Cycle Exam Review

Romantic Style Period

Modern Style Period

We are German!

For most of this period the harpsichord, clavichord, and organ were the keyboard instruments used.

This composer had 20 children, 10 of whom survived to adulthood and 4 were notable composers.

What instrument is used in the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy that has a bell-like sound?

No one really knew much about this composer's music until 100 years after his death.

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Modern Style Period

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This composer continued to compose some of his best music after he was deaf.

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I was born in Texas!

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This composer's piano sonatas showed that the piano had grown in power and in range.

This composer died penniless at the age of 35.

Baroque Style Period

Whose death marked the end of the Baroque Style Period?

What movie made Scott Joplin's music popular?

The keyboard instrument of this period was an early version of the piano.

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The music of this period coincided with the rapid growth of industrial manufacturing in Europe and America.

This composer added singers to the last movement of his final symphony, Symphony No. 9.

This composer is best known for his ballets.

I am Italian!

Classical Style Period

We are American!

I am Russian!

This composer is known for his operas.

Baroque Style Period

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Which instrument plays the glissando at the beginning of Rhapsody in Blue?

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The word "blue" in the title of Rhapsody in Blue refers to the fact that the piece contains what sort of music?

This composer had a patron who gave him money but whom he never met.

Romantic Style Period

At its premier, The Nutcracker was considered a failure by the public and critics.

This composer wrote over 500 concertos.

I am Norwegian!

Scott Joplin's most famous rag is named after a nightclub. Which rag is it?

This composer was a "prodigy," having composed his first piece at the age of 5, and writing an opera at the age of 12.

America's Civil War and Queen Victoria's reign over the British Empire took place during this style period.

This period was a time of 2 major revolutions: the American Revolution, and the French Revolution.

Classical Style Period

Inside which keyboard instrument are the strings plucked by quills in order to produce sound?

This composer wrote Incidental Music for Henrik Ibsen's play, Peer Gynt.