Music Questions Flashcards
Identify the composer of the Brandenburg Concertos
Bach
Name the composer of the opera Fidelio
Beethoven
Name the composer of the opera Aida
Verdi
Name the composer of the opera Tosca
Puccini
Name the composer of the opera Lohengrin
Wagner
Which one or ones of the following four chords in the key of D Major contain a wrong note?1.) F-sharp, B, A, D2.) E, B, G, E3.) A, A, G, D4.) D, A, G, D
3 and 4
Which one of the following four keyboard instruments was not used in the year 1700?1.) Organ2.) Harpsichord3.) Pianoforte4.) clavichord
3
Staccato
Performed in a detached manner
Fermata
Symbol indicating that a note should be sustained longer than it’s written value
Glissando
Continued unbroken glide from one note to another
Coda
Passage which brings a piece or a movement to a conclusion
Name the four pitches that comprise the complete dominant seventh chord in the key of F major
C, E, G, B-flat
Which one or ones of the following four composers were active during the Classical Period?1.) Handel2.) Mozart3.) Haydn4.) J.S. Bach
2 and 3
Name the three pitches in the G major Triad
G, B, D
Name the brass instrument that is a member of the standard woodwind quintet
French Horn
What is the root of the dominant chord in the key of C minor?
G
Match the instrument to its familyViola
String
Match the instrument to its familyEuphonium
Brass
Match the instrument to its familySaxophone
Woodwind
Match the instrument to its familyBagpipes
Woodwind
Musician sitting in the first chair of each section of an orchestra is known as the
principal player
First major composer to use the trombone in a symphony
Beethoven
Name the third of the tonic chord in B-flat major
D
Match the composition to its composerPeer Gynt Suite
Edvard Grieg
Match the composition to its composerWest Side Story
Leonard Bernstein
Match the composition to its composerPictures at an Exhibition
Modest Mussorgsky
Match the composition to its composerFinlandia
Jean Sibelius
Match the composition to it’s composer and his country of birthThe Seasons
Antonio VivaldiItaly
Match the composition to it’s composer and his country of birthSwan Lake
Peter TchaikovskyRussia
Match the composition to it’s composer and his country of birthSymphony Fantastique
Hector BerliozFrance
Identify respectively the following four wind instruments as single reed or double reed1.) Clarinet2.) Bassoon3.) Oboe4.) Saxophone
SingleDoubleDoubleSingle
Arrange the following five musical style periods in chronological order1.) Classical2.) Impressionism3.) Renaissance4.) Romantic5.) Baroque
3, 5, 1, 4, 2
Which one of the following four major keys has the most sharps or flats in its key signature?1.) D- flat2.) B3.) A4.) F-sharp
4
Identify the major key that has two sharps in its key signature
D
Who am I? I was born in Vienna is 1797 and taught school for several years, composing music in my spare time. My art songs were of particular interest to the musical world. I died at the age of 31, but left behind a legacy of more than 600 art songs. Alas, I never did get along to finishing my Symphony #8 in B minor
Schubert
Match the performer to his or her instrumentYo Yo Ma
Cello
Match the performer to his or her instrumentLeila (layla) Josefovrtz
Violin
Identify the composer of La Mer
Claude Debussy
Identify the composer of The Pines of Rome
Respighi
Give the year in which Johann Sebastian Bach died
1750
Which one or ones of the following four instruments are members of the percussion family?1.) Celesta2.) Cymbals3.) Castanets4.) Chimes
1, 2, 3, and 4
Match each of the musical terms to its English translation.1.) Accelerando2.) Da Capo3.) Fine4.) LegatoA.) EndB.) Getting FasterC.) SmoothlyD.) From the Beginning
A2, B4, C1, D3
Which one or ones of the following four operas was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1.) Aida2.) Fidelio3.) The Magic Flue4.) Lohengrin
3
Match the work to its composerEine Kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart
Match the work to its composerLa Mer
Debussy
Match the work to its composerSymphony #3, Eroica
Beethoven
Match the work to its composerRhapsody in Blue
Gershwin
The end of the violin bow which the player holds is referred to as the _____?
Frog (also nut, Frosch, or lower end)
Which one or ones of the following terms refers to wind instrument articulation?1.) pizzicato2.) staccato3.) suspension4.) col legno
2
Identify the composer of Fanfare for the Common Man
Copland
Identify the nationality of the composer of Fanfare for the Common Man
American
Identify the style period in which the following composer workedFranz Liszt
Romantic
Identify the style period in which the following composer workedGeorge Philippe Telemann
Baroque
Identify the style period in which the following composer workedFranz Joseph Haydn
Classical
Identify the style period in which the following composer workedClaude Debussy
Impressionism
Which one or ones of the following four instruments belongs to the percussion family?1.) guiro2.) guitar3.) glockenspiel4.) viola de gamba
1, 3
Match each of the scale degrees found in the key of C to the pitch.A.) TonicB.) SubDominantC.) SuperTonicD.) Dominant
C, F, D, G
Identify the Italian City in which the first opera was performed.
Florence
Identify the french impressionist composer who produced the work titled La Mer
Debussy
Which one or ones of the following descriptions accurately applies to a musical fugue?1.) It includes a subject2.) It is always written in contrapuntal style3.) It is homophonic throughtout
1, 2
