Which composer became deaf, but still went on the write great music?
Beethoven
100
Henry Cowell's "The Banshee" uses a piano player to create disturbing sounds inside the piano. What are these sounds suppose to represent?
The moans and screams of children and the banshee wailing in pain
100
During the Antiguity Era, what were instruments made out of?
Animals (horns, bones, skin)
100
TRUE OR FALSE: The Romantic Era is named that due to it being during the Romanticism Movement.
TRUE
200
Which Era launched music to a whole new level and produced our first "masterpieces"
Baroque Era
200
Which composer wrote the popular "Hallelujah Chorus" (still often sung around Christmas and Easter)?
Handel
200
John Cage believed in the philosophy that all sound can be music. His most famous piece requires a pianist to sit at a piano in silence for exactly how long?
4 minutes and 33 seconds
200
The song "The Banshee" requires the performer to climb inside what instrument?
A piano
200
Which famous composer actually died completely broke?
Mozart
300
Which Era saw composers following lots of "rules" about writing music and being treated like servants?
Classical Era
300
Who wrote "The Epitaph of Seikilos"?
Seikilos
300
Where were the lyrics and music notes to "The Epitaph of Seikilos" found?
Engraved on a grave pillar (thought to be where his wife was buried)
300
A harpsichord is like what modern day instrument?
A piano
300
Define "sacred music", "secular music" and "unaccompanied music".
Sacred - religious
Secular - non-religious
Unaccompanied - no instruments (a cappella)
400
Which era began with the fall of the Roman Empire?
Medieval Era
400
Two famous composers during the Romantic Era were Claude Debussy and Modest Mussorgsky. Which one represented "beautiful" music and which one represented "powerful" music?
Claude Debussy - Beautiful
Modest Mussorgsky - Powerful
400
Which piece of music by Mussorgsky is based on a story of witches having an orgy with Satan up on a dark mountain? (Hint: It was on Disney's Fantasia)
"Night On Bald Mountain"
400
Which instrument is like our modern day guitar?
A Lute
400
What popular song style during the Renaissance Era was a group of 3-6 people of any gender singing (sometimes unaccompanied)?
Madrigal
500
Why did Secular music become popular during the Renaissance Era?
Rise of humanistic thought (people contemplating philosophy, creativity and the merits of religion and life meaning)
500
Who is one of the first female composers we study in music history? (Hint: She's from the Medieval Era)
Hildegard of Bingen
500
During the Antiguity Era, music was not just for entertainment. It was used for specific purposes. What's the one specific purpose we talked about? (Hint: We still use it for this today)
To signal and communicate with other people
500
Which instrument is like our modern day harp?
A Lyre
500
What was a popular style of sacred music performed by monks?