Musical Terms
Pitched sounds arranged in musical time; the primary musical line that catches one's ear.
What is a melody?
The leader of the Russian Revolution, whose mausoleum is still on the Red Square today.
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
A political ideology based on the ideas of Adam Smith and free market exchange.
What is capitalism?
This was the year that WWII ended.
What happened in 1945?
The name of the dividing line between capitalist Western Europe an socialist Eastern Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
A longer composition for an orchestra, traditionally made up of four contrasting movements.
What is a symphony?
This leader from Georgia led the Soviet Union during WWII, known as the "Man of Steel."
Who is Joseph Stalin?
A political ideology based on the ideas of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.
What is communism?
This was the year that the Soviet Union collapsed.
What happened in 1991?
The largest country in the Eastern Bloc by land area, with capital of Warsaw.
What is Poland?
This genre is often features saxophones, brass instruments, a rhythm section, and sometimes a banjo or clarinet.
What is jazz?
These are the three Baltic States, which were once part of the Soviet Union.
What is Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania?
What is State Socialism?
This is the year that the Berlin Wall fell.
What happened in 1989?
This country is now two countries, after Bohemia and Moravia split, with the new capital cities of Prague and Bratislava.
Part of an opera that features a single vocalist, usually accompanied by an orchestra.
What is an aria?
These are the three Caucasian states, all once part of the Soviet Union.
What is Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan?
Indirect conflict between two rival nations by supporting two other nations at war.
What is a Proxy War?
This is the year that Stalin died.
What happened in 1953?
This country on the Danube river has one of the most difficult languages to learn and unsuccessfully attempted to break free from the Eastern Bloc in 1956.
What is Hungary?
This term describes the color of a given pitch; i.e. how we tell the difference between a trumpet and a violin playing the same note.
What is timbre?
These are the five Central Asian countries that were once part of the Soviet Union.
What is Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan?
A period of hysteria over the perceived threat posed by Communists in the United States.
What is the Red Scare / McCarthyism?
This is the period that Poland implemented Marshall Law.
What happened during 1981-1983?
What is Bulgaria?