Composer
This Austrian composer wrote variations on "Twinkle, Twinkle little star."
Who is Mozart?
A musical ensemble consisting of two violins, a viola, and a cello.
What is a string quartet?
A horse, a father, a son and a scary ghost which only the son can hear.
What is "The Elfking" or "Der Erlkönig."
Sawed the legs off of his piano so that he could feel the vibrations on the floor.
Who is Beethoven?
Who is Michael Jackson?
This German composer was the bridge between the Classical and Romantic periods. His most important works were composed during the last 10 years of his life when he was quite unable to hear.
Who is Beethoven?
A dance played in triple time.
What is a Waltz?
This work by Mozart translates "A little night music."
What is Eine Kleine Nachtmusik?
One of the most famous composers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was buried in grave for royalty. True or false?
False. He was not financially successful, despite all of his incredible work. He was sadly buried in a grave for the poor.
This singer from the band, Queen, dabbled in opera and even sang with Montserrat Caballé in a concert.
Who is Freddie Mercury?
This Austrian composer writes in a very similar style to W.A. Mozart and helped develop the forms and styles of the string quartet and symphony.
Who is Josef Haydn?
Piano and a vocalist, singing in German.
What is lieder?
A review about this piece, in which he likened the first movement of the piece to a boat floating in the moonlight on Switzerland’s Lake Lucerne.
What is Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata?
This Russian composer was influenced by Mozart and began writing music at the age of 4. Although he was born during the Romantic period, he wrote in the style of Classical bridging into the Romantic period.
Who is Pyotr Tchaikovsky?
In Norse mythology, these creatures were sent to the battlefields by the god Oden. (hint....they are characters in an Opera by a famous German composer)
What are Valkyrie?
This German composer from the Romantic period, was influenced John Williams, uses heavy brass, strings and percussion in his operas and large orchestra works.
Who is Richard Wagner?
A musical composition where one solo instrumentalist is featured and accompanied by an orchestra.
What is a concerto?
The most famous of all Orpheus operas is Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice. It was later rewritten in French for this Opera House and was hugely successful.
What is the Paris Opera?
“Eating, loving, singing and digesting are, in truth, the four acts of the comic opera known as life,” he once said, “and they pass like bubbles of a bottle of champagne. Whoever lets them break without having enjoyed them is a complete fool.”
Who is Gioachino Rossini?
The Lone Ranger tv show was composed after this famous overture.
What is The William Tell Overture?
Austrian composer who bridged the classical into the romantic period, known for melody and harmony in his songs and chamber music.
Who is Franz Schubert?
A musical form for orchestra with several movements (sections) with one movement using the "sonata" form.
What is a symphony?
"Largo al factotum" is one of the more famous baritone arias from this Rossini opera.
What is The Barber of Seville?
This German composer signed a contract for 6 stage works with the Paris Opera when he was under the patronage (wrote music for) Marie Antoinette. He had a profound influence on Mozart.
Who is Gluck?
Mozart died while writing this mass.
What is a requiem mass or mass for the dead?