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Church
100
Pipe and Tabor
What is a percussion AND woodwind combination played by the same player at the same time?
100
French composer of Italian operas
Who is Jean-Baptiste de Lully
100
A collection of orchestral movements, often considered three suites, composed by George Frideric Handel. It premiered on 17 July 1717 after King George I had requested a concert on the River Thames.
What is The Water Music?
100
A form of lively folk dance, as well as the accompanying dance tune, originating in England in the 16th century and today most associated with Irish dance music and Scottish country dance music
What is The Jig?
100
The evening prayer service in the Western Catholic, Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran liturgies of the canonical hours.
What is Vespers?
200
Sackbut
What is a early trombone?
200
Georg Friedrich Händel
Who was German composer Living in England writing in the Italian style?
200
A wind band suite composed by George Frideric Handel in 1749 under contract of George II of Great Britain for the fireworks in London's Green Park on 27 April 1749
What is The Music for the Royal Fireworks
200
A slow processional dance common in Europe during the 16th century (Renaissance).
What is a Pavan
200
From the Latin word adventus meaning "coming", a season observed in many Western Christian churches, a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas
What is Advent?
300
Bajon, curtal, dulcian
What will be the Bassoon?
300
Franco-Flemish composer famous in the Burgundian School
Who was Guillaume Dufay?
300
English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer.
What is Messiah
300
An athletic dance, characterised by leaps, jumps, hops and other similar figures. The main feature is the last two beats consist of a large jump, landing with one leg ahead of the other.
What is The galliard?
300
A Gothic, Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France.
What is Notre Dame de Paris
400
"J" shaped capped double reed instrument
What is the crumhorn?
400
English Monarch who liked to composer as well as be marry, Merry,or Mary
Who was Henry VIII
400
The events depicted in this oratorio are from the period 170-160 BC when Judea was ruled by the Seleucid Empire which undertook to destroy the Jewish religion. Being ordered to worship Zeus, many Jews obeyed under the threat of persecution, however some did not.
What is Judas Maccabaeus
400
A social dance of French origin for two people, usually in 3/4 time. The word was adapted from Italian minuetto and French menuet, and may have been from French menu meaning slender, small, referring to the very small steps, or from the early 17th-century popular group dances called branle à mener or amener.
What is minuet ?
400
He excelled in each of the fields of painting, sculpture and architecture and his achievements brought about significant changes in each area. His architectural fame lies chiefly in two buildings: the interiors of the Laurentian Library and its lobby at the monastery of San Lorenzo in Florence, and St Peter's Basilica in Rome
Who is Michelangelo Buonarroti
500
LOUD double reed instrument
What is shawm?
500
Italian composer who was a virtuosic violinist
Who was Arcangelo Corelli?
500
BWV 248, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season.
What is The Christmas Oratorio (German: Weihnachts-Oratorium)
500
A musical form that originated in early seventeenth-century Spain and is still used by contemporary composers. It is usually of a serious character and is often, but not always, based on a bass-ostinato and written in triple metre.
What is the passacaglia
500
Written by Martin Luther in 1517 and is widely regarded as the primary catalyst for the Protestant Reformation
What is The Ninety-Five Theses on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences