Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra: Fugue

Question 0

Name the instrument families

Answer 0

Strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion

Question 1

Which instrument family is not in Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra?

Answer 1

Piano

Question 2

What is fugue?

Answer 2

Musical imitation in which a melody is performed by different instruments or voices

Question 3

What is a musical theme?

Answer 3

A distinctive recurring musical element, usually a melodic line

Question 4

Which country and musical period did Henry Purcell live?

Answer 4

He was a 17th century British composer of the Baroque period.

He lived from 1659 to 1695

Question 5

Was Henry Purcell a famous British composer?

Answer 5

Yes - One of The greatest British composers.

He’s credited with the first British opera, but also composed church music, instrumental music, and music for theater.

Question 6

When did Britten compose Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra? And why?

Answer 6

In 1944 to introduce children to instrument families of the orchestra

Question 7

Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra was composed from a theme from which piece?

Answer 7

Abdelazar; “Rondeau” by Henry Purcell

Question 8

Where is the fugue featured in Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra?

Answer 8

In the end by reviewing all the instruments.

The new variation on Purcell’s theme is the fugue subject which is introduced by the instrument families until the end when the all join in a statement of the original Purcell theme