Name that Instrument
This stringed instrument has the second-highest pitch in an orchestra.
What is a viola?
This composer, known for "The Four Seasons," was an Italian Baroque violinist and composer.
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
A standard piano trio consists of these three instruments.
What are piano, violin, and cello?
This is the lake located on Wellesley's campus.
What is Lake Waban?
This is where Jenny is from.
This brass instrument, which has three valves, is known for its slide mechanism and is commonly featured in jazz bands.
What is a trombone?
Despite composing some of the greatest symphonies of all time, Beethoven suffered from this disability later in life.
What is deafness?
A wind quintet includes a flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and this brass instrument.
What is the horn?
This famous Wellesley alumna served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001.
Who is Madeleine Albright?
This is the number of children David has.
What is two?
This woodwind instrument, often used in orchestras, produces sound through a double reed and is known for its deep, rich tone.
What is a bassoon?
This composer frequently embedded the musical motif D–S–C–H (D, E-flat, C, B) in his works as a personal signature.
Who is Dmitri Shostakovich?
This famous hall in Lincoln Center is dedicated to chamber music and is named after a renowned philanthropist and arts patron.
What is Alice Tully Hall?
This major is the most popular at Wellesley.
What is Economics?
Jenny got her Master of Music (M.M.) from this school.
What is The New England Conservatory of Music?
This percussion instrument, often used in both orchestras and military bands, is shaped like a large cylindrical drum and is typically played with mallets.
What is a timpani?
This Mozart composition's title translates to "A Little Night Music" in English.
What is Eine kleine Nachtmusik?
This Austrian composer wrote over 80 string quartets, earning him the nickname "Father of the String Quartet.
Who is Joseph Haydn?
Wellesley College was established in this year.
1870
This state is where David is from and grew up.
What is Ohio?
This keyboard instrument, invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori, was the precursor to the modern piano and is known for its ability to vary the volume of sound based on touch.
What is a harpsichord?
This composer’s 1913 piece "The Rite of Spring" was so revolutionary that it caused a riot during its premiere in Paris.
Who is Igor Stravinsky?
This instrument, often heard in jazz, replaces the piano in many of Brahms’ late chamber works.
What is the clarinet?
This renowned author, known for books like "Little Women," attended Wellesley College as part of the class of 1864.
Who is Louisa May Alcott?
This is the number of classes Jenny is teaching this semester.
What is zero?