Famous Composers
This composer is known for his Symphony No. 5 and "Fur Elise."
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
This term refers to the speed of the music.
What is tempo?
This string instrument is often called the "fiddle."
What is the violin?
This era, from 1600 to 1750, includes composers like Bach and Handel.
What is the Baroque era?
This Beethoven symphony is known for its four-note motif, "short-short-short-long."
What is Symphony No. 5?
This Austrian composer started composing music at the age of five.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
This symbol raises a note by a half step.
What is a sharp?
This brass instrument has a slide instead of valves.
What is a trombone?
This era, from 1750 to 1820, includes composers like Haydn and Mozart.
What is the Classical era?
This Mozart opera includes the famous "Queen of the Night" aria.
What is The Magic Flute?
This composer wrote the "Nutcracker Suite" and "Swan Lake."
Who is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
This Italian term means to play softly.
What is piano?
This percussion instrument is also known as the kettledrum.
What is a timpani?
This era, from 1820 to 1900, includes composers like Chopin and Wagner.
What is the Romantic era?
This Tchaikovsky ballet includes the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy."
What is The Nutcracker?
This Baroque composer wrote "The Four Seasons."
Who is Antonio Vivaldi?
This term refers to the distance between two pitches.
What is an interval?
This woodwind instrument uses a double reed and is used for tuning of a symphony orchestra.
What is an oboe?
This era, from 1900 to the present, includes composers like Stravinsky and Shostakovich.
What is the Modern era?
This Vivaldi concerto is part of a set depicting the seasons.
What is The Four Seasons?
This composer is known for his operas like "The Barber of Seville" and "William Tell."
Who is Gioachino Rossini?
This term indicates a gradual increase in loudness.
What is a crescendo?
This keyboard instrument produces sound by plucking strings.
What is a harpsichord?
This medieval era, from around 500 to 1400, includes composers like Hildegard von Bingen.
What is the Medieval era?
This piece by Mussorgsky was inspired by an exhibition of pictures.
What is Pictures at an Exhibition?