Music (important to do well) Flashcards

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Armstrong, louis

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Famous American Jazz trumpeter and singer

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Bach, Johann Sebastian

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Baroque German composer known for his Mass in B Minor

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Beethoven, Ludwig van

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German pianist and composer of the classical and romantic eras

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Brahms, Johannes

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Romantic German composer known for piano works

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Caruso, Enrico

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Italian tenor opera singer

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Chopin, Frederic

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Polish composer known for piano works

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Copland, Aaron

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American composer who wrote Billy the Kid

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Debussy, Claude

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French composer and big band leader

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Gershwin, George

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American composer and pianist who wrote Porgy and Bess

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Gilbert and Sullivan

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English comic opera composers who wrote The pirates of Penzance

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Handel, George Frideric

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German composer famous for operas and The Messiah

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Hayden, Joseph

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Austrian composer called the “Father of the Symphony”

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Mendelssohn, Felix

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German composer who wrote the Italian Symphony

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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

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Austrian composer who wrote The Magic Flute

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Puccini, Giacomo

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Italian opera composer who wrote La Boheme

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Purcell, Henry

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Baroque English composer

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Schubert, Franz

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Austrian composer known for his Lieder and symphonies

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Sousa, John Philips

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American composer who wrote The stars and Stripes Forever

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Strauss, Richard

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German composer known for the opera Salome

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Stravinsky, Igor

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Russian ballet composer who wrote The Queen of Spades

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Verdi, Giuseppe

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Italian opera composer who wrote Rigoletto

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Vivaldi, Antonio

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Venetian composer known for violin works

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Amazing grace

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Christian hymn by Englishman John Newton

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America

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Patriotic American song; lyrics by Samuel Francis Smith

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America the Beautiful

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Patriotic American song by Gamuel A Ward and Katharine Lee Bates

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Auld Lang Syne

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Scots poen- based folk song used to celebrate the New Year

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Carmen

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Opera by French composer George Bizet

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Don Giovanni

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Opera by Mozart

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Frere Jacques

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French Nursery melody sung in a round

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God bless America

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American patriotic song by Irving Berlin

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Greensleeves

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English folk song and tune

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Madame Butterfly

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Opera by Giacomo Puccini

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The Messiah

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Oratorio by Handel

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The star spangled banner

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National anthem of the US, by Francis Scott Key

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La Traviata

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Opera by Giuseppe Verdi

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Swan Lake

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Ballet by Tchaikovsky