Classical Music
One of the most famous institutions of musical education in the world, the Moscow Conservatory is officially named after what composer of "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker?"
Tchaikovsky
What does leggiero mean?
light
A deal is made to make Washington, DC the nation's new capital in "The Room Where It Happens," a song in what smash hit Broadway musical?
Hamilton
What is the roman numeral is notated for supertonic?
2
How many Ballades did Chopin compose?
4
What does animato mean
lively, animated
Billing itself as a "farm-to-fable" musical, the wildly popular new Broadway show "Shucked" is about farmers raising what staple crop?
Corn
what is a cadence
the ending of a phrase, perceived as a rhythmic or melodic articulation or a harmonic change or all of these
Which 19th-century violinist from Italy was so talented that people thought he must have sold his soul to the Devil to get his mad skills?
Niccolo Paganini
What does giocoso mean
merry
What classic Leonard Bernstein Broadway musical re-envisioned Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" in the world of white and Puerto Rican gangs fighting in New York City?
West Side Story
Name the three/4 cadences
deceptive, plagal, half, and authentic
Who composed Peter and the Wolf
bonus! What instrument represents the grandfather
Prokofiev, bassoon
What does maestoso mean
With over 10,000 performances, what spooky performance is the longest running show in Broadway history?
Phantom of the Opera
Order of Sharps
F – C – G – D – A – E – B
Which Austrian composer born in 1732 served as a tutor to Beethoven and has been called “Father of the String Quartet” and “Father of the Symphony?”
Haydn
sciolto
free and easy
The 1932 election of FDR over Herbert Hoover serves as the backdrop to what 1977 Broadway musical that sees the orphaned protagonist actually meeting Roosevelt during Act II?
Annie
Name the 3/7 modes for scales
Bonus! IF you can name all +200
Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aolian & Locrian.