Time Periods
The correct full name for the music history we are studying.
What is the History of Western Art Music?
The composer who wrote "The Messiah".
Who is Handel?
Bach and Handel are important composers from this time period.
What is the Baroque period?
Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky are both from this country.
What is Russia?
The full name of the keyboard percussion instrument that we use in the Chorus Room.
What is the pianoforte?
The name of the time period when major & minor scales became the building blocks for most compositions.
What is the Baroque Period?
The composer who wrote "The Ring Cycle"
Who is Wagner?
Hayden & Mozart are important composers from this period.
What is the Classical Period?
Wagner is from this country.
What is Germany?
This type of musical work uses instruments & singers to tell an epic story without the aid of costumes, sets or action.
What is an oratorio?
The name of the period when composers followed a very strict set of rules.
What is the Classical Period?
The composer who wrote "Appalachian Spring".
Who is Copland?
This composer is the one we consider the bridge between the Classical and Romantic periods.
Who is Beethoven?
Aaron Copland is considered the first composer from this country to be among the greatest.
What is the USA?
"The Ring Cycle" is based on this.
What is Norse Mythology?
The name of the period when composers realized that music could affect emotion.
What is the Romantic Period?
"The Messiah" was this type of work.
What is an oratorio?
These are the two important composers from the Romantic Period that we studied.
Who are Wagner & Tchaikovsky?
Beethoven lost his ability to do this during his career as a composer.
What is to hear?
"Appalachian Spring" won this type of prize for its composer.
The name of the time period when composers decided to break all of the rules and try brand new ideas.
What is the Modern Period?
The type of performance that "Appalachian Spring" was originaly written as.
What is a ballet?
These are the two important composers from the Modern Period that we studied.
Who are Stravinsky & Copland?
This composer wrote the music for the ballets "The Nutcracker" and "Swan Lake".
Who is Tchaikovsky?
This composer started writing music at the age of five and was considered a child prodigy.
Who is Mozart?