Mysterious Tunes
#1
Dies Irae
This "composer of firsts" career is a common marker for the beginning of the Romantic Era.
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)
This Italian violinist of the Romantic era was thought to have inherited supernatural abilities because of how talented he was. His compositions inspired several romantic composers, including Franz Liszt (1811-1886).
Niccolo Paganini
(1782-1840)
Mozart was very serious all the time.
False
Mozart was known to have been an extremely silly person who loved to use humor in life and occasionally in music.
This virtuoso singer is heard frequently every year after Thanksgiving due to her popular holiday songs.
(Three possible answers)
Mariah Carey
or
Ariana Grande
or
Ella Fitzgerald
#2
Once Upon a Dream - Sleeping Beauty - Tchaikovsky
This Italian Baroque composer was an inspiration to J.S. Bach and is probably best known for his "Four Seasons" for string orchestra.
Antonio Vivaldi
(1678-1741)
We hear the music of this Polish Romantic era composer frequently on Tik-Tok and other social media as background music. We may remember him as a rival of Franz Liszt (1811-1886).
Frederic Chopin
(1810-1849)
Beethoven was born deaf.
False
Beethoven lost his hearing around age 30.
Xania Monet is the first artist in this category to chart on a billboard radio chart.
Xania Monet is an AI character.
#3
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Tchaikovsky
New works for organ were recently discovered and performed by this baroque composer and father of 20.
J.S. Bach!
(1685-1750)
This Russian composer's music from the Twentieth Century was so experimental that his debut of the Rite of Spring caused a riot!
(1882-1971)
J.S. Bach wasn't really "famous" while he was alive.
True
While we often hear about Bach's music today, he was mostly known as an effective teacher and music director for the institutions he worked for. In fact, his music seen was seen as being made in an "old-fashioned" style by critics while he was alive. It wasn't until the romantic era that Bach's music saw a revival.
This inventor of the telephone is also the inventor of the "decibel" measurement system.
Alexander Graham Bell
deciBEL
#4
"Sleigh Ride" is a piece for orchestra composed by Leroy Anderson. He formed the idea for the piece during a heat wave in July 1946, and finished it in February 1948. Lyrics were added in 1950!
This Austrian Classical era composer is remembered for his many operas, works for orchestra, and piano compositions. His final (unfinished) composition was a Requiem, or a mass for the dead. He definitely uses the Dies Irae!
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1756-1791)
Name a composer considered as one of the Impressionist composers.
Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
or
Maurice Ravel
(1875-1937)
Joseph Haydn taught Beethoven and Mozart
True!
Megadeth with release their final album next year. Their guitar player Dave Mustaine was originally in this very well-known metal band before Megadeth.
Metallica
Their final album will notably contain a Metallica cover as the last track!
*notable because they have had public feuds over the years.
#5
"You're Welcome" from Moana by Lin Manuel Miranda*
(Get it? Thanksgiving? I'm horrible...)
*That's a clue!
This composer taught both Beethoven and Mozart and is known as the "father of the symphony" and the "father of the string quartet".
(I'm telling you - that isn't George Washington)
Joseph Haydn
(1732-1809)
Name a composer in the Romantic era, or the Twentieth Century. 500 points for each correct answer.
There are so many correct answers!
All it takes to be called a composer is to write some music.
True!
Lin Manuel Miranda composed the music for Moana. name some other films he has made music for. 500 points for each correct answer.
Hamilton
Encanto
Vivo!