Romantic-Era Composers
Who is PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY?
She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in 1903.
Who is MARIE CURIE?
What is ORCHESTRA?
Italian: "minestra"
What is SOUP?
A medieval stringed instrument, and Peter and the Wolf's bird instrument.
What are LUTE and FLUTE?
This Bohemian composer was the director of the National Conservatory of Music of America in New York City from 1892 to 1895.
Who is ANTONIN DVORAK?
She was the first Queen of England.
Who is "BLOODY" MARY I?
1 Word: "Tan Dean"
What is ANDANTE?
French: "pomme"
What is APPLE?
Eric Clapton's instrument of choice, and an Indian stringed instrument.
What are GUITAR and SITAR?
Despite being Polish, this composer's last name is often pronounced in French.
Who is FREDERIC CHOPIN?
In 2021, she performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Presidential Inauguration. In 2019, she was the first person in history to win an Oscar, a Grammy, a BAFTA, and a Golden Globe in the same year.
Who is LADY GAGA?
What is MAJOR SCALE?
Spanish: "cacahuates"
What are PEANUTS?
The largest traditional orchestral mallet percussion instrument, and a thumb-plucked Zimbabwean instrument.
What are MARIMBA and KALIMBA?
This composer is likely the most well-known Italian opera composer of the Romantic Era. He composed 26 operas in his career.
Who is GIUSEPPE VERDI?
She was the first woman named to the United States Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.
Who is SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR?
2 Words: "Cool Glen"
What is COL LEGNO?
What is BREAD?
A percussion instrument whose name comes from the Spanish for "box" or "drawer", and Glenn Miller's instrument of choice.
What are CAJON and TROMBONE?
This pianist-composer sight-read Johannes Brahms's Op. 4, Scherzo when the two met in Weimar, Germany.
Who is FRANZ LISZT?
She was the first female to win a Grammy Award.
Who is JUDY GARLAND?
What is STRING QUARTET?
What is BEEF?
A foot-controlled free-reed keyboard instrument, and the orchestral equivalent of a marching baritone horn.
What are HARMONIUM and EUPHONIUM?