Music Periods 2

When a performer makes up music as he/she goes, they are doing what?

What word, created by Wagner, means "total art work"?

Beethoven's 9th symphony was the first symphony to feature what?

What composer was one of the first Russian composers to be known world-wide?

Who is the main character in the Firebird ballet?

What type of atonal music used all notes of the chromatic scale?

Brahms and Wagner were both from what country?

What element of music received the greatest emphasis in the Romantic period?

What composer is both a Classical AND Romantic composer?

What city is associated with the birth of jazz?

What American composer was known for Appalachian Spring and Rodeo?

Wagner created themes for characters.  What were these called?

Which of these composers was from the Romantic period?

To get dreamlike sounds, Debussy used what scale?

This Russian composer was famous for Firebird and the Rite of Spring.

What was the name of Wagner's 15 hour long opera?

Duke Ellington moved to what city to pursue a career as a bandleader?

What is the origin of jazz music?

Atonal music composers created music without what?

How does the Firebird stop the magical creatures from killing Prince Ivan?

What was the name of Aaron Copland's piece played at the Olympics?

Which jazz artist wrote "What a Wonderful World"?

A tone poem was a Romantic form used to portray what through music?

What does "Clair de Lune" translate to?

This type of jazz was considered "jazz for intellectuals".

Brahms is famous for what piece, which is used to calm young infants?

Today's CD is like this Romantic form, where a set of related songs are performed together.

Jazz in the 1930's was a distraction from what low point in American history?

Louis Armstrong was also known as what?

Which of the following was NOT a ballet by Tchaikovsky?

In what object is Kaschei's soul contained?

Monet's paintings were used to create the name of what 20th Century style of music?

What improved how instruments were made in the 19th century?

Debussy was known for composing in what 20th Century style?

This trumpet player, known for his instrument and voice, perfected the jazz solo.

What does "bel canto" translate to?

What style of jazz was a combination of Cuban, African, and Spanish styles?

What style of jazz combined with funk and other genres?

Which of these were NOT a development of music in the 20th Century?

What did composers in the 20th century begin experimenting with in music?

Neo-Classical composers returned to the ideas of form and order from what earlier time period?