Composer
Although he died at the age of only 33, this Classical composer wrote over 600 works, many of them considered among the most influential compositions of all time.
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
This musical term describes a polyphonic work (often for organ) with multiple voices in "conversation" revolving around a single theme.
What is a fugue?
Music publishers street in Manhattan
What is Tin Pan Alley?
The Monet painting that the movement took its name from
What is "Impression: Sunrise"
The Baroque artists incorporated what texture in their work ?
What is polyphonic texture.
Romantic composers looked to, and sometimes lived in the shadow of, this German composer's nine symphonies and highly dramatic style.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?
This baroque form of music that sets a stage play to music quickly became a worldwide phenomenon for the next three hundred years.
What is opera?
Birthplace of jazz
What is New Orleans?
Genre consisting of a group of styles for listening, with rhythmic freedom and improvisation
What is jazz?
Two instrument groups
What are the front line and the rhythm section?
This composer's "Der Ring der Niebelungen" lasts for over sixteen hours.
Who is Richard Wagner?
ranz Schubert wrote many of these works for piano and voice.
What are Lieder?
When was the baroque period?
What is 1600s-1750s
In the early 1940’s jazz music changed from dance music to a more complicated form of music, what was this form of music called?
What is Bebop?
________________ is a style of singing that uses nonsense syllables.
What is Scat Singing
This "national composer of Italy" wrote many famous operas including "Rigoletto" and "Nabucco."
Who is Giuseppe Verdi?
A short piece that sets a certain mood or style with specific title.
What is a "character piece"?
Name four main Baroque musicians ?
Who are George Friederich Handel Johann Sebastian Bach, Vivaldi, Corelli
Sang "Hotter Than That"
Who is Louis Armstrong?
New keyboard instrument that plays loud and soft. (full name)
What is the pianoforte?