Composers
the elements
The past is now
Rock and a hard place
Movies
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An early composer of Opera that included opera buffs and seri a. He is often regarded as the greatest composer of these types of operas.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
100
A song form based on verses, or verses and choruses.
What is Strophic Form?
100
Forerunner of the modern guitar.
What is the lute?
100
Alternative rock band prominent from the early 1990s
Who are Pearl Jam?
100
American composer and conductor known primarily for the writing of movie music; some of the movies he has written the scores for include: Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, ET - The Extraterrestrial, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Home Alone, and Schindler’s List.
Who is John Williams?
200
English composer of sacred and secular vocal works.
Who is Henry Purcell
200
Many early rock and roll songs were based on:
What is the twelve-bar blues chord progression?
200
Common themes in Medieval troubadour songs include:
What are Folk tales and legends?
200
The two primary sources (continents) of Folk songs in America.
Where is Europe and Africa?
200
The conductor of a musical ensemble who has the additional responsibilities of overseeing programming, choosing guest soloists, auditions, and serves in an administrative role as the public face of a musical organization.
What is the Music Director?
300
Composer in the Romantic period who was a prolific song writer. Wrote the song The Erlking.
Who is Franz Schubert?
300
An extensive section in a baroque or classical piece that allows for improvisation by the feature performer.
What is a cadenza?
300
Early electronic instrument named after its inventor
What is the Therimin
300
Many early rock and roll songs were based on this
What is the twelve-bar blues chord progression?
300
The first feature-length film to incorporate synchronized songs and dialogue:
What is the Jazz Singer?
400
Schubert elevated the art song to a genre of larger significance partly through these 2 means:
What is the development of the song cycle and making the piano an equal partner with the voice rather than just a vehicle for harmonic accompaniment?
400
A succession of pitches that can ascend, descend and repeat.
What is melody?
400
Movie company that became known for its cartoon shorts featuring characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, etc. that uses a great deal of classical music in its presentation.
What is Warner Brothers?
400
Jam bands frequently make use of these to change the direction of their extended improvisations
What are Audio and visual signals from band members.
400
The written-out notation of a piece of music, including all of the individual instrumental and/or vocal parts. Also refers to the music that accompanies a film:
What is the score?
500
Many of the orchestral scores for movies from the 1930s and 1940s were written by this group of people. .
Who are Jewish composers fleeing the oppression of Europe?
500
The rhythmic element in Indian music:
What is tala?
500
Alicia Keys used the music of this composer in her song "Piano & I"
Who is Ludwig Von Beethoven?
500
The composer of the the main sequence of the movie "Gone with the Wind"
Who is Max Steiner?
500
Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra noted for his collaboration with the Disney Studios in the creation of the animated feature film Fantasia:
Who is Leopold Stokowski?
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