Composers
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The Best known Composer still today, he wrote "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" as a child.
Mozart
These instruments are played when struck by hands, sticks, or mallets.
Percussion/ Drums
At St. Johns school we are one!
SJES School Song
This person writes music for people to perform.
a Composer
You can tune a piano, but you can't_______
Tuna fish
Known for his dramatic music (and often just as dramatic hair) this composer sensed music through his feet after loosing his hearing.
Beethoven
These instruments are entirely made of metal... but sometimes include spit.
Brass
Every blessing you pour out I'll turn back to praise
Blessed Be Your Name
This person leads the congregation in singing during the Mass.
the Cantor
Why are basses always calm?
They like to be low key!
One of the earliest composers, she is also responsible for the survival of Theatre in the Middle Ages.
Saint Hildegard Von Bingham
These instruments can be played two ways: by plucking the strings with your fingers, or by sliding a bow across them.
Strings
Heaven and Earth Resound the Hymn
Hail Holy Queen
This person plays or sings on their own, without others of their instrument as part of a piece.
a Soloist
How can you tell when a violinist is stressed?
They look strung out.
This modern church composer is responsible for many hymns we use, as well as the Mass of Saint Mary Magdalene.
Sarah Hart
These instruments are said to sound like birds and other animals, and must be assembled before playing because they are stored in pieces.
Woodwinds
Grain for the fields, scattered and grown
One Bread, One Body
This person directs the tempo and expression of pieces when multiple people play or sing.
the Conductor
What's a conductor's favorite sound?
Applause
This composer one wrote " I just play the notes, but it is God who makes the Music." and passed that philosophy on to his spin-off- I mean SONS.
Johann Sebastien Bach
Though one of the most common starter instruments to learn, the specific instrument is not often found in formal orchestras.
the Piano
Trees do bend, though straight and tall,
So must we to other's call.
Hosea
This person adapts the pieces of a song to fit well together across multiple voices or instruments in a written form.
an Arranger
Why can't Bach fix a lightbulb?
It's not Baroque.