Famous Artists
Famous Artists Contd
Titles/Nicknames
Instruments
History/Beginnings
100

Run DMC, Sugar Hill Gang, Jay-Z, Grandmaster Flash

Who are famous artists of hip hop?

100

Beatles, Michael Jackson, Madonna

Who are famous artists of pop music?

100

Named the King of Pop

Who is Michael Jackson?

100

The most favored instrument of the Classical and Romantic periods

What is the piano?

100

Known for creating written musical notation and the do re mi syllables

Who is Guido of Arezzo?

200

Guido of Arezzo and Hildegard von Bingen

Who are famous musicians of the Medieval Period?

200

Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, and Stevie Wonder

Who are famous artists of R&B?

200

Named the Queen of Soul

Who is Aretha Franklin?

200

The favored instrument of the Medieval Period

What is the hurdy gurdy?

200

Credited for creating the sousaphone

Who is John Philip Sousa?

300

Jimi Hendrix, Beach Boys, Rolling Stones

Who are famous artists of Rock music?

300

Handel, Vivaldi, and Bach

Who are famous artists of the Baroque period?

300

Named the Prince of Soul and the Prince of Motown

Who is Marvin Gaye?

300

The favored instrument of the Baroque Period

What is the harpsichord?

300

Credited as the originator of hip hop

Who is DJ Kool Herc?

400

John Williams, Leonard Bernstein, John Cage, and Duke Ellington

Who are famous composers of the Modern period?

400

Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Chevalier

Who are famous composers of the Classical Period?

400

Named The March King

Who is John Philip Sousa?

400

The favored instrument of the Renaissance Period

What is the lute?

400

One of the earliest known composers and was also a nun, visionary, writer, and philosopher

Who is Hildegard von Bingen

500

Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, and Casulana

Who are famous artists of the Renaissance period?

500

Brahams, Tchaikovsky, Sousa, and Joplin

Who are famous composers of the Romantic period?

500

Named the King of Ragtime

Who is Scott Joplin?

500

The type of music/location where no instruments were used in the early Medieval and Renaissance periods

What is sacred music/the church?

500

His music is used to accompany many famous ballets

Who is Tchaikovsky?