Genre and Musical Features
This Baroque vocal form tells a religious story using choir, soloists, and orchestra.
What is an Oratorio?
This keyboard instrument is common in Baroque Oratorios and Arias.
What is the Harpsichord?
Oratorio and Baroque vocal music developed in this European country.
What is Italy?
This composer wrote Messiah.
Who is George Frideric Handel?
“Messiah” is a famous example of this genre.
What is an Oratorio?
This Classical form alternates between a repeating main theme and contrasting sections.
What is Rondo form?
Trumpets, trombones, and saxophones are essential to this jazz style.
What is Swing?
Sonata, Minuet, and Rondo forms became popular in this region.
What is Europe (especially Austria & Germany)?
This composer is known for Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
“Eine kleine Nachtmusik” reflects this musical period.
What is the Classical Period?
This Baroque style of singing sounds like speech and is used to move the story forward.
What is Recitative?
Hand drums, guitar, and maracas are used in this Greater Antillean folk genre.
What is Mento?
Swing and R&B originated in this country.
What is United States?
This bandleader recorded It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing).
Who is Duke Ellington?
“In the Mood” is a popular song from this genre.
What is Swing?
This modern genre blends acting, singing, and dancing to tell a story on stage.
What is 20th-Century Music Theatre?
Piano, bass, drums, and saxophone are core instruments in this genre accompanying a smooth singing voice.
What is Rhythm & Blues (R&B)?
Mento and Jonkunnu developed on this Caribbean island.
What is Jamaica?
This artist recorded What’d I Say, a song that helped shape popular Black music in the 1950s.
Who is Ray Charles?
Songs such as Wade in the Water were created by enslaved African Americans and passed down orally.
What are Spirituals?
This jazz style features relaxed tempos, smooth sounds, and lighter tone colors.
What is Cool Jazz?
Call-and-response singing with strong vocals is supported by organ or piano in this genre.
What is Gospel Music?
Parang is traditionally performed in this country during Christmas.
What is Trinidad and Tobago?
This Trinidadian musician wrote and performed Day-O (The Banana Boat Song).
Who is Harry Belafonte?
Quadrille is a traditional dance music from this region.
What is Jamaica?