Music: Baroque - Romantic

Question 1

Who wrote “Ode to Joy”?

Answer 1

Beethoven

Question 2

Who wrote “The Barber of Seville”?

Answer 2

Rossini

Question 3

Who wrote “Toccata & Fugue”?

Answer 3

J.S.Bach

Question 4

Who wrote “Fur Elise”?

Answer 4

Beethoven

Question 5

Who wrote “Air on a G String”?

Answer 5

J.S.Bach

Question 6

Who wrote “Heroic Polonaise”?

Answer 6

Chopin

Question 7

Who wrote “Queen of the Night” aria from “The Magic Flute”?

Answer 7

Mozart

Question 8

Who wrote “Lullaby”?

Answer 8

Brahms

Question 9

Who wrote “In the Hall of the Mountain King”?

Answer 9

Grieg

Question 10

Who wrote “A Little Night Music”?

Answer 10

Mozart

Question 11

Who wrote “Ride of the Valkyries”?

Answer 11

Wagner

Question 12

Who wrote “The Wedding March” from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”?

Answer 12

Mendelssohn

Question 13

Who wrote “The William Tell Overture”?

Answer 13

Rossini

Question 14

Who wrote “Alla Hornpipe” from the “Water Music Suite”?

Answer 14

Handel

Question 15

Who wrote “The Four Seasons”?

Answer 15

Vivaldi

Question 16

Who wrote “The Blue Danube” waltz?

Answer 16

J.Strauss

Question 17

Who wrote the “Swan Lake” ballet?

Answer 17

Tchaikovsky

Question 18

Who wrote “Carnival of the Animals”?

Answer 18

Saint-Saens

Question 19

Who wrote “The Stars & Stripes Forever”?

Answer 19

Sousa

Question 20

Who wrote “Waltz of the Flowers” from “The Nutcracker”?

Answer 20

Tchaikovsky

Question 21

What is another term for a “tune”?

Answer 21

Melody

Question 22

What is another term for a “chord”?

Answer 22

Harmony

Question 23

What is another term for the regular beat of the music?

Answer 23

Rhythm

Question 24

What do you call the speed at which the music is played?

Answer 24

Tempo

Question 25

What is the term for one note played continuously (underneath the melody)?

Answer 25

Drone

Question 26

What is music sung without accompaniment?

Answer 26

A Capella

Question 27

What is the term for a musical phrase that is repeated?

Answer 27

Refrain

Question 28

What is the term for a musical ending that is repeated?

Answer 28

Coda

Question 29

What is the Italian term for "fast"?

Answer 29

Allegro

Question 30

What is the Italian term for "slow"?

Answer 30

Largo

Question 31

What is the Italian term for "loud"?

Answer 31

Forte

Question 32

What is the Italian term for "soft"?

Answer 32

Piano

Question 33

What is a set of notes that help you recognize the piece of music or a particular character or place in a story?

Answer 33

Motif

Question 34

What is a piece of music played at the beginning of a production that includes bits of all the music in the production?

Answer 34

Overture

Question 35

What is a piece of music sung by a soloist (especially in an opera)?

Answer 35

Aria

Question 36

What do we call words that are spoken-sung by a character (esp. in an opera)?

Answer 36

Recitative

Question 37

Who keeps time for the orchestra?

Answer 37

Conductor

Question 38

Who prepares the orchestra for a concert (tuning instruments, getting music, making sure the musicians are all there)?

Answer 38

Concertmaster

Question 39

Which instrument family is in an orchestra but not in a band?

Answer 39

Strings

Question 40

Name 3 types of music popular during Medieval times.

Answer 40

Chant Nuemes Organum Motet

Question 41

Name 3 types of music popular during the Baroque era.

Answer 41

Cantata Concerto Fugue Minuet Opera Oratorio Suite

Question 42

Name 3 types of music popular during the Classical era.

Answer 42

Chamber Opera Sonata Symphony Quartets

Question 43

Name 3 types of music popular during the Romantic era.

Answer 43

Etude March Nocturne Opera Overture Rhapsody Salon Symphony Waltz

Question 44

Which composer is the Master of Oratorio?

Answer 44

Handel

Question 45

Which composer is the Master Musician?

Answer 45

Mendelssohn

Question 46

Which composer is the March King?

Answer 46

Sousa

Question 47

Which composer is the Waltz King?

Answer 47

J. Strauss

Question 48

Name one composer of Ancient Music.

Answer 48

King David Asaph King Solomon

Question 49

Name one composer from the Baroque era.

Answer 49

Monteverdi Vivaldi J.S.Bach Handel

Question 50

Name one composer from the Classical era.

Answer 50

Haydn Mozart Beethoven

Question 51

Name one composer from the Romantic era.

Answer 51

Schubert Schumann Mendelssohn J. Strauss Brahms Berlioz Liszt Chopin Wagner Dvorak Grieg Smetana Verdi Rossini Tchaikovsky Saint-Saens Sousa

Question 52

Who wrote "The Messiah"?

Answer 52

Handel