composers
guy who was lowkey deaf
who is beethoven?
that thing asher wong plays
what is the oboe?
A portion of beethoven's 9th symphony with choir is most well known by this name
What is "ode to joy"?
a large scale orchestral work
What is a symphony?
The number of keys on a standard piano
composer of Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Who was Mozart?
strictly plucked string instrument in the orchestra
Arguably Beethoven's most well-known work, written around a simple 4 note motive
What is Beethoven's 5th Symphony?
the biggest instrument family in the orchestra
What is the string section?
The number of symphonies Dvorak wrote
What is 9 symphonies?
that guy who wrote nutcracker
Who was Tchaikovsky?
The most common standard orchestral percussion instrument
What are timpani?
piece written when napoleon gave up on russians running away from him
What is 1812 Overture?
very common band percussion insturment
what is a snare drum?
Standard trumpet and clarinet is pitched in this key
What is B flat?
"the devils violinist"
Who is Niccolò Paganini?
the most common bassoon auxiliary insturment
What is a contrabassoon?
This ballet was so controversial that reportedly a riot occurred at its premeire
What is the Rite of Spring (Stravinsky)?
composer who was actively censored by the russian government
Who was Shostakovich?
the saxophone was invented by a guy from this country
what is belgium?
Composer who was so down bad cryin at the gym for this lady Harriet Smithson he wrote a piece about it high on opium
Who is Hector Berlioz?
Big curvy french horn that sounds different made for wagner
What is the Wagner Tuba?
Ravel's ballet that doesnt sound like a ballet initially titled "Vienne"
What is La Valse?
rimsky-korsakov piece about a sultan who gets a new wife every night to kill them and gets seduced by his new wife who gives him story time
What is Scheherazade?
The largest interval written by Rachmaninoff for piano
What is a 13th?