Double Dates
(Connect 2 people or events per date)
De-Composers
(About deceased composers)
Musicophilia
(Includes title & composer of music)
Take Notes
(Music style form & harmony)
Instrument-Al
(Al plays many instruments)
100
1685
What is the year Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frederic Handel were born?
100
The composer who is considered the musical bridge from the Classical to the Romantic era.
Who was Ludwig van Beethoven?
100
A famous group of four concerti that used musical textures to evoke specific scenes.
What is The Four Seasons by Vivaldi?
100
This compositional technique became dominant in the Baroque era.
What is Counterpoint?
100
Al is playing an instrument that was innovative due to being loud and soft.
What is the pianoforte?
200
1808
What is the year Ludwig van Beethoven completed his Symphony No. 5 and No. 6?
200
The "father" of the Symphony and the String Quartet.
Who was Franz Joseph Haydn?
200
The premier of this work included musicians putting out their candles and leaving stage, one at a time.
What is The Farewell Symphony by Haydn?
200
The man with the hand is considered the creator of the music staff.
Who was Guido of Arezzo?
200
Al often plays this keyboard instrument in small Baroque ensembles.
What is the harpsichord?
300
1791
What is the year Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote the Magic Flute and died?
300
A Romantic era composer known the "Ring" cycle and other operas.
Who was Richard Wagner?
300
The fourth movement of this work includes a love song written for the composer's future wife.
What is Symphony No. 5 by Mahler?
300
Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, and Anton Webern pioneered compositional techniques that fall into this category.
What is Atonal?
300
The instrument Al plays that is named for its 1 octave pitch transposition.
What is the Double Bass? (Also acceptable: What is the contrabass or contrabassoon?)
400
1882
What is the year Stravinsky was born and Tchaikovsky composed the 1812 Overture?
400
Composer of 10 symphonies that bridged the Romantic and Modern music eras.
Who was Gustav Mahler?
400
This work contains a Shaker tune and was originally written for ballet.
What is Appalachian Spring by Copland?
400
Many Classical works were created with this structure that included "A" and "B" themes, an Exposition, a development, and a recapitulation.
What is Sonata Form?
400
The instrument with pedals played by Al in the Renaissance era.
What is the organ?
500
1722
What year did J.S. Bach Complete Book 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier) and Jean-Phillippe Rameau publish his Treatise on Harmony (Traité de l'harmonie)?
500
These composers made a real "Impresssion" on those who followed.
Who were Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel?
500
This work, based on tales from Slavic folklore, was originally written for ballet.
What is The Firebird by Stravinsky?
500
This dark and symbolic melody from Gregorian Chant has been quoted frequently by composers including Berlioz, Holst, Gounod, Haydn, Brahms, Liszt, Khachaturian, Mahler, Mussorsky, Rachmaninioff, Respighi, Saint-Saens, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, and many others.
What is the Dies Irae?
500
The instrument played by Al in Dvořák's 9th Symphony "From the New World"
What is the English Horn?
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