A love for one's country as expressed through music.
What is nationalism?
100
Music drama that is generally sung throughout, combining the resources of vocal and instrumental music with poetry and drama, acting and dancing, scenery and costumes.
What is an opera?
100
Used to create musical unity within the context of the drama.
What is a leitmotif?
100
This piece was considered the beginning of the Modern Era, with a riot occurring during it's debut.
What is Igor Stravinky's "Rite of Spring" (1913)?
100
The late Classical composer who wrote 9 very famous symphonies and was deaf for most of his life.
Who is Ludwig Van Beethoven (1720-1827)?
200
A gathering of musicians, artists, and intellectuals who shared similar interests and tastes, hosted by a wealthy aristocrat.
What is a salon?
200
German composer (b. Leipzig), megalomaniac, exiled to Switzerland, Anti-Semitic, revered Beethoven; known for his Ring Cycle.
Who is Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)?
200
Sound whose source is visible on-screen or implied by the action of the film.
What is Diagetic sound?
200
Piano whose sound is altered by the insertion of various materials (metal, rubber, leather, and paper) between the strings.
What is prepared piano?
200
Composer of "La donna e mobile" and huge part of the nationalism in Italy.
Who Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)?
300
Hungarian born, child prodigy and virtuoso, rock star of the 19th century and joined the priesthood (minor orders) in 1862; known for "Hungarian Rhapsody #2" and "La campanella".
Who is Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)?
300
This opera is set in Seville, Spain and focuses on a cigarette factory worker and her life as a seductress, an independent woman and free with her love.
What is Georges Bizet's "Carmen"?
300
Music that is recorded for and synchronized into a film.
What is soundtrack?
300
This opera was composed by Philip Glass (b.1937) and is known for its use of synthesizers and lots of counting.
What is Einstein on the Beach (1976)?
300
Known for winning the Prix de Rome, for his "Symphonic fantastique" and for his attempted triple murder suicide.
Who is Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)?
400
Born in Vienna and most well known for his grim song "Erlkonig".
Who is Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)?
400
Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868) helped to establish this style of singing, where the melody reigns supreme, noted for "lyrical lines, effortless technique and florid delivery". Literally "beautiful singing".
What is bel canto.
400
Sound whose source is not visible on-screen; it is considered outside of the story's sphere.
What is Non-diagetic sound?
400
Who wrote "El Caballito Negro" or "Little Black Horse"?
Who is George Crumb (b.1929)?
400
Most famous for his film scores; a few examples are "Jaws", "Raider of the Lost Ark" and all Harry Potter films.
Who is John Williams (b.1932)?
500
Attended the Warsaw Conservatory, earned a living from piano lessons, patrons, salons, publishing and tours, known for his Mazurkas, Polkas, and Polonaises.
Who is Fryderyk (Frederick) Chopin (1810 - 1849)?
500
The arts of music, poetry, drama and visual spectacle were fused together, each element created and controlled by a creative genius.
What is total artwork (in German, Gesamtkunstwerk)?
500
Original music composed for a film, usually used as the "background" music that creates suspense, or leads the audience to the next scene.
What is film score?
500
A style of music that strips compositions down to bare essentials, focusing on a few basic details.
What is minimalism?
500
Modern composer of 4'33" and inventor of the "prepared piano".