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Music: Baroque - Romantic Flashcards

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Who wrote “Ode to Joy”?

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Beethoven

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Who wrote “The Barber of Seville”?

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Rossini

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Who wrote “Toccata & Fugue”?

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J.S.Bach

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4
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Who wrote “Fur Elise”?

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Beethoven

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Who wrote “Air on a G String”?

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J.S.Bach

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Who wrote “Heroic Polonaise”?

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Chopin

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Who wrote “Queen of the Night” aria from “The Magic Flute”?

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Mozart

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Who wrote “Lullaby”?

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Brahms

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Who wrote “In the Hall of the Mountain King”?

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Grieg

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Who wrote “A Little Night Music”?

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Mozart

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Who wrote “Ride of the Valkyries”?

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Wagner

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Who wrote “The Wedding March” from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”?

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Mendelssohn

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13
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Who wrote “The William Tell Overture”?

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Rossini

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Who wrote “Alla Hornpipe” from the “Water Music Suite”?

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Handel

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15
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Who wrote “The Four Seasons”?

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Vivaldi

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Who wrote “The Blue Danube” waltz?

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J.Strauss

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Who wrote the “Swan Lake” ballet?

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Tchaikovsky

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18
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Who wrote “Carnival of the Animals”?

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Saint-Saens

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19
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Who wrote “The Stars & Stripes Forever”?

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Sousa

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Who wrote “Waltz of the Flowers” from “The Nutcracker”?

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Tchaikovsky

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21
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What is another term for a “tune”?

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Melody

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What is another term for a “chord”?

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Harmony

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What is another term for the regular beat of the music?

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Rhythm

24
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What do you call the speed at which the music is played?

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Tempo

25
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What is the term for one note played continuously (underneath the melody)?

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Drone

26
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What is music sung without accompaniment?

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A Capella

27
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What is the term for a musical phrase that is repeated?

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Refrain

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What is the term for a musical ending that is repeated?

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Coda

29
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What is the Italian term for “fast”?

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Allegro

30
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What is the Italian term for “slow”?

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Largo

31
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What is the Italian term for “loud”?

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Forte

32
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What is the Italian term for “soft”?

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Piano

33
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What is a set of notes that help you recognize the piece of music or a particular character or place in a story?

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Motif

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What is a piece of music played at the beginning of a production that includes bits of all the music in the production?

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Overture

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What is a piece of music sung by a soloist (especially in an opera)?

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Aria

36
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What do we call words that are spoken-sung by a character (esp. in an opera)?

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Recitative

37
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Who keeps time for the orchestra?

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Conductor

38
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Who prepares the orchestra for a concert (tuning instruments, getting music, making sure the musicians are all there)?

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Concertmaster

39
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Which instrument family is in an orchestra but not in a band?

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Strings

40
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Name 3 types of music popular during Medieval times.

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Chant
Nuemes
Organum
Motet

41
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Name 3 types of music popular during the Baroque era.

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Cantata
Concerto
Fugue
Minuet
Opera
Oratorio
Suite

42
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Name 3 types of music popular during the Classical era.

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Chamber
Opera
Sonata
Symphony
Quartets

43
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Name 3 types of music popular during the Romantic era.

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Etude
March
Nocturne
Opera
Overture
Rhapsody
Salon
Symphony
Waltz

44
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Which composer is the Master of Oratorio?

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Handel

45
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Which composer is the Master Musician?

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Mendelssohn

46
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Which composer is the March King?

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Sousa

47
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Which composer is the Waltz King?

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J. Strauss

48
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Name one composer of Ancient Music.

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King David
Asaph
King Solomon

49
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Name one composer from the Baroque era.

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Monteverdi
Vivaldi
J.S.Bach
Handel

50
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Name one composer from the Classical era.

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Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven

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Name one composer from the Romantic era.

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Schubert
Schumann
Mendelssohn
J. Strauss
Brahms
Berlioz
Liszt
Chopin
Wagner
Dvorak
Grieg
Smetana
Verdi
Rossini
Tchaikovsky
Saint-Saens
Sousa

52
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Who wrote “The Messiah”?

A

Handel

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