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100

Name an instrument in the string family.

  • Violin

  • Viola

  • Cello

  • String Bass

  • Harp

100

Which popular movie score will be performed on the BSO field trip?

Star Wars: Main Title

100

Where is the BSO Concert field trip?

The Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts.

100
This composer wrote movie scores for films such as Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jaws, and Jurassic Park.

John Williams

100

A person who DIRECTS the performance of an ensemble like an orchestra, choir, or band

Conductor

200

Name an instrument in the woodwind family.

  • Flute 

  • Oboe 

  • English Horn 

  • Clarinet 

  • Bassoon

200

AQUARELA DO BRASIL (WATERCOLOR OF BRAZIL) was used in which Disney film?

The Three Caballeros

200

Where is the Paris Conservatory?

Paris, France

200

Describe what it means to be a "nationalistic" composer.

A nationalistic composer is a musician, primarily from the 19th and early 20th centuries, who consciously incorporates elements of their country’s cultural heritage—such as folk tunes, rhythms, dances, legends, and landscapes—into classical compositions.

200

Leader of the first violin section, signals the oboe player to play the concert A tuning note

Concertmaster

300

Name an instrument in the brass family.

  • Trumpet

  • French Horn 

  • Trombone  

  • Baritone 

  • Tuba

300

Dance of the Hours appears in Disney’s original movie _______.

Fantasia

300

Was written on a British warship in the Baltimore Harbor during the war of 1812

Star Spangled Banner

300

Who are the composer and lyricist of The Star Spangled Banner?

Francis Scott Key and John Stafford Smith.

300

A person who write the words for a piece of music.

Lyricist

400

Name an instrument in the percussion family.

 

  • Timpani

  • Cabasa

  • Xylophone

  • Maracas

  • Cymbals

  • Drums

  • Gong

  • Guiro

400

On March 5, 1907, this piece was the first piece of recorded music ever transmitted on the radio.

Rossini's The William Tell Overture (Storm on Concert)
400

The Opera Carmen is set the country of _________, but sung in _____ (language).

Spain, French

400

Which composer was an officer in the Imperial Navy?

NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

400

A person who ADAPTS a musical composition for performance

Arranger

500

The viola is part of which instrument family?

Strings

500

The "Flight of the Bumblebee" from The Tale of Saltan is an instrumental interlude from an  _________________.

Opera
500

A conservatory is a _________

School of Music

500

Like Beethoven, ________________ lost his hearing and was deaf for the remainder of his life.

Smetana

500

A composer is a person who ______

Writes Music

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