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100

Composer of Vesuvius

Who is Frank Ticheli

100
This means to get faster

What is "accelerando"

100

This person composed Sleigh Ride

Who is Leroy Anderson

100

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What is a due - add a 2nd

100

This is where the New York Philharmonic played from 1892-1962

What is Carnegie Hall in NYC

200

Composer of of Dam Busters March

Who is Eric Coates

200

This means "much"

What is Molto

200

This is a French Christmas Carol

What is "Patapan"

200

This is a little note that comes before the main note

What is a grace note

200

This is the composer of SLAVA

Who is Leonard Bernstein

300

Composer of Children from the Sun

Who is Roland Barrett

300

This means to play Majestically

What is Maestoso

300

This is a traditional English Folksong

What is Greensleeves

300

8va means to do what

What is play it up an octave

300

This is how something marked "marcato" would be played

What is louder and more forceful

400

Composer of Carnegie Anthem

Who is William Owens

400

This is a fast trill between two notes usually farther apart than the interval of a second

What is a tremelo

400

Vesuvius uses quotes from this tune which is from a medieval Requiem mass

What is Dies Irae

400

This is like a trill but it the interval between the two notes is usually farther apart

What is a tremelo

400

This is the instrument that Rhosymedre was originally written for

What is the organ

500

Composer of Rhosymedre and Flourish for Wind Band

Who is Ralph Vaughan Williams

500

This means suddenly very loud

What is sforzatissimo - sffz

500

The Children of the Sun are referring to whom?

Who is the Incas

500

sffz means what

what is sforzatissimo - suddenly very loud

500

This is what Vesuvius is about

What is the volcano that destroyed the city of Pompeii

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