Composers
This Austrian composer invented the 12-tone method of composition also known as "serialism."
Who is Arnold Schoenberg?
This many sixteenth notes can fit into one bar of 7/8.
What is 14?
Define largo.
What is very slow?
This American composer studied with Nadia Boulanger before writing Fanfare for the Common Man.
Who is Aaron Copland?
What is three?
Define allegro.
What is quickly and cheerfully?
This composer wrote music for common household objects and for pianos with objects inserted between the strings.
Who is John Cage?
This time signature tells you that there are five beats in every measure and the quarter note gets the beat.
What is 5/4?
Define forte.
What is lively and fast?
This composer was involved in a scandal surrounding the Prix de Rome in 1905.
Who is Maurice Ravel?
This note value is twice as fast as 256th notes.
What are 512th notes?
Define vivace.
What is lively and fast?
This composer was known for his years of collegiate teaching as well as a piece that included "Mars, the Bringer of War."
Who is Gustav Holst?
What is eight?
This is the difference between a tie and a slur.
What is:
a tie joins two notes of the same pitch while a slur smoothly connects different pitches