presley?
These two world conflicts greatly influenced 20th-century music.
What are World War I and World War II?
This electronic keyboard instrument creates many different sounds.
What is a synthesizer?
This American composer wrote Appalachian Spring.
Who is Aaron Copland?
This trumpet player sang “What a Wonderful World.”
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This famous band came from England in the 1960s.
Who are The Beatles?
This movement used music to promote equality in the 1950s–60s.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This machine keeps electronic rhythm beats.
What is a drum machine?
This composer wrote music for Star Wars.
Who is John Williams?
This jazz band leader wrote over 1,000 songs.
Who is Duke Ellington?
This instrument helped define rock music.
What is the electric guitar?
This invention allowed families to hear music in their homes.
What is the radio?
This instrument can be acoustic or electric and is common in rock.
What is the guitar?
This composer is known for minimalism and repeating patterns.
Who is Philip Glass?
This rhythm style in jazz emphasizes off-beats.
What is syncopation?
Rock music became especially popular with this age group in the 1950s.
Who are teenagers?
Music that supports social change is often called this type of song.
What is a protest song?
This invention allowed music to be recorded and replayed.
What is a record player (or phonograph)?
This 1913 ballet caused a riot at its first performance.
What is The Rite of Spring?
Jazz began in this country.
What is the United States?
Rock music usually has this kind of steady beat pattern.
What is 4/4 time?
Music often reflects people’s ______ during important historical events.
What are feelings or emotions?
Computers helped make this type of music possible.
What is electronic music?