Famous Composers & Musicians

Question 1

Verdi

Answer 1

Italian operatic composer
“Othello”
“Aida”
Nationalistic beliefs
Romantic period

Question 2

Sullivan

Answer 2

English composer of operettas
Collaborated with librettist William Gilbert
1842-1900

Question 3

Puccini

Answer 3

Romantic Era
Italian
Noted for the dramatic realism of his operas

Question 4

Mozart

Answer 4

Classical Era
“The Marriage of Figaro”
“Don Giovanni”
“The Magic Flute”
Child prodigy at age 6
Wrote first opera at age 12
Died at age 36

Question 5

Who is Joaquiin Rodrigo?

Answer 5

famous guitar player

Question 6

Who is Fernando Sor?

Answer 6

1778-1839
Published the most important pedological publication in the history of the guitar

Question 7

What instrument does Thetonious Monk play?

Answer 7

piano

Question 8

What instrument does John Coltrane play?

Answer 8

saxophone

Question 9

What instrument does Louis Armstrong play?

Answer 9

trumpet & vocals

Question 10

What instrument does Wynton Marsalis play?

Answer 10

trumpet

Question 11

Who were two popular Swing Era performers?

Answer 11

Duke Ellington
Benny Goodman

Question 12

What kind of music is Scott Joplin famous for?

Answer 12

ragtime

Question 13

Stravinsky

Answer 13

“The Firebird Suite”
“The Rite of Spring”

Question 14

Copland

Answer 14

“Fanfare for the Common Man”
“Appalachian Spring”

Question 15

John Cage

Answer 15

“4:33”
“Imaginary Landscape #4 (radio)”
“Prepared Piano”

Question 16

Schubert

Answer 16

Romantic composer
creation of Lied

Question 17

Chopin

Answer 17

Romantic composer
expressive piano

Question 18

Brahms

Answer 18

last of the great Romantic composers

Question 19

Tchaikovsky

Answer 19

Romantic composer
ballets
“Swan Lake”
“The Nutcracker”

Question 20

Haydn

Answer 20

Classical composer
established standard for symphony, sonata & string quartet

Question 21

Beethoven

Answer 21

“Moonlight Sonata”
“5th Symphony”
“9th Symphony (Ode to Joy)”

Question 22

Claudio Monteverdi

Answer 22

Baroque composer
transition from Renaissance to Baroque

Question 23

Lully

Answer 23

Baroque composer
French composer
death by gangrene from caining

Question 24

Vivaldi

Answer 24

Baroque composer
“The Red Priest”
“500 Concertos”

Question 25

Handel

Answer 25

Baroque composer
Study law first
“Messiah”

Question 26

J.S. Bach

Answer 26

Baroque composer
Orphan
Organist
“Clavier & Brandenburg Concertos”

Question 27

Guillaume Dufay

Answer 27

Renaissance composer

Question 28

Palestrina

Answer 28

Renaissance composer
mostly sacred music
over 100 madrigals, both secular & sacred

Question 29

William Bryd

Answer 29

Renaissance composer
known for survival in protestant England
Catholic

Question 30

Hildegard of Bingen

Answer 30

Medieval composer
abbess
experienced visions due to migraines

Question 31

Perotin

Answer 31

Medieval composer
voice organum

Question 32

John Dunstable

Answer 32

Medieval composer
first to use thirds and sixths