Composers
Miscellaneous
Musical Characteristics
Instruments
Musical Works
100
In what period did Bach live?
Baroque
100
How did people dress during the Baroque Period?
Fancy!
100
Draw a turn on the board and explain what it does.
start on the note, go above, below, and back to the note.
100
What was the featured instrument of the Baroque orchestra?
Harpsichord
100
Who wrote “The Four Seasons”?
Vivaldi
200
Which composer used a cannon in one of his pieces?
Tchaikovsky
200
What kind of dresses did women wear during the Classical Period?
Simple dresses, like night gowns
200
Name the main characteristic of Classical music
Balanced phrases
200
Why did the piano replace the harpsichord?
It could play loud (forte) and soft (piano).
200
Beethoven was completely deaf when he wrote this Symphony.
Symphony #9
300
Which composer kept composing after he went completely deaf?
Beethoven
300
How long did it take to take a picture during the Classical period?
8 hours
300
What were Romantic composers trying to convey in their music?
Emotions
300
How did one conduct an orchestra during the Classical Period?
Facing the audience with no baton.
300
Name the composer that was “Fugue Mad” and describe what a fugue is.
Bach – a fugue is a melody that is played at different points in the same piece of music.
400
Which composer began the Impressionist Period?
Debussy
400
In what period did Alex Graham Bell invent the telephone?
Impressionist
400
The Classical Period consisted of balanced phrases, and beautiful _____________.
melodies
400
During what period was the clarinet invented?
Baroque
400
Tchaikovsky wrote this piece to include a cannon.
1812 Overture
500
Which composer broke his hand on a finger muscle machine he invented to strengthen his fingers for the piano?
Schumann
500
What did Alfred Nobel invent?
Dynamite
500
What did Impressionist composers do to create atmosphere?
Experiment with sound, whole-tone scale
500
Which composer created the first seating chart for orchestras so they knew where to sit and in what period?
Carl Maria von Weber in the Romantic Period
500
Name the composer that wrote “La Mer” and what does le mer mean?
Debussy - “the sea”
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