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100

The first opera written by Monteverdi in the Baroque era. 

What is "Orpheus and Eurydice?"

100

The composer of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.

Who is Mozart? 

100

This Italian word means that everyone should play or sing together.

What is "tutti?"

100
A musical term meaning slow in time and dignified style.

What is "largo"

100

This famous cellist began performing at the age of four and a half. 

Who is "Yo-Yo Ma?"

200

What separates Opera from other theatrical performance types? 

What is "usage of text?"

200
A Polish composer, famous for writing mazurkas, nocturnes and etudes for piano. 

Who is Frederic Chopin.

200
The German word meaning seated rehearsal with the orchestra. 
What is "sitzprobe."
200
Musical composition numbered as one of the composer's works, in order of publication. 

What is "opus." 

200

The famous classical work "The Planets" by Gustav Holst inspired John Williams to utilize a similar writing for this 1977 movie.

What is "Star Wars?"

300

The two main characters in La Bohème?

What is "Rodolfo and Mimi"

300

The composer of Faust. 

Who is Charles Gonoud?

300

The translation of "Der Müller und der Bach" from the Schubert song cycle Die schöne Müllerin 

The Miller and the Brook."

300

A, B, A 

(form)

What is "Sonata or Ternary Form?"

300

The aria included in the Voyager Golden record that  NASA took to the moon. 

What is "The Queen of the Night" aria?"

400

The name of the mezzo-soprano leading lady from the opera Little Women?

Who is "Jo?"

400

In 1856, he tragically died in an asylum after years of writing tremendous works, but he suffered internal torment.

Who is Robert Schumann?

400

This is the meaning of the Japanese word: "karaoke."

What is "empty orchestra?"

400

The unstressed note or notes before the first bar line of a piece. 

What is "anacrusis?"
400

The astronaut Neil Armstrong took a tape recording of which piece of music by Antonín Dvořák with him on the Apollo 11 moon-landing mission?

What is "The New World Symphony?"

500

This is the number that Don Giovanni claims to have seduced.

"What is 2,063?"

500

The composer who transcribed Birdsong and incorporated it in my of his works?

Who is Messiaen?

500

Leonard Warren died after singing 'Morir, Tremenda Cosi' by Verdi. This is the English translation of the title.

What is "To Die, a Momentous Thing?"

500

A slide from one note to the other with no specific musical time. 

What is a "portamento?"

500
The Opera by John Adams set in the final hours leading up to the first atomic bomb explosion. 
What is Atomic Bomb? 
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