Renaissance
The "Renaissance" means this
Rebirth, or transformation from darkness to light
The Main four families of instruments were invented during this time. What are they?
Strings, Brass, Woodwinds, Percussion
The classical period was all about which of the following?
A. Structure
B. Feelings
C. Nationalism
D. Food
A Structure
Romanticisim is defined as having high _______
Drama
This famous film composer wrote music for Star Wars and Indiana Jones
John Williams
What country did the Renaissance period begin in?
Italy
1637
Beethoven
Beethoven
This piece of music is famous for being completely silent
Was music written down with the same notation we use today during the Renaissance period?
No
This famous composer invented the modern chord structure we still use today
Bach
Gamble Square (if you take it, whatever happens in the response you get)
This composer and pianist performed over 1000 concerts in his lifetime
Franz Liszt
Arnold Schoenberg had an irrational fear of what number?
13
Why were women encouraged to not learn wind instruments?
The Piano is an ancestor of this instrument
Harpsichord, Klavier, Keyboard
Although rich during his life, this composer died in Poverty
Mozart
This composer married a 16 year old girl
Robert Shumann
This composer wrote 9 symphonies that were designed to represent an entire new universe. They were each an hour or more in length
Gustav Mahler
This composer died after getting infected from stabbing himself in the foot with a conducting staff
Jean Baptiste-Lully
This form of show that involved only singing and no dialogue was invented during this era
Opera
This composer would order food for 3 people when he went out to eat, (and ate it all himself)
Goerge Frederic Handel
Name one of the TWO composers that would take walks to get inspiration to write music
Beethoven and Tchaikovsky
Gamble Square (if you take it, whatever happens in the response you get)
Double your points