Tchaikovsky

Facts About His Life

100

Tchaikovsky's first name

Peter

200

The age Tchaikovsky began piano lessons.

4

300

Career before he devoted his life to music

Law

400

Age he started law school

10

500

Tchaikovsky was one of the leading composers in this period in history

The Romantic Period

Famous Works

100

Tchaikovsky's most famous work

*Hint: It's a ballet!

The Nutcracker

200

Based on a fairytale

Sleeping Beauty

300

Written during a war

War of 1812

400

Most famous symphonies

4th, 5th, and 6th Symphonies

500

List any work written by Tchaikovsky NOT listed in a previous category

Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet

Nutcracker Ballet

100

The girl's name in the Nutcracker 

Clara

200

Object thrown at the Rat King that ultimately helped the Nutcracker to win the battle

A shoe

300

Reason Clara's brother broke her nutcracker

He was jealous

400

Dance from the Nutcracker where the dancers bowed, used fans, and made small steps

The Chinese Dance

500

The person who gave Clara the Nutcracker for Christmas

Her godfather, Drosselmeyer

Vocabulary

100

Tells a story through dance.  It also combines costumes, scenery, and acting.

Ballet

200

What is a musical work?

A song

300

A person who writes music

Composer

400

How the sections of songs or poems are structured

Example:  ABA, AABA, etc

Form

500

Songs written for orchestras

Symphonies

Form

100

Form of the following song-

Twinkle, twinkle little star
how I wonder what you are

Up above the world so high 

Like a diamond in the sky.   

Twinkle, twinkle little star
how I wonder what you are

ABA

200

Form of the following poem/chant-

Falling leaves, they're falling to the groundThe red, yellow gold and the brown

Falling leaves, they're falling to the groundThe red, yellow gold and the brown

Whirling, twirling through the airThey're falling, swirling everywhereThe air is cold. The moon is bright. The stars are out tonight!

Falling leaves, they're falling to the groundThe red, yellow gold and the brown

AABA

300

Form of the Russian Dance

AABA

400

Form of the following song-

Bloop, Bloop went the little green frog one dayBloop, bloop went the little green frogBloop bloop went the little green frog one dayAnd they all went bloop, bloop, bloop

But.. we all know frogs golah dee lah dee da, lah dee dah de dahWe all know frogs golah dee dah dee dahThey don't go bloop, bloop, bloop

Bloop, Bloop went the little green frog one dayBloop, bloop went the little green frogBloop bloop went the little green frog one dayAnd they all went bloop, bloop, bloop

ABA

500

BONUS:  Watch the following video of a fourth grade class performing "Alpha Four" and state the form!

ABACA