Music Flashcards
Thomas Jefferson loved music. Did he play the violin, the piano or the xylophone?
The violin (In early years of his marriage, he played duets with his wife, who played the harpsichord)
Mood Music: One-word title of a 2014 Pharrell Williams No. 1 hit
Happy
WHOSE HIT ALBUM?: 1987’s “Bad”, including the hit “Man In The Mirror”
Michael Jackson
THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: Yo-Yo Ma
cello
A TOP 10 HIT TWICE: “Star Wars Theme”: Meco and this composer of the theme, both in 1977
John Williams
TIME TO JAZZ-ERCISE: This singer was homeless for the year before her big break, winning an amateur contest at the Apollo Theater in 1934
Ella Fitzgerald
SONG LYRICS: This classic from 1969 says, “I feel that ice is slowly melting”
Here Comes the Sun
CLASSICAL RAPPERS: Before Lil Jon there was “Lil Johann”–this composer of 1729’s “St. Matthew Passion”
Bach
MUSICAL COLLABORATIONS: In 2017 she lived up to her big “Reputation”, teaming up with Ed Sheeran & Future on “End Game”
Taylor Swift
CELEBRATING 35 YEARS (in 2018): In 1983 this influential 13-minute Michael Jackson music video premiered
Thriller
MUSIC OF YESTERDAY and TODAY: Camila Cabello was born in this city and had a 2017 hit singing, “Half of my heart is in” it
Havana
MUSIC CLASS: A magician might also use this word that means play quickly, faster than allegro
presto
U.S. CITIES: Country music fans get to meet and hear their favorite artists at the annual CMA Festival in this city–where else?
Nashville
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB: His recitation of the poem in 1877 didn’t amaze people until he played it back
Thomas Edison
MUSIC: The 3 main double reed instruments are the bassoon, English horn and this one
oboe
