Music: Baroque - Romantic Flashcards
Who wrote “Ode to Joy”?
Beethoven
Who wrote “The Barber of Seville”?
Rossini
Who wrote “Toccata & Fugue”?
J.S.Bach
Who wrote “Fur Elise”?
Beethoven
Who wrote “Air on a G String”?
J.S.Bach
Who wrote “Heroic Polonaise”?
Chopin
Who wrote “Queen of the Night” aria from “The Magic Flute”?
Mozart
Who wrote “Lullaby”?
Brahms
Who wrote “In the Hall of the Mountain King”?
Grieg
Who wrote “A Little Night Music”?
Mozart
Who wrote “Ride of the Valkyries”?
Wagner
Who wrote “The Wedding March” from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”?
Mendelssohn
Who wrote “The William Tell Overture”?
Rossini
Who wrote “Alla Hornpipe” from the “Water Music Suite”?
Handel
Who wrote “The Four Seasons”?
Vivaldi
Who wrote “The Blue Danube” waltz?
J.Strauss
Who wrote the “Swan Lake” ballet?
Tchaikovsky
Who wrote “Carnival of the Animals”?
Saint-Saens
Who wrote “The Stars & Stripes Forever”?
Sousa
Who wrote “Waltz of the Flowers” from “The Nutcracker”?
Tchaikovsky
What is another term for a “tune”?
Melody
What is another term for a “chord”?
Harmony
What is another term for the regular beat of the music?
Rhythm
What do you call the speed at which the music is played?
Tempo
What is the term for one note played continuously (underneath the melody)?
Drone
What is music sung without accompaniment?
A Capella
What is the term for a musical phrase that is repeated?
Refrain
What is the term for a musical ending that is repeated?
Coda
What is the Italian term for “fast”?
Allegro
What is the Italian term for “slow”?
Largo
What is the Italian term for “loud”?
Forte
What is the Italian term for “soft”?
Piano
What is a set of notes that help you recognize the piece of music or a particular character or place in a story?
Motif
What is a piece of music played at the beginning of a production that includes bits of all the music in the production?
Overture
What is a piece of music sung by a soloist (especially in an opera)?
Aria
What do we call words that are spoken-sung by a character (esp. in an opera)?
Recitative
Who keeps time for the orchestra?
Conductor
Who prepares the orchestra for a concert (tuning instruments, getting music, making sure the musicians are all there)?
Concertmaster
Which instrument family is in an orchestra but not in a band?
Strings
Name 3 types of music popular during Medieval times.
Chant
Nuemes
Organum
Motet
Name 3 types of music popular during the Baroque era.
Cantata
Concerto
Fugue
Minuet
Opera
Oratorio
Suite
Name 3 types of music popular during the Classical era.
Chamber
Opera
Sonata
Symphony
Quartets
Name 3 types of music popular during the Romantic era.
Etude
March
Nocturne
Opera
Overture
Rhapsody
Salon
Symphony
Waltz
Which composer is the Master of Oratorio?
Handel
Which composer is the Master Musician?
Mendelssohn
Which composer is the March King?
Sousa
Which composer is the Waltz King?
J. Strauss
Name one composer of Ancient Music.
King David
Asaph
King Solomon
Name one composer from the Baroque era.
Monteverdi
Vivaldi
J.S.Bach
Handel
Name one composer from the Classical era.
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
Name one composer from the Romantic era.
Schubert
Schumann
Mendelssohn
J. Strauss
Brahms
Berlioz
Liszt
Chopin
Wagner
Dvorak
Grieg
Smetana
Verdi
Rossini
Tchaikovsky
Saint-Saens
Sousa
Who wrote “The Messiah”?
Handel
