The Life of Haydn
This act got Haydn kicked out of the choir when he was young
What is "he cut another students ponytail off"?
The text--or libretto--of Haydn's Creation comes from these two sources
What are the Bible and John Milton?
a large-scale musical work for orchestra and voices, typically a narrative on a religious theme
What is an oratorio?
Haydn takes inspiration from this Baroque composer
Who is Handel?
The country where Haydn was born
What is Austria?
This is the time period that Haydn composed in
What is the classical period?
The name of the other oratorio Haydn composed
What is "The Seasons"?
Name of the chorus in D major that contains a fugue
What is Awake the Harp?
This was Haydn's boss most of his life
Who is Prince Esterhazy?
God makes the firmament on this day
What is the second day?
a neutral vowel that is inserted at the end of a word, typically to improve clarity
What is a shadow vowel?
This is the number of days before our performance of Haydn's Creation
What are 56 days?
(55 and 57 are also acceptable answers depending on how you are counting)
These are the years Haydn lived
What is 1732-1809?
The whales are created on this day
What is the fifth day?
True or false--the orchestration of The Creation calls for a piccolo
What is false?
The four types of birds named in the fifth day
What are the eagle, the lark, the dove, and the nightingale?
This was one of Haydn's famous students
Who is Beethoven?
The names of the three soloists in The Creation (that are not Adam and Eve)
Who are Gabriel, Uriel, and Raphael?
The form of the final chorus of The Creation AND the important interval used within this form
What is a fugue and what is a perfect fourth?
The beginning of The Creation moves from these two key centers
AND
Name another famous work that moves from these two key centers
What is C minor to C major?
And what is Beethoven's Fifth Symphony?