American/European Popular Music Quiz Review

Sheet music was able to be mass produced due to what invention?

Beethoven wrote "Don Giovanni" and "The Magic Flute."

In the Revolutionary War, musicians were either boys who were too young to fight or men who were too old.

Drum corps has evolved into Drum Corps International - a hybrid between traditional drum corps and ______________.

Large _____________ and opera were the main form of popular (pop) music until the 1920s/1930s.

Opera was the combination of vocal and instrumental music and was a predecessor to musical theatre.

The box valve was patented in 1839 _______________ the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.

Who composed "A Midsummer Night's Dream"?

Virtuosos came to be in the ____________ Period.

____________________ were used on horseback because you only needed one hand to play them.

The main form of popular music in the Classical Period was __________ music.

Fifes were used to give __________________ pitched commands.

Musicians were no longer needed to lead troops so they developed ______________________.

In the Revolutionary War, drum _______________ were used to cue different battle attacks.

Drums were used to give _________________ pitched commands.

Because of the lung capacity needed, bugle and fife players were often ___________ than drummers.

Which of the following was NOT a task that was signaled by fifes and drums in Revolutionary War camps?

Because more people were learning to play, orchestras grew in size & composers were able to write fuller music.

Battles were getting ____________ so it became too difficult to hear the fife over the residual battle noise.

Which composer from the Classical Period was a child prodigy?

Who wrote "Salome" and "Elektra"?

The box valve allowed musicians to play any note they wanted because it changed the ________ of the instrument.

Soldiers that played the bugle were called ____________ units.