Orchestra
In Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals, the Swan is represented by which orchestral instrument?
What is the Cello?
This form features a solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra or pianist.
What is a Concerto?
This articulation marking is abbreviated as sFz and tells the performer to play "with force"
What is sforzando?
Astor Piazzola, who invented the tango nuevo style, was born in this country.
What is Argentina?
An instrument was sold in June 2022 for over $15.3 Million dollars. (the most expensive instrument ever sold). What type of instrument was it?
What is a Violin?
What is 5ths?
This musical form previews the themes of an opera or musical, and occurs at the start of a concert.
What is an Overture?
This term describes a short musical idea that is often repeated over and over again throughout a piece.
It is also a literature term.
What is a motif?
Vivaldi, Corelli, Handel, and Telleman were all composers from this musical time period.
What is the Baroque Period?
Jean-Baptiste Lully is famous for hitting what body part with a conducting staff, and eventually dying from an infection?
What is the foot?
In a full symphony-orchestra, the concertmaster typically gestures to this instrument to provide a tuning pitch (A440).
What is the Oboe?
A classical or romantic era symphony typically features this many movements.
What is four?
"con sordino" tells the musician to play using a ______.
What is a mute?
"Swan Lake", the 1812 Overture, and the incidendental music for Romeo And Juliet are all famous compositions of this composer.
Who is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
This is a medical phenomenon that causes some people to see colors and patterns while listening to music.
What is Synesthesia?
Famous violin soloist Ray Chen has had this nightmarish event happen TWICE during live performances.
What is Broken a String?
In many multi-movement compositions, the second movement features a ______ tempo.
What is slow?
An F double-flat would be enharmonic to (the same as) what other note?
What is Eb?
This composer was one of the first 'virtuoso' performers and composed 24 caprices for violin.
Who is Paganini?
There are approximately this number of different types of musical instruments that exist in the world:
A) Between 100-200
B) Between 1,000-5,000
C) Between 10,000 - 15,000
D) Over 20,000
A concerto often features a ________ at the end of a movement, where the soloist "shows off" unaccompanied for a short time. Historically, this was often improvised by the individual soloist.
What is a Candenza?
Mr. Peris was once attacked and chased by this type of winged creature.
What is a swan?