Composers
Meter
Opera
Drama/Musical
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100
This man was a child prodigy. His dad took his daughter, Nanneral, and son on a tour of Europe. This composer never felt like he had a childhood. He wrote over 800 pieces of music. He is very famous and he died at age 35.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
100
A fraction like number at the beginning of the piece of music that tells the musician the meter of the song. The top number tells how many beats will be in the measure. The bottom number tells what note will get the beat.
What is a time signature?
100
A play set to music in which most or al of the characters sing.
What is Opera?
100
The dialogue and instructions for a musical.
What is a script?
100
Meadowbrook is a cool school. It's the best place to be. Teachers and students are working hard. We read, we write and our thinking's alright...
What is the Meadowbrook School Song?
200
This man was very mean. In fact, people called him a "madman." He was from Germany and he wrote an 18 hour long opera cycle called "The Ring Cycle."
Who is Richard Wagner?
200
Meter is usually grouped in _____ or ______.
What is 2's or 3's? (Duple or Triple Meter)
200
A short break in betweens acts of an opera.
What is an intermission?
200
A representation of a person in a musical. (i.e. Snow White)
What is a character?
200
A place where MB kids go to sing, play instruments and learn about composers.
What is Meadowbrook's music room?
300
This man was from the Baroque period. His music has lots of trills and fast moving notes. He played the organ at church and his job was to make music for the church. I think his second wife would have preferred he come home more often because we had 20 children!
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
300
The Meadowbrook School Song is in this meter.
What is triple meter? 3/4? Beats of 3?
300
Accessories and items characters hold and use during the opera.
What is props?
300
The work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre who tells the story by portraying a character and usually speaking or singing the written text or play.
What is acting?
300
Teacher of music at Meadowbrook School.
Who is Mrs. Finch?
400
Mrs. Lifshitz loves the story of "Peter and the Wolf." This man wrote the music to the story. His wrote a leit motif (theme) to each character. Each character was portrayed by an instrument. He was a Russian composer.
Who is Sergei Prokofiev?
400
A note value that gets two beats in a 4/4 meter.
What is a half note? ta-a?
400
A place where actors and singers can make costume changes during the show.
What is a dressing room?
400
The practice of acting, singing, talking and reacting, in the moment. Making something up and using what you have to create something new.
What is improvising?
400
A place in the music room that displays vocabulary that we have learned in music class through out the year.
What is the Music Word Wall?
500
This little girl has been compared to Mozart. She, too, at a young age can play the piano extremely well. She lives in Rockford and has been on the Ellen show many times. She's preformed at Ravinia and has even played at the White House. She is a relative of one of Meadowbrook School's 4th graders! She is an inspiration to many.
Who is Emily Bear?
500
A rest that gets 4 beats of silence in a 4/4 meter.
What is a whole rest?
500
The building the opera is performed in.
What is an Opera House? What is a Concert Hall?
500
An event in which a performer or group of performers behave in a particular way for an audience.
What is a performance?
500
There are two in this music room. It is a percussion instrument and has 88 keys.
What is a piano?
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