Composers
This composer had a huge family: 20 children!
Who is J.S. Bach?
The Four Seasons was written by this composer
Who is Antonio Vivialdi
The Italian term "concerto" was initially used to describe this
Hint: page 80
What year did PEL Prep start?
What is 2020?
Domenico Scarlatti would have played his compositions on this instrument
Hint: Page 90
What is a harpsichord?
This Composer wrote hundreds of concertos and 50 operas amongst other things
Who is Antonio Vivaldi
The Messiah was written by this composer
Who is George Frederic Handel?
In the Baroque era, instead of the same emotion or volume the whole time, we now have this
Hint: Page 81
What is Dynamic expression
Solve the riddle:
I shield your steps from rain and snow,
Embrace your feet wherever you go.
Not quite a coat, yet snug and tight,
I guard your soles both day and night.
What am I?
What is Collin's shoe jackets
What year did the Baroque era begin?
What is 1600?
This composer was accepted into Bologna's Accademia Filarmonica orchestra at 17
Hint: Page 81
Who is Arcangelo Corelli?
"Water Music" was written by this composer
Who is George Frideric Handel
The term "sonata" means this
Hint: Page 91
What is "to sound"
What plastic woodwind instrument does Ms. Kirsten typically teach the littles?
The recorder
This instrument is used heavily in church: needed "pumpers" to help push the air.
What is an Organ?
What is the correct way to pronounce this composer's name?
Johann Sebastian Bach
If it's not guttural, it's simply not right
This the the name for a French court dance in triple (waltz) time
Hin: Page 89
What is a Minuet?
Which style of choral music featured religious text, the Oratorio or the Opera?
Hint: Page 102
What is the Oratorio?
What was the first Musical PEL ever did?
What is Pilgrim's Progress?
This composer was a master improviser and the headline musician of his day: he is regarded as the Father of Modern Music.
Who is J.S Bach?
This person became composer and organist to the royal chapel in Naples
Hint: page 91
Who is Domenico Scarlatti?
Which of Vivaldi's "seasons" is this one?
What is Spring?
This structuring device borrowed from opera translates ti "little return" what is the official term
Hint: Page 95
What is the ritornello?
Solve this riddle:
I wear no smile, nor show a frown,
Yet in my stillness, peace is found.
In moments tense, I do not break,
A steady guise I always make.
Like Ms. Kirsten, when expression was denied,
I held my form, emotions to hide.
What am I?
What is calm face?
What year did the baroque era end?
What is 1750?