L.P. Composers #1

35. Which composer has Bayreuth festival in Germany every year where his "Ring" cycle is performed?

#18. Mendelssohn and Schubert are both composers of the Romantic Time Period.

34. Verdi was a confident, successful composer who became rich and well-known during his lifetime.

21. What did Richard Wagner write?

#19. What is the name of the wealthy sponsors that supported composer's careers?

#16. Franz Joseph Haydn knew both Mozart and Beethoven during his lifetime.

28. The Baroque Time period was known for ornamentation in music, both vocally and instrumentally.

31. In which time period was the opera invented?

26. Franz Schubert was very rich and successful during his lifetime.

#13. Johann Sebastian Bach was a very prolific composer, writing thousands of pieces of music.

#5. Vivaldi's piece "Spring" is from what larger work?

#8. "Overture to The Marriage of Figaro" is written by whom?

#14. Bach and Vivaldi were both composers during this time period:

#7. True or False: Antonio Vivaldi is the only Italian composer we have studied so far:

32. What is true about Franz Schubert?

23. Which composer did Felix Mendelssohn make popular?

#11. How many symphonies total did Beethoven write?

27. During which time period was there mostly "Sacred" (religious) music called Gregorian chant?

#17. What is a "concerto"?

30. The Classical Time Period was known as elegant, formal, restrained, with catchy tunes.

33. Which opera did Guiseppi Verdi write?

#6. Johann Sebastian Bach's "Tocatta and Fugue" is played on which instrument?

#12. Hildegard Von Bingen married young and had many children, whom she wrote her music for.

#10. Hildegard Von Bingen was a child prodigy, playing for royalty as a young child.

2. True or False: Antonio Vivaldi was a real priest?

#20. True or false: Bach was assigned to teach at a girls orphanage and made it a world-class orchestra.

29. Which composer was considered vain, egotistical, ambitious, and controversial?

#9. Why is Franz Joseph Haydn's piece called "Surprise Symphony"?

1. Which composer lived during the Medieval Time Period?

25. Which Listening Piece did Franz Schubert write?

24. Felix Mendelssohn was a charming, social, giving man who died of overwork and grief from his sister's death.

#4. Hildegard Von Bingen's piece, "Kyrie Eleison" is a:

#15. Franz Joseph Haydn & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart were both composers during this time period:

22. Guiseppe Verdi wrote an Italian opera called "The Marriage of Fiagro"

#3. Franz Joseph Haydn's Nickname was: