Opera Orgins
Beethoven
Jazz hands vs. Fancy Pants
Florence Price is always right
100

What city opened the first public opera house in 1637?

a.) Las Vegas 

b.) Rome

c.) Venice 

d.)Paris

c.) Venice

100

  • In what city did Beethoven live and work?

  • A) Vienna

  • B) Paris

  • C) Atlantis

  • D) Hollywood

A) Vienna

100

  • Music'?

  • A) Denzel Washington 

  • B) Duke Ellington

  • C) Louis Armstrong

  • D)Paul Whiteman

 Paul Whiteman

100

  • Where was Florence Price born?

  • A) Illinois

  • B) Big Rock Candy Mountain

  • C) Little Rock, Arkansas

  • D) Chicago

Little Rock, Arkansas

200

What was the name of the first concert series in Paris?

  • A) Jazz Fest

  • B) Concert Spirituel

  • C) Classical Chaos

  • D) Parisian Palooza

Concert Spirituel

200

  • What document revealed Beethoven’s suffering?

  • A) His diary

  • B) The Heiligenstadt Testament

  • C) His grocery list

  • D) A love letter to Mozart

  • B) The Heiligenstadt Testament

200

  • What composer wrote Rhapsody in Blue?

  • A) Kayne West

  • B) Mozart

  • C)  George Gershwin

  • D) DJ Jazzy Jeff

 George Gershwin

200

  • What movement is based on a traditional dance?

  • A) Chicken dance 

  • B) Juba dance 

  • C) Tango of Time

  • D) Electric Slide

 Juba Dance

300

  • Concerts are linked to what economic system?

  • A) Capitalism

  • B) Socialism

  • C) Musicalism

  • D) Broke-ism

  • A) Capitalism

300

  • What was unusual about his 1808 concert?

  • A) It was 4 hours long and freezing cold

  • B) Everyone fell asleep

  • C) It was underwater

  • D) He forgot his sheet music

  • A) It was 4 hours long and freezing cold

300

  • jazz?

  • A) It made plants grow 

  • B) It could be respectable concert art

  • C) It scared pigeons

  • D) It was invented by aliens

It could be respectable concert art

300

  • What cultural movement was Price a part of?

  • A) Romantic Era

  • B) Industrial Revolution

  • C) Harlem Renaissance

  • D) Great Sandwich Uprising

Harlem Renaissance
400

  • Why did concerts during Lent in Paris help shape the symphony?

  • A) The pope demanded so

  • B) They got bored

  • C) Opera was banned, so instrumental concerts filled the gap

  • D) To sell more candles

 Opera was banned, so instrumentalconcerts filled the gap

400

  • Name one famous symphony premiered at that concert.

  • A) Symphony of Silence

  • B) Symphony No. 100

  • C) The Pizza Symphony

  • D)  Symphony No. 5

Symphony No. 5

400

  • Who orchestrated Rhapsody in Blue?

  • A) Ferde Grofé

  • B) George Clooney

  • C) The Blue Man Group

  • D) Beethoven

Ferde Grofé

400

Why is her Symphony No. 1 significant?

  • A) Used emojis 

  • B) First symphony about food

  • C) First by a black woman performed by a major orchestra

  • D) Used 100 tubas

First by a Black woman performed by amajor orchestra

500

  • Why do we listen to music today?

  • A) To experience live music

  • B) To escape homework

  • C) Free snacks

  • D) To post on Instagram

  • A) To experience live music

500

  • What theme does Symphony No. 5 symbolize?

  • A) Triumph over struggle

  • B) Getting a raise

  • C) Finding love

  • D) Avoiding chores

  • A) Triumph over struggle

500

  • Why is Rhapsody in Blue controversial today?

  • A) Piano exploded 

  • B) It caused jazz riots

  • C) Too many saxophones

  • D)It reflected white appropriation of Black traditions

 It reflected white appropriation of Blacktraditions

500

  • When did her Symphony No. 1 premiere?

  • A) 1933

  • B) 1899

  • C) 2003

  • D) 1776

1933

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