Music (important to do well) Flashcards
Armstrong, louis
Famous American Jazz trumpeter and singer
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Baroque German composer known for his Mass in B Minor
Beethoven, Ludwig van
German pianist and composer of the classical and romantic eras
Brahms, Johannes
Romantic German composer known for piano works
Caruso, Enrico
Italian tenor opera singer
Chopin, Frederic
Polish composer known for piano works
Copland, Aaron
American composer who wrote Billy the Kid
Debussy, Claude
French composer and big band leader
Gershwin, George
American composer and pianist who wrote Porgy and Bess
Gilbert and Sullivan
English comic opera composers who wrote The pirates of Penzance
Handel, George Frideric
German composer famous for operas and The Messiah
Hayden, Joseph
Austrian composer called the “Father of the Symphony”
Mendelssohn, Felix
German composer who wrote the Italian Symphony
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Austrian composer who wrote The Magic Flute
Puccini, Giacomo
Italian opera composer who wrote La Boheme
Purcell, Henry
Baroque English composer
Schubert, Franz
Austrian composer known for his Lieder and symphonies
Sousa, John Philips
American composer who wrote The stars and Stripes Forever
Strauss, Richard
German composer known for the opera Salome
Stravinsky, Igor
Russian ballet composer who wrote The Queen of Spades
Verdi, Giuseppe
Italian opera composer who wrote Rigoletto
Vivaldi, Antonio
Venetian composer known for violin works
Amazing grace
Christian hymn by Englishman John Newton
America
Patriotic American song; lyrics by Samuel Francis Smith
America the Beautiful
Patriotic American song by Gamuel A Ward and Katharine Lee Bates
Auld Lang Syne
Scots poen- based folk song used to celebrate the New Year
Carmen
Opera by French composer George Bizet
Don Giovanni
Opera by Mozart
Frere Jacques
French Nursery melody sung in a round
God bless America
American patriotic song by Irving Berlin
Greensleeves
English folk song and tune
Madame Butterfly
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
The Messiah
Oratorio by Handel
The star spangled banner
National anthem of the US, by Francis Scott Key
La Traviata
Opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Swan Lake
Ballet by Tchaikovsky