World Events / Culture
Composers
Orchestral Music
Opera
Miscellaneous
100
The cry: "Libertié Egalitié Fraternatié!" was used in which major historical event?
What is the French Revolution?
100
He wend gradually deaf throughout his career as a composer.
Who is Beethoven or Smetana?
100
A ___________ is a piece composed for a soloist and an accompanying orchestra.
What is a concerto?
100
Operas are different from plays in that _____________________________.
What is "everything is sung."
100
Shubert's _______________ was one of the first pieces of the Romantic period. It sounded very different from anything written before.
What is The Erlkonig (Elf-King)?
200
This coup d'etat was launched partly because of a logical argument about a nation's size.
What is the American Revolution?
200
He composed a part of a Requiem, but he died before completing it, and probably wrote it for himself.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
200
This piece, also entitled Symphony No. 94, made listeners jump from their seats, some even fainting.
What is the "Surprise Symphony?"
200
____________ (composer and title) was written in the traditional Catholic style and was very operatic in style and orchestration.
What is Verdi's Requiem
200
This man took over most of Europe during the transition from the Classical to the Romantic Period.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
300
This building represents which time period's taste in architecture? http://washington.org/sites/washington.org/master/files/styles/guide_to_left/public/Mons_Mems_9_Jefferson.JPG
What is the Classical Period?
300
This composer of Parlor Songs lived and composed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Who is Stephen Foster?
300
Berlioz's _____________________ was composed for Harriet Smithson, an actress whom he adored.
What is Symphonie Fantastique?
300
Wagner's famous cycle of operas, ____________________, featured large Viking women, elaborate sets, and Norse mythology.
What is The Ring of Nibelung?
300
This man was the first to turn the piano sideways, turning a piano concert into a visual show.
Who is Franz Liszt? Or Franzilla?
400
"Washington crossing the Delaware," though the event happened in 1776, is a _____________-Era painting.
What is Romantic?
400
This composer of Ma Vlast (My Country) was very proud of his Czech heritage
Who is Bedrich Smetana?
400
Especially in the Classical Era, orchestral pieces followed these formats, called ______________. --ABA --Sonata --ABACABA --Rondo
What are forms?
400
Bizet's opera, ____________, features the Habanera, a Spanish dance. It was composed in French.
What is Carmen?
400
This requiem, unlike the other two, was written to console the living, not to pray for the dead, and had a few other sharp contrasts.
What is Brahms' German Requiem?
500
This event during both musical time periods caused a surge of workers moving to the cities. At the same time, others fantasized about living in the country.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
500
He composed many popular Italian operas including La Bohéme, La Traviata, and Madama Butterfly.
Who is Giacomo Puccini?
500
This piece was composed to comfort the living, not to pray for the dead. (Title and Composer)
What is Brahms' German Requiem?
500
This opera telling the story of some artists living in Paris, was Puccini's big break into the opera world. He composed it in 1896.
What is La Bohéme?
500
Young composers composed these to show they really meant business in the music world. It became a "rite of passage."
What is a symphony?
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