Authors
The author of the book Metahistory.
Who is Hayden White?
The first reformer of opera.
Who is Monteverdi?
The name given to the practice of inserting objects into the piano strings.
What is prepared piano?
One of the earliest pieces of notated music.
What is the Epitaph of Seikilos?
He was super duper concerned that listening to music might make him think bad thoughts.
Who is St. Augustine?
He made his living primarily in the life insurance industry.
Who is Charles Ives?
This musical genre got its start when a little bird whispered in St. Gregory's ear.
What is Gregorian chant?
This piece of music features a super long harpsichord cadenza.
What is Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5?
Leroi Jones wrote a review about this jazz man's album.
Who is John Coltrane?
She revolutionized performance practice by performing J.S. Bach's keyboard music on piano.
Who is Wanda Landowska?
Popularized by Erik Satie, for example.
What is the avant-garde?
One of the best known buffa operas, written by Mozart.
What is The Magic Flute?
Author of "Jazz and the White Critic."
Who is Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka)?
His compositional style reportedly helped saved the Catholic Church.
Who is Palestrina?
A style of post-modern music that relies on features of popular music such as repetition.
What is minimalism?
The country where opera first appeared.
What is Italy?
The farmer-poet who writes about sound.
Who is Wendell Berry?
Milton Babbitt, for example.
Who is an academic composer?
This famous secular tune was featured prominently in one of Du Fay's masses.
What is L'Homme Armé?
This Beethoven symphony is often used in popular culture to signify struggle against disability.
What is the Seventh Symphony?