this composer was playing complicated pieces on the piano at age 4. He spnet his life teaching and composing his works throughout Europe.
Who is Mozart?
100
This type of dance was instroduces during the romantic period, with 3 beats tot he measure.
What is the waltz?
100
This opera composer was French, and was fromt he early part of the opera period.
Who is Lully?
100
This type of music features one or more soloists with orchestra in the back ground.
What is a concerto?
100
what is required to make sound on a woodwind instrument?
What is blowing or air?
200
This classical period composer influenced the musicians of the romantic period, which came after the classical era.
Who is Beethoven
200
Name a country that started becoming part of the romantic period music, that used folk songs and dances from it's heritage, and developed them into pieces for the orchestra?
What is Russia or Hungary?
200
This kind of opera is based on a serious story line.
What is opera seria?
200
Most sonatas are written for this instrument alone.
What is the piano?
200
this person decides how fast or slow the tempo should go in an orchestra.
What is the conductor?
300
Thois composer wrote a piece called the "Surprise Symphony", which had a startling part that woke people up, as a joke, because he was tired of them falling asleep during hisperformances.
Who is Haydn?
300
This type of music was introduced during the romantic period, which poems and stories were set to symphony music.
What is a symphonic poem?
300
This is a nother name for comic opera.
What is Opera Buffa?
300
There are 3 or 4 sections in a sonata which are called this.
What is a movement?
300
This is a very large drum used in syphonies. It is copper and looks like a giant pot or couldron.
What is a timpanum or kettle drum?
400
This instrument is a percussion instrument that came after the harpsichord, and allowed the musician to play soft or loud.
What is the piano?
400
These pieces were writtne for a much larger orchestra.
What is a symphony?
400
Name one Italian opera composer during 19th century opera.
Who is Puccini or Verdi?
400
The word 'symphony' means this.
What is sounding together?
400
this string instrument is larger than a violin, but smaller than a cello.
What is the viola?
500
during the classical era, what became popular so that everyone could hear music?
What is the public concert?
500
This composer was from Hungary, and wrote "Hungarian Rhapsody" for the piano.
What is Liszt?
500
This is a smaller version of an opera.
What is an operetta?
500
This type of music is a piece for orchestra and usually has 4 movements.
What is a symphony?
500
This musician arranged musical evenings for his family and friends to gather round the piano and sing.