Music History

Haydn worked as ________.

Some of Fanny Hensel's older songs were published listing __________ as the composer.

Hildegard wrote a book on _________.

Felix Mendelssohn died _________.

Claude Debussy composed his music in what is called the Impressionist style. Another Impressionist composer was _______.

The Nutcracker is frequently performed around which holiday?

Two kings ordered Felix Mendelssohn to organize __________.

Which musical era had Hildegard von Bingen?

Mozart was influenced by the music of ________.

Debussy spent several years in __________.

In addition to being a composer, Antonio Vivaldi was also active as _______.

Which musical era had Vivaldi, Handel, and Bach?

Which of the following is a type of chant?

The term Impressionism was applied to many things, but not ________.

A court musician is ___________.

Beethoven met which famous composer as a teenager?

At one point in his life, Bach was a school teacher.

Hayden met or taught many other great composers, including ______.

Felix Mendelssohn lived like a hermit, alone, spending all his waking hours writing music.

Beethoven spent most of his life as a court musician.

Vivaldi popularized which two instruments as solo instruments?

Hildegard also wrote the words for some of the music she composed.

Fanny Hensel composed many symphonies and operas.

A prodigy is __________.

Tchaikovsky never traveled far from his home in Moscow, Russia.

In addition to music, Felix Mendelssohn excelled as _______.

Fanny Hensel was greatly influenced by the music of ___________.

Chant is a type of vocal music that is sung without any accompaniment.

Hildegard von Bingen was born just over ________.

Mozart composed _________.

Haydn's Symphony No. 4 is known as ___________.

Vivaldi's piece, The Four Seasons, is ___________.

Beethoven spent most of his life in _________.

Felix Mendelssohn was a great supporter of the music of _________.

During Hildegard's lifetime, many composers wrote music for female voices.

Handel was born in in __________.

Who's death marked the end of the Baroque era?

Bach became a wealthy man because hundred of his compositions were published in his lifetime.

At the time of his death, Handel's operas were thought to be old-fashioned. Many were were not performed until ________.

While living in Italy, Handel wrote music for ___________.

Today, Vivaldi is best known for __________.

A clavier is _________.

Mozart's music was widely performed and appreciated during his lifetime

Fanny Hensel wrote her first song when she was still a teenager.

An arpeggio is __________.

In addition to music, Hildegard also wrote _______.

Vivaldi had several patrons who supported him.

Which musical era had the Mendelssohn siblings and Tchaikovsky?

Felix Mendelssohn was a strong believer in _________.

Vivaldi's operas were popular throughout all of Europe

Ludwig van Beethoven wrote ________.

Bach never took music lessons; he was a completely self-taught musician.

Clair de Lune is performed on which instrument?

Debussy invented the term Impressionism, and applied the term to his music.

Debussy had the same musical patron (Madame von Meck) as _________.

Fanny Hensel performed frequently at large concert halls throughout Europe.

Mozart composed the libretto to The Marriage of Figaro.

Clair de Lune was based on _________.

As a child, Bach performed in a musical group. It was ______.

Hildegard lived lived during the _______.

Who's death marked the end of the Classical era and the start of the Romantic era?

Fanny Hensel was born in ________.

A commission is __________.

A conservatory is __________.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart did not complete his first composition until the age of 40.

George Frideric Handel composed vocal music with texts in __________.

The musical representation of an idea or a mood is known as ________.

One of Tchaikovsky's most famous works was ________.

Bach wrote several operas.

During his lifetime, Vivaldi was best known for ________.

The Overture to the Marriage of Figaro is from

Fanny Hensel's later songs were published listing _________ as the composer.

Of Vivaldi's more than 500 concertos, over 200 are for what instrument and string orchestra?

Fanny Hensel is best known for her ________.

Felix Mendelssohn was also an artist and author.

Composing was very easy for Beethoven.

Like many talented women of her era, Fanny Hensel was encouraged by her father to become a composer.

Haydn began composing while still a teenager.

Debussy thought the music of which composer was "a dead end?"

Debussy was greatly influenced by which composer?

Handel later became a citizen of ___________.

Throughout his life, Johann Sebastien Bach was always a ______.

For the last ten years of his life, Haydn wrote a great deal of music.

After he graduated from the St, Petersburg, Russia, conservatory of music, Tchaikovsky became a music teacher.

Vivaldi composed ___________.

Another name for the timpani is the kettledrum.

Hildegard believed that one of the best ways to serve God was through composing music.

The text of the Messiah is from the Bible.

Beethoven composed many sonatas.

In Handel's Hallelujah Chorus, how many vocal sections are there?

In addition to composing, Tchaikovsky was also a successful ________.

Beethoven was born in _________.

A fugue is ______.

Which type of music did Beethoven NOT write?

In analyzing a piece of music, musicians refer to the main melody as ______.

In his final years, Beethoven was ________.

What composer was born the same year as Handel?

As a child, Franz Joseph Hayden was a soloist in a ________.

Tchaikovsky received financial support from __________.

Debussy's music was a transition between which two centuries?

Fanny Hensel spent many years in _________.

Bach lived his entire life in Germany.

A toccata is ________.

What instrument did Beethoven NOT play?

Handel wrote many _______.

Which musical era had Claude Debussy?

When Haydn worked for Prince Esterhazy, which of the following was NOT one of his duties?

Hildegard claimed to be a mystic.

Handel composed almost as fast as he could write the notes.

As a composer, Haydn was influenced by _________.

Which instrument did Bach NOT play?

Debussy was born in __________.

Claude Debussy composed his music in what is called the Impressionist style. An Impressionist painter was _______.

Which musical era had Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven?

Tchaikovsky was the most popular composer in Russia during the latter

Handel wrote the Messiah in approximately

By the time he was 45, Beethoven ________.

The Nutcracker is _________.

Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky was a child prodigy and toured Europe as a pianist with his father.

As a child, Beethoven traveled throughout Europe with his father.

Fanny Hensel was an excellent _________.

After Vivaldi's death, he music was rarely performed until the _________.