Composers
What is the name of the German composer that was a keyboard player (piano, organ, harpsichord, etc.)?
Bach
What selection has been used in fancy balls and weddings?
The Prince of Denmark's March
What major work includes Take the A Train?
NONE!
What is the only instrument you hear in Bach's The Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1.?
Piano
Listening #1
Composer: Ellington/Strayhorn
Major Work: N/A
Selection: Take the A Train
What two composers collaborated and composed the jazz standard Take the A Train?
Strayhorn and Ellington
What selection has a male opera singer giving a toast and sharing his memories of fighting bulls in the ring?
The Toreador Song
Know for his operas, what was the final major work written by Bizet that includes the Toreador Song?
Carmen
When listening to Lassus's O la, o che bon eccho (Echo Song), what instruments do you hear?
*The voice counts as an instrument!*
Children's Chorus
Listening #2
Composer: Clarke
Major Work: N/A
Selection: The Prince of Denmark's March
What composer, going deaf throughout his 30's, is most well know for his symphonies?
Beethoven
What selection has scatting and directions about how to get to Harlem, NY?
Take the A Train
Beethoven wrote many symphonies. Which one have we listened and parachuted to?
Symphony No. 1
What genre of music is Ellington and Strayhorn's Take the A Train?
Jazz
Listening #3
Composer: Bach
Major Work: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Selection: Prelude No. 1
Who composed the choral piece O la, o che bon eccho (Echo Song)?
Lassus
What movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 have we been listening to?
Movement 3
What major work is about a good mannered keyboard?
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
What musical selection includes and organ and trumpet trilling?
The Prince of Denmark's March
Listening #4
Composer: Bizet
Major Work: Carmen
Selection: The Toreador Song
What composer was a one hit wonder with his only famous opera Carmen?
Bizet
What is the name of Lassus's famous selection, composed for children's chorus?
O la, o che bon eccho (Echo Song)
What major work has a children's choir?
NONE!
What instruments do you hear in Beethoven's Symphony No. 1, movement 3?
All the orchestra
Listening #5
Composer: Beethoven
Major Work: Symphony No. 1
Selection: Movement 3