Allegro molto in C minor (Fanny Mendelssohn)

Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights (Prokofiev)

The Marriage of Figaro: Overture (Mozart)

Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro (Puccini)

Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)

Lincolnshire Posy: Horkstow Grange (Grainger)

The Rite of Spring: Part I (Adoration of the Earth) (Stravinsky)

Il Trovatore: Anvil Chorus (Verdi)

Peery Gynt Suite No. 1: In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg)

Album for the Young: The Wild Horseman (Schumann)

What musical instruments are often featured in fanfares?

Trumpets and other brass instruments

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1
What type of music is short/showy, and is played for a special event/announce the arrival of an important person?
Fanfare
Scherzo
Trio
Theme
2
What is the musical term for a story told through music & dancing, performed on a stage with costumes, sets, & lighting?
Fanfare
Overture
Ballet
Opera
3
What is this piece?
Allegro molto in C minor (Fanny Mendelssohn)
Die Forelle (Schubert)
Album for the Young: The Wild Horseman (Schumann)
Caro mio ben (T. Giordani)
4
Who composed Il Trovatore: Anvil Chorus?
Williams
Verdi
Whitacre
Vivaldi
5
What type of music is written to portray events, activities, or moods?
Secular cantata
Concerto
Incidental music
Program music
6
What is the Italian term for a recurring section of music that alternates with contrasting sections?
Ritardando
Recapitulation
Ritornello
Rite
7
What is this piece?
Lincolnshire Posy: Horkstow Grange (Grainger)
Vocalise (Rachmaninoff)
Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights (Prokofiev)
The Marriage of Figaro: Overture (Mozart)
8
For what instruments is a piano quintet normally written?
Concert band
Piano and voice
Piano and string quartet
Chamber orchestra
9
What is the term for an operatic song, for one voice, often sung with an orchestra?
Chamber music
Aria
Soprano
Vocalise
10
Which composer received an honorary doctorate degree in philosophy?
Fanny Mendelssohn
Whitacre
Schumann
Brahms
11
What is the term for a child who can perform or compose music at the level of a highly-trained adult?
Musical prodigy
Musical talent
Musical performer
Musical genius
12
For what type of performing group was “Horkstow Grange” written?
Choir
Orchestra
Band
Chorus
13
Who composed Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze?
Beethoven
Bach
Puccini
Grainger
14
What is this piece?
The Four Seasons: Spring, Movement 1 (Vivaldi)
The Marriage of Figaro: Overture (Mozart)
Academic Festival Overture (Brahms)
Symphony No. 3, "Eroica": Movement 3 (Beethoven)
15
Which composer was famous for his operas, even though he only wrote twelve?
Bernstein
Mozart
Verdi
Puccini
16
Which composer was a child prodigy and was considered to be a musical genius his whole life?
Bach
Puccini
Vivaldi
Mozart
17
What is the Italian term for gradually becoming faster?
Ritardando
Decrescendo
Crescendo
Accelerando
18
What is the term for the main melody of a section or composition?
Theme
Dynamics
Form
Improvisation
19
What is the name of a large group of 20-60 musicians who play woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments?
Chamber orchestra
Orchestra
Concert band
Choir
20
What is the term for a less-serious, light form of opera?
Operetta
Aria
Ballet
Rite
21
Who composed The Rite of Spring: Part I (Adoration of the Earth)?
Prokofiev
Rachmaninoff
Stravinsky
Puccini
22
What is this piece?
Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro (Puccini)
Caro mio ben (T. Giordani)
Vocalise (Rachmaninoff)
23
What is this piece?
Caro mio ben (T. Giordani)
Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro (Puccini)
Vocalise (Rachmaninoff)
24
What is the Italian term for “joke,” often the quick and lighthearted third movement in a symphony?
Ballet
Operetta
Scherzo
Allegro
25
What type of composition is Lincolnshire Posy?
Symphony
Sonata
ABA
Suite
26
What is this piece?
Lincolnshire Posy: Horkstow Grange (Grainger)
Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights (Prokofiev)
Candide: Overture (Bernstein)
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg)
27
Who composed: Peery Gynt Suite No. 1: In the Hall of the Mountain King?
Williams
Grieg
Vivaldi
Verdi
28
What piece is this?
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro (Puccini)
Peery Gynt Suite No. 1: In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg)
The Rite of Spring: Part I (Adoration of the Earth) (Stravinsky)
Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
29
What is the musical term for background music composed to go with the action or speaking parts of a dram?
Program music
Incidental music
Folk song
Lied
30
What is this piece?
Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
Lincolnshire Posy: Horkstow Grange (Grainger)
The Marriage of Figaro: Overture (Mozart)
Candide: Overture (Bernstein)
31
Who composed Album for the Young: The Wild Horseman?
Schumann
Schubert
Puccini
Stravinsky
32
What is the term for a social custom, practice, or conventional act?
Rite
Ritual
Cantata
Posy
33
What type of vocal soloist is featured in “Sheep May Safely Graze”?
Soprano
Bass
Tenor
Alto
34
What is the overall structure of a piece of music?
Chamber music
Musical form
Choreography
Quintet
35
What is the musical term for the speed of the beat?
Melody
Rhythm
Meter
Tempo
36
Which of the following is not an element of music?
Melody
Rhythm
Dissonance
Harmony
37
What is the term for the main melody of a section or composition?
Theme
Overture
Introduction
Coda
38
What type of note is separated from the note that follows and is marked with a dot above or below the note head?
Staccato
Marcatto
Tenuto
Accent
39
What is this piece?
Peery Gynt Suite No. 1: In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg)
The Four Seasons: Spring, Movement 1 (Vivaldi)
Il Trovatore: Anvil Chorus (Verdi)
Candide: Overture (Bernstein)
40
What is this piece?
Album for the Young: The Wild Horseman (Schumann)
Peery Gynt Suite No. 1: In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg)
The Rite of Spring: Part I (Adoration of the Earth) (Stravinsky)
Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights (Prokofiev)
41
What is this piece?
Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
Vocalise (Rachmaninoff)
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro (Puccini)
Caro mio ben (T. Giordani)
42
What type of sound is created when two discordant notes are heard at the same time?
Ritornello
Consonance
Dissonance
Rite
43
What is this piece?
Liberty Fanfare (Williams)
Album for the Young: The Wild Horseman (Schumann)
Allegro molto in C minor (Fanny Mendelssohn)
Vocalise (Racmaninoff)
44
Allegro molto in C minor was composed for what instrument?
Cello
Voice
Piano
Violin
45
What is the term for the way beats of music are grouped, usually in sets of two, three, or four beats?
Meter
Rhythm
Duet, trio, or quartet
Tempo
46
What is this piece?
Vocalise (Rachmaninoff)
Die Forelle (Schubert)
Allegro molto in C minor (Fanny Mendelssohn)
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro (Puccini)
47
Who composed Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro?
Vivaldi
Puccini
Williams
Verdi
48
Who composed The Four Seasons: Spring, Movement 1?
Bach
Mozart
Brahams
Vivaldi
49
What term refers to a vocal exercise without words, often sung on one or more vowel sounds?
Opera
Program music
Vocalise
Warm up
50
What musical instruments are often featured in fanfares?
Flutes and other woodwind instruments
Trumpets and other brass instruments
Snare drums and other percussion instruments
Violins and other string instruments
51
What is a story told completely through music, with characters who sing with an orchestra/act out the story on a stage?
Operetta
Opera
Cantata
Ballet
52
What is this piece?
The Rite of Spring: Part I (Adoration of the Earth) (Stravinsky)
Trout Quintet: Movement 4 (Schubert)
Vocalise (Rachmaninoff)
Symphony No. 3, "Eroica": Movement 3 (Beethoven)
53
What musical form is made up of a collection of short pieces?
Suite
Rondo form
Strophic form
Posy
54
Who composed Trout Quintet: Movement 4?
Grainger
Grieg
Schubert
Schumann
55
Who composed The Marriage of Figaro: Overture?
Beethoven
Bach
Brahms
Mozart
56
What is the song structure in which all verses of the text are sung to the same music?
ABA form
Sonata form
Strophic form
Symphony
57
Who composed Allegro molto in C minor?
Rachmaninoff
Stravinsky
F. Mendelssohn
Schumann
58
What is this piece?
Cantata No. 208: Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
The Marriage of Figaro: Overture (Mozart)
The Four Seasons: Spring, Movement 1 (Vivaldi)
Symphony No. 3, "Eroica": Movement 3 (Beethoven)
59
The tempo term in the title of this selection, Allegro molto in C minor, means what?
With energy
Very fast
Walking speed
Very slow
60
In what section are all the main themes presented?
Exposition
Recapitulation
Development
Coda
61
What is the term for a high female singing voice?
Tenor
Alto
Bass
Soprano
62
What is the term for an early form of French art song?
Lied
Operetta
Romance
Arietta
63
Who composed Die Forelle?
Beethoven
Schumann
Rachmaninoff
Schubert
64
Who composed Vocalise?
Whitacre
Bernstein
Schumann
Rachmaninoff
65
What is the nickname of Beethoven’s third symphony?
"The Hunting Symphony"
"Adoration of the Earth"
"Choral"
"Eroica"
66
What is the term for a cantata that is not religious in nature?
Secular cantata
Earthly cantata
Sacred cantata
Religious cantata
67
What piece is this?
Academic Festival Overture (Brahms)
Il Trovatore: Anvil Chorus (Verdi)
Liberty Fanfare (Williams)
Candide: Overture (Bernstein)
68
Who composed Godzilla Eats Las Vegas!?
Verdi
Whitacre
Williams
Grainger
69
What musical form has the following sections: introduction, exposition, development, recapitulation, and coda?
Sonata form
Musical form
Strophic form
ABA form
70
What term refers to the overall structure of a piece of music?
Tempo
Musical form
Genre
Harmony
71
Who composed Academic Festival Overture?
Brahms
Grainger
Williams
Bernstein
72
What piece is this?
Die Forelle (Schubert)
The Rite of Spring: Part I (Adoration of the Earth) (Stravinsky)
Godzilla Eats Las Vegas! (Eric Whitacre)
Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights (Prokofiev)
73
What tool is used as an instrument in Verdi’s “Anvil Chorus”?
Box
Anvil
Hammer
Brake drum
74
What is the term for the musical part that supports or partners with a solo instrument, voice, or group?
Quintet
Accompaniment
Soloist
Chamber orchestra
75
What term refers to a song that is not written down, but passed on orally from person to person?
Program music
Romance
Lied
Folk song
76
What is musical term for a short aria?
Cantata
Ballet
Arietta
Operetta
77
What is the a group of singers that performs the parts of the townspeople or special groups of characters in an opera?
Opera chorus
Chamber singers
SATB
Choir
78
Who composed Candide: Overture?
Brahms
Bernstein
Bach
Beethoven
79
Who composed Lincolnshire Posy: Horkstow Grange?
Grainger
Puccini
Grieg
T. Giordani
80
What is the form of “The Wild Horseman”?
AAA
ABAB
ABC
AABA
81
Who composed Liberty Fanfare?
Whitacre
Grieg
Brahms
Williams
82
What piece is this?
Caro mio ben (T. Giordani)
Trout Quintet: Movement 4 (Schubert)
Die Forelle (Schubert)
Vocalise (Rachmaninoff)
83
What is the term for a story told through music and dancing, performed on a stage, with costumes, sets, and lighting?
Ballet
Cantata
Opera
Musical
84
Who composed Caro mio ben?
T. Giordani
F. Mendelssohn
Schubert
Rachmaninoff
85
What is this piece?
Symphony No. 3, "Eroica": Movement 3 (Beethoven)
Trout Quintet: Movement 4 (Schubert)
The Four Seasons: Spring, Movement 1 (Vivaldi)
Album for the Young: The Wild Horseman (Schumann)
86
What is the Italian term for gradually becoming louder?
Accelerando
Decrescendo
Crescendo
Ritardando
87
Who composed Romeo and Juliet: Dance of the Knights?
Stravinsky
Puccini
Rachmaninoff
Prokofiev
88
Which are the abbreviations for soprano, alto, tenor, and bass voices?
SOP ALT TEN BAS
SO AL TE BA
SP AT TN BS
S A T B
89
What is the term for a composition, usually in three parts or movements, for solo instrument(s) and orchestra?
Concerto
Symphony
Suite
Chamber
90
The Album for the Young was written for what instrument?
Piano
Voice
Violin
Orchestra
91
What is the middle section of a three-part movement, written for three instruments, in 3/4 meter?
Coda
Exposition
Trio
Quintet
92
What Italian abbreviation for loud, then immediately soft?
fp
mp
mf
ff
93
What is the term for a few musicians who play in a room (chamber) or small hall?
Concert band
String quintet
Chamber orchestra
Chorus
94
What is the term for a child who can perform or compose music at the level of a highly-trained adult?
Musical improviser
Orchestrator
Musical prodigy
Boy soprano
95
What is the term for background music composed to go with the action or speaking parts of a drama?
Movie music
Recitativo
Incidental music
Musak
96
For what celebration was “Liberty Fanfare” written?
President's Day
The 4th of July
The Centennial of the Statue of Liberty
Memorial Day
97
What type of composition consists of music for voices and instruments in several movements?
Strophic song
Opera chorus
Art song
Cantata
98
What is this piece?
Il Trovatore: Anvil Chorus (Verdi)
Candide: Overture (Bernstein)
Liberty Fanfare (Williams)
Academic Festival Overture (Brahms)
99
Who composed Symphony No. 3, "Eroica": Movement 3?
Prokofiev
Beethoven
Grieg
Bach
100
What is the musical term for an orchestral introduction to a longer work?
Exposition
Overture
Recapitulation
Coda

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