Music App "Classical, Romantic, Modern"

Question 0

Someone who supports an artist or musician so that they can work at their craft

Answer 0

Patron

Question 1

Being hired by someone to compose or print a work

Answer 1

Commission

Question 2

A section of a piece in which all the instruments and/or voices perform together

Answer 2

Tutti

Question 3

An extended work in several movements (usually four) for orchestra

Answer 3

Symphony

Question 4

What are the 4 instruments in a string section of a classical orchestra

Answer 4

Violins
Violas
Cellos
Stringed bases

Question 5

What 2 words would best describe the classical era

Answer 5

Elegant (formal)

Restrained

Question 6

What were the 2 functions of a patron

Answer 6

Source of income

They gave the artist freedom to work

Question 7

Which instrument replaced the harpsichord during the classical era
Why

Answer 7

Piano

It became a favorite of the composers because of its wide dynamic range

Question 8

Who was known as the “father of string quartet”

Answer 8

Franz Joseph Haydn

Question 9

How old was Mozart when he wrote his first composition

Answer 9

6

Question 10

What was remarkable about Beethoven’s 9th symphony

Answer 10

He was completely deaf whole composing it

Question 11

Who were the composers of the classical era

Answer 11

Franz Joseph Haydn 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig Von Beethoven 
Franz Schubert 
Johann Christian Bach

Question 12

What were the musical characteristics of the classical era

Answer 12

Symphony 
String quartets 
Opera 
Tempo 
Dynamic level 
Can be gradual/sudden

Question 13

Schools which trained musicians

Answer 13

Conservatory

Question 14

Studies

Answer 14

Étude

Question 15

German art songs

Answer 15

Lieder

Question 16

Night pieces

Answer 16

Nocturne

Question 17

What did the music of the romantic era emphasize

Answer 17

Personal feelings and emotions

Question 18

What types of piano pieces were written during the Romantic era

Answer 18

Nocturnes 
Etudes 
Impromptus 
Ballets  
Dances 
Lieder

Question 19

Which instrument was considered the most important during this era

Answer 19

Piano

Question 20

How might a composer earn his living during the romantic era

Answer 20

The sale of printed copies of his music 
Touring the country as a conductor 
Produce performances of his music or operas 
Supported by patrons 
Free-lance

Question 21

What is a free-lance artist

Answer 21

An artist that cared for themselves and traveled alone/wherever they wanted to go

Question 22

What was the music of the romantic era usually about

Answer 22

Express something
Describe something
Represent something

Question 23

Who were the 3 great opera composers of the romantic era

Answer 23

Wagner
Verdi
Puccini

Question 24

Who are the famous composers from the Romantic era

Answer 24

``` Wilhelm Richard Wagner Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky Felix Mendelssohn Frederic Chopin John Philip Sousa ```

Question 25

What are the characteristics of the romantic era

Answer 25

``` Nationalistic (expression of the people) Represent/describe/express Opera Piano pieces Lieder Ballad ```

Question 26

Music which is either composed or preformed by chance procedures, such as rolling dice or flipping a coin

Answer 26

Aleatory music

Question 27

Music with no key, and the music can be quite dissonant

Answer 27

Atonal music

Question 28

A return to musical elements of earlier eras of music, particularly the Baroque and Classical eras

Answer 28

Neoclassicism

Question 29

music based on a series of pitches, or rhythms, or any music elements, which are repeated again and again

Answer 29

Serial music

Question 30

Type of serial music which uses all 12 tones in the musical scale before repeating another, then repeating those tones in the same order over and over

Answer 30

12-tone music

Question 31

What type of music painted a soft musical picture

Answer 31

Impressionism

Question 32

What was the main contribution of Impressionistic music

Answer 32

The use of new musical harmonies and scales

Question 33

What are the characteristics of the romantic era

Answer 33

``` Neoclassicism Aleatory Serial Atonal Electronic 12-tone ```

Question 34

Who are the composers of the modern era

Answer 34

``` Scott Joplin Charles Ives Igor Stravinsky Aaron Copland Leonard Bernstein ```