Music 1st Nine Weeks Review

Which instrument was commonly used to accompany singers during the Baroque era?

John Cage was deeply interested in the music created by what?

Program music is meant to portray a _____?

Which composer wrote more than five-hundred concertos during his lifetime?

Stravinsky's The Rite of spring caused problems at its premiere for what reason?

The word baroque comes from the Portuguese word Barocco, which means "oddly-shaped ___________."

How did nature affect Felix Mendelssohn's compositions?

Which instrument is known for being a predecessor to the modern guitar?

The Baroque era is associated with which of the following characteristics?

Gershwin was asked to compose Rhapsody in Blue for what purpose?

Which composer was famous for writing Messiah during the Baroque era?

The harpsichord often played what role in the music of the Baroque era?

John Cage's interest new sounds lead him to develop a prepared piano. What is a prepared piano?

The romantic era saw the expansion of which performance ensemble?

Composers of the Romantic era sought to do wha to the other art forms?

The premiere of Rhapsody in Blue required Gerswhin to do something very common in jazz. What was it?

Who wrote their first composition at the age of four?

Who was known as the "Father of the Symphony"?

Which Baroque-era composer was famous for writing a large amount of music for solo violin and cello?

The title of this is course is?

Who began losing their hearing in his late twenties?

Why did Hector Berlioz compose Symphonie fantasique?

The Classical era moved from a complex sound to a ________?

Who wrote music even while going deaf?

What is one characteristic that define music of the Romantic era?