Composers
The composer of The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
Who is Paul Dukas?
instrumental music that is written to tell a story, describe a scene, or represent extra-musical ideas such as literature, nature, or events
What is Programme Music?
A collection of 14 movements that represents different animals.
What is Carnival of the Animals?
The composer of Danse Macabre and Carnival of the Animals.
Who is Camille Saint-Saëns?
The time period in Music History when Programme Music came about.
What is the Romantic Era?
A piece from Carnival of the Animals that uses flowing piano and inspired Alan Menken from Disney.
What is Aquarium?
The composer of Symphonie Fantastique.
Who is Hector Berlioz?
The opposite of programme music; Music written only for musical purposes without representing anything specific.
What is Absolute Music?
A Symphony of 5 movements about Hector Berlioz's obsession with Harriet.
What is Symphony Fantastique?
Composer who often used the xylophone to imitate the sound of bones.
Who is Camille Saint-Saëns?
A multi-movement symphony that follows a narrative or storyline.
What is a Programme Symphony?
A programmatic piece based on a ballad by the German poet Goethe who used a story from an old folk-tale that involves magic.
What is The Sorcerer's Apprentice?
Composer who came up with the idea of an idee fixe that he used in his program symphony.
Who was Hector Berlioz?
The main instrument of the broom theme in The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
What is the bassoon?
A piece that opens with the toll of midnight and ends with the rooster crow of dawn.
What is Danse Macabre?