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This composer wrote the music for Vivo, Moana, Hamilton, Encanto, and many other popular film and stage productions.
Who is, Lin Manuel Miranda?
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What is, “piano”?
What is, “soft”?
This pattern gets this many total beats: Quarter note, quarter note, half note, whole note.
What is 8?
October COTM
Who is John Williams?
A film score written by the October COTM.
What is, Harry Potter? E.T.? Star Wars? Indiana Jones? Home Alone? Jaws? Jurassic Park? Close Encounters of the Third Kind? Schindler’s List? Superman? Saving Private Ryan? Hook? Catch Me If You Can? The Book Thief? War of the Worlds? Empire of the Sun? The B.F.G.? War Horse? Nixon? Lincoln? The Adventures of TinTin? The Patriot? Dracula?……………………………………….
What is, rap?
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What is, “forte”?
What is, “loud”?
This pattern gets this many total beats: Quarter note, quarter rest, sixteenth note x 4, quarter note.
“Wicked” composer
Who is Stephen Schwartz?
A NON-film score written by our October COTM.
What is, the Olympic theme, NBC Sunday Night Football, NBC Nightly News, NBC The Today Show, Gilligan’s Island, Lost in Space…………………………….?
Having two or more independent melodic lines, sung or played at the same time is called _____phony. Examples are mashups, counterpoint, rounds, and cannons.
What is, polyphony?
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What is “mezzoforte”?
What is “medium loud?”
This pattern gets this many total beats: paired eighth notes, paired eight notes, sixteenth note, eighth rest, sixteenth note.
What is 3?
September COTM
Who is Teresa Carreño?
Recurring musical phrase that symbolizes a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is, Leitmotif?
Cats, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Phantom of the Opera
Who is, Andrew Lloyd Webber?
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What is “pianissimo”?
What is “very soft”?
This pattern gets this many total beats: Whole note, whole rest, sixteenth note, sixteenth note, eighth rest, quarter note, eighth note, quarter rest.
What is, 11.5?
Our September COTM famously played for two presidents - name one.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Our COTM for October is this old.
What is, 93?
Many nights we’ve _________, with no ______ anyone could _______. In our hearts a hopeful _______, we barely ___________.
What is, prayed, proof, hear, song, understood?
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What is, “sforzando”?
What is, “suddenly very loud”?
In a 4/4 time signature, 11.5 beats would get this number of measures.
What is, 3 and 7/8ths? (3.875)
Our September COTM was known by many names including, la Leona, the piano girl, and the ________ of the piano.
What is Valkyrie?
A collection of music linked by a theme or a narrative.
What is, concept album?