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As a young child, I toured Europe with my sister, Nannerl, and my father, Leopold.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
100
I was the feature composer in this month's Piano Explorer.
Who is Georg Philipp Telemann
100
This is a popular squash that many people carve for a Halloween scare or make into pies.
What is a pumpkin?
100
If you add two of these together, you get a total of two beats.
What are quarter notes?
100
I was featured as the very first student in the KeyNote Student Highlight.
Who is Logan Schlosser
200
I worked for a rich family name Esterhazy.
Who is Franz Joseph Haydn
200
When you see this symbol above a note (usually at the end of a piece) it means to hold the note longer than usual.
What is a fermata
200

This is the first candy that was wrapped in paper in the United States.

What is the Tootsie Roll

200
This word in your music means to gradually get louder.
What is crescendo
200
I am attending and competing at SDMTA this weekend.
Who is Mariah Mikkonen
300
I lost my hearing by the age 30, yet I composed some of my greatest works after I lost my hearing.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven
300
This is a piece of music in which one instrument (or sometimes a group of instruments) plays a solo while an orchestra plays accompaniment.
What is a concerto
300
Before its current name, Halloween was known by this name.
What is All Hallows Eve
300
This time signature means there are four beats in the measure and the quarter note gets the beat.
What is 4/4
300
I am a composer featured in this newsletter. I wrote the symphony called "Appalachian Spring".
Who is Aaron Copland
400
I composed the Canon in D, which is played at almost every wedding today.
Who is Johann Pachelbel
400
Maurizio Pollini, the featured modern pianist, was born in this country.
What is Italy
400
Halloween originated with this group of ethnic people.
Who are the Celts
400
This type of song includes an exposition, a development, and a recapitulation.
What is a sonata or sonatina
400
"More", to emphasize a style or tempo, from the Italian language, derived from the Latin word "plus".
What is piu