Who
Which
When
Why
What
100

He is a Hungarian composer.

Who is Franz Liszt?

100

The one that is about the mastersingers of Nurnberg.

Which piece is Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg?

100

He was invited in 1892.

When did Dvorak come to teach in the U.S.A.?

100

To be a gift for the American people and their musical heritage.

Why was Symphony No. 9, From the New World, written?

100

Appealing or relating to a national identity.

What is nationalism?

200

He was a German opera composer.

Who is Richard Wagner?

200

The one that could have been an opera about Native Americans.

Which piece is Symphony No. 9, From the New World?

200

During the Romantic Era in Germany.

When did Richard Wagner live or work?

200

It was a comedy.

Why was Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg different from Richard Wagner's other operas?

200

Progressive and visionary, piously Catholic, and passionately gypsy.

What are the characteristics of Liszt's musical personality?

300

He wrote 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies.

Who is Franz Liszt?

300

The one that incorporates universal artwork.

Which piece is Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg?

300

Toward the end of the Romantic Era and in different countries.

When did Dvorak live and work?

300
It made composers a lot of money.

Why was nationalism popular with composers for so long?

300

A melody that represents something else.

What is a leitmotif?

400

He was invited to be the president of an American music school.

Who is Antonin Dvorak?

400

The one that has the spirit of different kinds of folk music.

Which piece is Symphony No. 9, From the New World?

400

During the 1500s in Germany.

When was the story of Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg set?

400

To show off his skills at his instrument.

Why did Liszt write Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2?

400

Very melodic, unique, and lighter than the German Romantic style of the time.

What is Dvorak's style of music?

500

He used the idea of the endless melody in his compositions.

Who is Richard Wagner?

500

The one that has a lassan and a friska.

Which piece is Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2?

500

After 1848.

When did nationalism really begin in musical composition?
500

To capture the spirit of those national American melodies.

Why did Dvorak write Symphony No. 9, From the New World?

500

The Song of Hiawatha.

What is the poem that inspired Dvorak's idea of a Native American opera that eventually become the Symphony No. 9, From the New World?