Baroque Music
German church musician and organist, composer of over 600 works.
JS Bach
He became angry and frustrated in his late 20s because he was starting to lose his hearing.
L.V. Beethoven
Musical style period in which musicians express their emotions through their music.
Romantic period
His career was launched with the success of his “Maple Leaf Rag” at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.
Scott Joplin
G. Marconi did this.
Invented the Radio
Keyboard instrument in which strings are plucked whenever a key is pressed.
Harpsicord
Composed his first symphony at age 8.
W. A. Mozart
A play in which the story is told through dance, without singing or speaking.
Ballet
Period starting from the end of the War of 1812 and ending with the start of the Civil War in 1861.
Antebellum
Duke Ellington's main instrument.
Piano
He composed "Messiah," which featured the "Halleluia Chorus"
GF Handel
The arrangement of sections within a piece of music
Form
Composer of "Symphonie Fantastique"
H. Berlioiz
He composed the official state songs of Florida and Kentucky.
Stephen Foster
Harlem, NYC club where Duke Ellington performed.
Cotton Club
He composed a concerto for strings based on summer, Winter, Fall and Spring
A. Vivaldi
Father of the Symphony
J. Haydn
Composer of the ballet "The Nutcracker"
P. Tchaikovsky
A smaller version of the trumpet, played by early jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong.
Cornet
"The King of Swing"
Benny Goodman
An instrumental piece played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
Overture
The dates of the Classical period
1750-1825
Composer of piano music only, he was from Poland.
F. Chopin
"The Big Noise"
Buddy Bolden
Pianist and bandleader from Red Bank, NJ
Count Basie