HHYC
This is what H+H stands for
What is the Handel and Haydn Society
The musical term that means to sing softly and quietly
What is piano
The songs Do Re Mi and My Favorite Things came from this movie
What is the Sound of Music
This composer wrote Ode to Joy and Fur Elise
Who was Beethoven
The lowest voice part in opera
What is bass profundo
This was HHYC's "Amplifying America" theme for repertoire last year
What is Native American music
The names for the 5 horizontal lines musical notes sit on
What is a (musical) staff
This movie saga is widely regarded as having the most recognizable musical theme
What is Star Wars
This composer wrote the music for Harry Potter, Catch Me If You Can, and Home Alone
Who is John Williams
The country in Europe which opera originated from
What is Italy
This number of artistic directors have served the Handel and Haydn Society
What is 15
This key has three flats in the key signature
What is E flat major
This city's opera house is haunted by a famous fictional phantom...or a giant flea depending on which version of the story you know
What is Paris
The composer of White Christmas and God Bless America, who could only play the piano in F Sharp major and had a specialized piano built to transpose his music
Who was Irving Berlin
This is the name for an almost spoken piece of music performed in an opera
What is a recitative
Handel's Messiah was written in a remarkably short amount of time, in __ days
What is 24
The harmonic scale has the ___ note raised
What is the 7th
This 2016 film starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant is about a wealthy socialite famous for her terrible singing. The movie is the name of Meryl Streep's character.
What is Florence Foster Jenkins
This classical era composer is buried with two heads due to a 145 year long mix up.
Who was Joseph Haydn
A pants role in opera is when young male characters are played by female actors. One famous example is this feisty adolescent character in Mozarts, Le Nozze Di Figaro, named ___
Who is Cherubino
In 1714, Handel and his friend John Mattheson got into a fight and decided to settle it with a duel. This piece on his coat saved Handel from getting hurt.
What is a button
Perfect 5ths and perfect 4ths are avoided in this type of parallel motion
What is Contrary Motion
The 2009 film Vision is based on the life of this famous 12 century composer and her assistant, Brother Volmar
Who was Hildegarde Von Bingen
Jimi Hendrix lived in the apartment building next door to where this famous baroque composer once lived in London
Who was George Frederic Handel
Handel famously picked up and threatened to throw opera singer Francesca Cuzzoni out the window when she refused to sing an aria from this 1723 opera
What is Ottone