Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Jazz
100

Baroque Dates

1600-1750

100

Classical Dates

1730-1820

100

Romantic Dates

1800-1910

100

Jazz Dates

1890-present

200

Most famous Baroque composer (German composer of fugues)

Bach

200

Most famous Classical composer (wrote 41 symphonies and the Queen of the Night aria)

Mozart

200

Polish composer of Nocturnes, Mazurkas, and Polonaises

Chopin

200

Singer who improvises with scat syllables

Ella Fitzgerald (or Cab Calloway, Sarah Vaughan, etc.)

300
Keyboard instrument from before the piano

Harpsichord

300

Any new instrument of the Classical era.

Clarinet, Trombone, Piano, etc.

300

Any composer of Romantic symphonies or ballets

Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Mahler, Dvorak, etc.

300
Any golden age musical or musical theater composer (from Tin-Pan Alley)

Sound of Music, Anything Goes, Berlin, Gershwin, Rodgers & Hammerstein, etc.

400

Italian violinist/composer of the Baroque

Vivaldi

400

Late Classical composer of the Moonlight Sonata

Beethoven

400

Any composer of German art songs/lieder

Schubert, the Schumanns, the Mendelssohns, Strauss, etc.

400

The genre in which Robert Johnson and Bessie Smith sang

Blues

500

Opera composer who lived in Austria, Italy, and England

Handel

500

Inventor of the String Quartet

Haydn

500

Any Romantic style of opera (hint: think Italy/Puccini/Rossini)

Bel Canto, Verismo, Gesamtkunstwerk, etc.

500

Any type of instrumental jazz

Bebop, Cool Jazz, Ragtime, Stride, etc.

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