This keyboard instrument has 88 keys and is the standard keyboard instrument since its invention
What is the piano.
100
This Medieval era composer is credited with creating the round.
Who is Hildegard von Bingen.
100
This musical era featured Gregorian Chant.
What is the Medieval period.
100
The words "a rope" is an anagram for this music genre.
What is opera.
100
The banjo, fiddle, and string bass are key instruments to this American music genre.
What is bluegrass.
200
This keyboard instrument pre-dates the piano and features varying lengths of pipes.
What is the pipe organ.
200
This late Baroque composer is credited with creating the language of tonal music.
Who is J.S. Bach.
200
This musical era was heavily influenced by recording technology and electronic musical instruments.
What is the 20th Century.
200
This Purcell opera of the early Baroque is one of the most celebrated operas of the era.
What is Dido and Anaeas.
200
Musicians such as Leadbelly, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and John Lee Hooker are members of this musical genre.
What is the Blues.
300
This dainty pre-piano keyboard instrument uses quills to pluck the strings rather than hammers.
What is the harpsichord.
300
This famous composer of symphonies helped usher in the Romantic period with his third symphony.
Who is Beethoven.
300
This musical era included early opera, the rise of the harpsichord as the premiere keyboard instrument, and an overall sense of busy-ness.
What is the Baroque era.
300
This Mozart opera can be deduced from the fictional title "The Enchanted Oboe."
What is The Magic Flute
300
This highly improvisatory musical genre has its roots in the red-light district of New Orleans.
What is jazz.
400
This instrument can play itself by means of a moving paper roll.
What is the player piano.
400
This child prodigy was a prolific composer of the Classical Era until he met his untimely death.
Who is Mozart.
400
This era saw the rise in popularity of opera and solo piano music, the eventual breakdown of the tonal musical language, and the rise in nationalism and exoticism in music.
What is the Romantic era.
400
Wagner's late Romantic opera helped break down the tonal language of music with this viking-themed opera.
What is The Valkyries.
400
Elvis Presley, Little Richard, and the Coasters are early examples of this musical genre.
What is rock 'n roll.
500
This instrument offers control over a variety of parameters of sound and came into existence in the 1960s.
What is the synthesizer.
500
This 20th century Russian composer of ballets is known as the "emancipator of rhythm."
Who is Stravinsky.
500
This musical era of Mozart and Haydn saw the simplification of counterpoint into clearly defined melodies and harmonies.
What is the Classical Period.
500
This Bartok opera featured two characters and a macabre setting.
What is Bluebeard's Castle.
500
Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Hank Williams are examples of this rural Amercian musical style.