Music Terminology
Latin for work, as in creative work
What is an opus?
The speed of a piece of music
What is tempo?
Parchment was originally made out of this material
What is animal skin? (Bonus 50 points for sheep or goat.)
The written-down version of musical notes
What is a score?
Ms. Perkins' favorite color
What is green?
The Italian singular for opus (work, creative work) OR a story presented by singers on stage
What is an opera?
Slowly or at ease
What is adagio?
Who invented the printing press?
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
A well-known location for music publishing in New York City
What is Tin Pan Alley?
What is Celsius?
An extraordinary gifted or capable performer
What is a virtuoso?
Lively
What is vivace?
One of the most important technological innovations in Western history came with this invention
What is the graphophone OR the printing press?
The science of sound and hearing
What are acoustics?
"Hello" in Italian
What is ciao or buongiorno?
A group of instruments or singers making music together or at the same time
What is an ensemble?
Italian instruction placed at the end of a movement. “To attack” or jump right into the movement with no pause
What is attacca?
The poor man’s engraving that was not done with etching
What is lithography?
The title given to the eldest son of a king
What is Dauphin?
The place you are going for Otium today
What is your P5 classroom?
A genre of music played by 4 players
What is quartet?
Broadly, slowly
What is largo?
In the Medieval period, music was not produced by hand
What is false?
When did King Louis XIV rule France?
What is 1643/1661-1715?
The final exams being administered on Wednesday (5/21)