Instruments
What is the oldest known wind instrument in the world?
35,000-year-old bird bone flute
What does the bottom number indicate in the time signature?
Indicates the value of each beat in a measure
The harpsichord is from which era of music
Baroque
This work written by Stravinsky caused a riot in the theater
Rite of Spring
Which composer wrote "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker?"
Tchaikovsky
Original name for the piano
Pianoforte
What is the relative minor of Db Major?
Bb minor
The first string quartet was formed in which era of music?
Classical
From the ballet of the same name, the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was adapted into songs, including "Once Upon a Dream," for what classic 1959 Disney film?
Sleeping Beauty
Which English composer is best known for “The Planets” suite
Gustav Holst
Clarinet
The 3, 6, and 7
An official, unaccompanied, monophonic song sung by monks in Latin during liturgy was a type of music called
Gegorian chant
One of the most famous moments in the clarinet repertoire is the trill and glissando that opens what classic 1924 orchestral work by George Gershwin?
Rhapsody in Blue
Who composed the opera "The Magic Flute"?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
If there are 52 white keys on a piano, how many black keys does it have?
36
Name all 7 modes
Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian
Which important event in music history signified the end of the Baroque Era?
The death of Johann Sebastian Bach in 1750
Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky's most famous work is a suite of 10 piano pieces, including "The Gnome" and "The Old Castle," known as "Pictures at an” what?
Name a romantic era composer
Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Carl Maria von Weber, Frédéric Chopin, Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Johannes Brahms, Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Giuseppe Verdi, Antonín Dvořák, Sergei Rachmaninoff, etc.
This musical instrument evolved from the sackbut, into which early brass instrument
Trombone
List all five types of cadences
Perfect Authentic, Imperfect Authentic, Plagal, Half, and Deceptive
Name each period of music history in chronological order
Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Twentieth Century/Modern
Czech composer Antonín Dvořák's most famous work is his Ninth Symphony, which he composed while living in the United States and is commonly known by what nickname?
New World Symphony
"Pavane for a Dead Princess" is one of the most famous works for solo piano by what French composer, also known for "Boléro?"
Maurice Ravel