Famous Composers
This composer had 20 children with two wives and is often known as the most important composer in the classical genre.
Haydn wrote 53, Mozart wrote 19, and Beethoven wrote 32 of these types of pieces for piano.
What are sonatas?
This artist wrote songs such as 'And So it Goes" and "Piano Man."
Who is Billy Joel?
D7
What is D F# A C?
This means to gradually get louder.
What is crescendo?
This composer made everyone question everything about music with this piece where the performer sits silently on the stage.
Who is John Cage?
This piece features the twelve zodiac signs, and uses numerous extra techniques and graphic score notations.
What is Makrokosmos?
This artist now holds the record for most Grammy awards, beating out Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Who is Beyonce?
Bm7
What is B, D, F#, A?
This tempo literally means "at a walking speed."
What is Andante?
This composer famously wrote every piece to include piano.
Who is Chopin?
Robert Schumann wrote an influential piece, whose title was inspired by his wife Clara. It features 13 movements and the work is collectively called scenes of this?
What is Childhood?
Justin Timberlake was once a member of this now defunct band.
What is N'sync?
Gm
What is G, B-flat and D?
What is a grand staff?
This composer's greatest piano work is more known as an orchestral work, which is a depiction of going to an art exhibit.
Who is Modest Mussorgsky?
The Entertainer is one example of a rag by Scott Joplin, but the most popular is called this.
What is Maple Leaf Rag?
This artist told us to "Dance the Night" away in a hit song from the Barbie movie soundtrack.
Who is Dua Lipa?
C#m7b5
What is C#, E, G, and B
Jazz music is often written in this type of notation style, which means it has melody and chords over the melody.
What is a lead sheet?
This composer was famous for writing lots of cluster chords, but the piece we listened to featured a piece where the performer slides his fingers across the strings inside the piano.
Who is Henry Cowell?
Liszt was a well known virtuoso who wrote many show pieces, including this one that uses enormous leaps to create a bell like sound, which incidentally is the title of this etude in a different language.
What is La Campanella?
This South Korean artist broke YouTube records in 2012 with a song that had everyone doing the “horse dance.”
Who is Psy?
Faug/A
What is A, C#, and F
This marking means to gradually slow down.
What is ritardando?