TBT
Orchestra Vocab
Music Time Periods
Composers
Songs
100

This song was performed during the Spring concert and had more than two movements. 

The Greatest Show 

100

This articulation sounds short and separate 

Staccato 

100

This genre was a time where composers, artists and authors moved away from the formal restraint of the Classical period.

Romantic period 

100

This composer was a prolific and influential composer of the Baroque/classical period. 

Born in Salzburg, in the Holy Roman Empire, he showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty, 

Mozart

200

The form of this piece is ABA and is most popular with 4th grade strings. :) 

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 


200

This prompts the orchestra to play quiet then gradually become louder 

Crescendo 

200

This era lasted from approximately 1730 to 1820, although variations on it extended well into the middle of the nineteenth century. ... Many composers and musicians were based in the Austrian capital of Vienna, which was the musical center of Europe during the time period. This era consisted of rigid rules and expectations for how music should be.

The Classical Time Period 

200

He was a German composer and pianist, and remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire. His works span the transition from the classical period to the romantic era in classical music. During this time, he began to suffer increasingly from deafness. In his "late" period from 1812 to his death in 1827, he extended his innovations in musical form and expression.

Beethoven

300

This piece was in 3/4 had dotted half notes and in our folk song packet in 4th grade. 

French Folk Song

300

This articulation is played using only a finger rather than the bow 

Pizzicato 

300

In the early 20th century, many composers, including Rachmaninoff, Richard Strauss, Giacomo Puccini, and Edward Elgar, continued to work in forms and in a musical language that derived from the 19th century. Composers such as Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss, who experimented with form, tonality and orchestration composed during this time period. 

20th and 21st century music (modernism) 

300

He was an American composer, pianist and painter whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the jazz standard "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which gave birth to the hit "Summertime".

George Gershwin 

300

The greatest Showman 

400

Name a song that we played that was in 3/4 time 

Pirates 

400

A bowing that is a combination of legato and staccato; slightly separated, but not crisp. "Regular, average, everyday bowing"

Detache 

400

This was a period of artistic style that started around 1600 in Rome , Italy, and spread throughout the majority of Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. In informal usage, the word ______ describes something that is elaborate and highly detailed.

Baroque 

400

Brandenburg concerto 

Bach 

500

Which song in our spring concert featured a technique called "double stops" 

Clog Dance 

500

The basic beat or time of a piece of music or song. Grouped in 2,3,4 or 6.

Time Signature 

500

This time period or musical genre originated in the late-19th to early-20th century as interpretations of American and European classical music entwined with African and slave folk songs and the influences of West African culture.

Jazz 

500

Who wrote the song titled "winter" 

Vivaldi