Modern Times
What award is given for excellence in Broadway musicals and theater?
Tony Award
Which famous composer became completely deaf by the end of his life?
Beethoven
What type of sacred music was sung in one melody line without instruments during the Medieval period?
Gregorian Chant
How do we read the quarter note?
TA
What African American spiritual sings about crossing the Jordan River into the next world or heaven?
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
What family is known as the “First Family of Country Music”?
The Carter Family
Which American film composer wrote the music for Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Jurassic Park?
John Williams
In which century did music become more commercial, modern, and popular?
20th century
This word stands for both a musical instrument and a dynamic marking.
Piano
In this folk song, a sailor sings about his beautiful love and his broken heart.
Handsome Molly
What music style uses simple, repetitive, and often calming musical patterns?
Minimalism
Which child-prodigy composer wrote down Allegri’s Miserere from memory after hearing it in the Vatican?
Mozart
What Baroque musical form features a solo instrument playing against an orchestra?
Concerto
What type of sound artist creates sound effects using everyday objects?
Foley artist
Which English folk song includes herbs like “parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme”?
Scarborough Fair
What is a short musical idea that represents a character, place, or object in film music and originally in Wagner’s operas?
Leitmotif
Which German Romantic opera composer built his own opera house for his musical dramas?
Richard Wagner
Which Classical composer wrote over 400 symphonies and is called the “Father of the Symphony”?
Haydn
Large composition for orchestra in 4 movements.
Symphony
Which Gregorian Marian hymn is traditionally sung during the Easter season?
Regina Caeli
What Christian community in France is known for simple meditative prayer, original chant singing, and The Pilgrimage of Trust?
Taize Community
Who composed The Four Seasons?
Vivaldi
Which music period included composers such as Liszt, Dvořák, Verdi, Chopin, and Brahms?
Romantic period
What is the musical texture called when multiple melodies are sung at the same time, creating harmonious music?
Polyphony
Which song praises God with “Alleluias” and instruments such as the flute, recorder, violin, guitar, piano, and trombone?
Fli-Fla-Giulala