Music Quiz Section 3

What type of scale is used in Flight of the Bumblebee

What U.S river has been featured in many musical works?

Series of short crescendos and diminuendos on “buzzy” repeated notes that rise in pitch is from what song?

Beethoven's 6th symphony opens with a:

What are the 2 main motifs in the Grand Canyon Suite?

Amy Beach had the gift of:

In the Grand Canyon Suite, which instrument mimics the hee haw of the donkey at the start of the song?

Beethoven lived during the Romantic Era of Classical music

Beethoven uses what rhythmic concept to portray the turbulence of the storms?

Who said this? "It was largely through my contact with John Cage that I came to recognize the value of my own tradition"

In flight of the bumblebee, The violins are told to play con sordino, which means:

In addition to being a composer, Rimsky Korsakov also was preparing to be:

In Tōru Takemitsu's song, the Crotales represent:

This is a feature of which song: an effective triple-meter waltz style accompaniment in the A Section

The fairy-tale opera, The Tale of Tsar Saltan is from what year?

The lightening strikes in Beethoven's 6th symphony are depicted by which instruments:

A leitmotif is:

The beginning of Beethoven's 5th and 6th symphonies were very similar

Which song uses 2 marimbas and one vibraphone?

The goal of the Japanese value of sawari:

"The Mighty Handful" was a group of 5 famous composers from which country?

What was was the first orchestral work by a Black composer to be performed by a major American orchestra?

Why did composer Tōru Takemitsu reject ethnic Japanese music for many years?

Improvisation is an important part of which song

Beethoven's 6th symphony is about a:

Hermit Thrush is about which animals?

“Flight of the Bumblebee” starts with what type of chord:

Classical Composer Antonio Vivaldi wrote a famous piece about nature titled:

What is a crotale

Who composed the Grand Canyon Suite

Coconut shells were used as a percussion instrument for which song?