BtB Final Review

Who is nicknamed the “Father of Rock and Roll”?

Which romantic composer was good friends with the Schumann’s?

What was the name of the guru that The Beatles studied TM with in India?

A sacred melody characterized by reciting prayers and psalms in an unharmonized and monophonic manner

Where is it said that jazz originated from?

What war was the US in the midst of in the 1960’s?

Which Medieval composer is said to have experienced visions and see the future?

Which Beatles track claimed to be the first to ever use backward vocals?

What major military conflict was going on during the Romantic period?

5-part Rondo form is what?

________ is a large-scale musical composition on a sacred or semi-sacred subject, for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra

______ is sound recorded and played back through two channels

This instrument has a narrow boat-shaped body and one to five strings

_______ is the climatic full band section at the end of the arrangement

__________ is a musical composition in which one or two themes are repeated or imitated by successively entering voices

A theme can be fragmented into short melodic or rhythmic units called _______

What English City are all four Beatles from?

Which Baroque composer was known for his extensive use of the harpsichord and "The Well-Tempered Clavier"?

________ is music that has no story, the story is the music itself, so its shape is of primary concern for the composer

___________ is the arrangement or scoring of music for orchestral performance

The third movement in a Classical work is usually in what form?

Which Beatles uttered the infamous quote “We’re more popular than Jesus now”?

Which is the first solo composition by Ringo Starr?

________ is music for a small ensemble—two to about ten players—with one player to a part

________ is a famous motif/theme derived from the 13th-century Latin sequence used in Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique

Who is known as the first jazz musician?

Who plays lead guitar in The Beatles?

_________ means a piece played by only one or two performers

An idea or desire that dominates the mind; an obsession is ________

___________ is a combination of two or more simultaneous melodic lines

What was the fake name given to Ringo at the start of With a Litte Help From My Friends/also of the Paul is Dead rumour

Which two baroque wind instruments are double reed instruments?

What was the name of the company started by The Beatles

Which US President was assassinated in 1963?

Which Classical Composer is nicknamed the “Father of the Symphony & String Quartet”?

Renaissance madrigals usually sang about topics such as

________ is the art of combining different melodic lines in a musical composition, a form of polyphony

_____________ are finders or inventors (in musical terms, composers)

Which piece depicts an artist having hallucinations of his own death and funeral?

Who is credited with compiling the Great Book of Organum (Magnus liber organi)?

Who was the most famous jazz singer in the jazz era?

What Beatles song hit #1 in the US for the first time ever and subsequently made the band come to the US

__________ is a lively polish dance in triple time

Which Beatle quit for two weeks during the white album sessions?

______ means a musical composition that is generally played as an introduction to another larger musical piece.

_________ is where The Beatles started to become famous and were found by their future manager

________ means one section featured playing a melodic line in harmony

Which album was the debut album for The Beatles?

Which Renaissance composer wrote their first great operatic masterwork, “Orfeo” in 1607

What instrument is Glenn Miller known for playing?

Which famous musician played lead guitar on George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”?

What are the three sections of Sonata-Allegro form called?

Who wrote the famous Heiligenstadt Testament?

J.S. Bach most prominently played this instrument, which pushes air through differently-sized metal tubes

Which Romantic composer was known for his mazurka’s?

What was Mozart’s last written Opera?

__________ is an instrumental ensemble popular in England during the 16th and 17th centuries

Who was originally The Beatles drummer?

What Beatles song uses a fade-in at the start, the first time a band has ever done this?

What two Beatles members lost their mothers at a young age, and thus bonded over the shared trauma?

_____ is a medley of different themes and melodies heard throughout the opera/musical, played in the beginning

Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” is an example of what kind of musical form?

____________ means a note(s) that doesn't belong to the musical key

_________ is the text or script of the opera

Which Sousa march is the official march of the USA?

________________ means for voices alone, without instrumental accompaniment

What is the first Beatles song to perfectly segue into the next album track?

What baroque characteristic means to add decorative elements to a melody?

Which classical composer did Haydn study works from and who said had a great influence on his writing?

The first movement in a Classical work is usually in what form?

Which instrument is a bigger version of an oboe?

What was The Beatle's first critical failure?

When a jazz musician is soloing over chords/harmony, that is called _________

Who is the leading theory on being the recipient of the “Immortal Beloved” letter?

Who became The Beatles’ manager?

__________ are german vocal pieces

What kind of Indian instrument does George Harrison use for the first time in "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"

_________ ballet dance for two

_________ originated from a combination of work songs, spirituals, and early southern country music

What U.S. city hosted the last-ever commercial concert of The Beatles?

________ means the character or quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity

These pitched drums were standard in Baroque Orchestras

What instrument is Miles Davis known for playing?

What was the final album released by The Beatles?

What does “Monophonic” mean?

_________ was England’s version of a 50s greaser

Who is dubbed the “King of Swing”?

______ are dots, lines, and combinations of the two that describe the type of pitch or ornamentation in a specific chant

Before they were The Beatles, what was the first name most of the group went by?

What major US TV show did the Beatles first appear on that broke the record for the most watched live television event

Which Renaissance composer's output of Masses exceeds that of any other composer?

________ is a type of entertainment that combines vocal and instrumental music with poetry and dance

Many jazz musicians would go and entertain military troops who were fighting in what war?

What keyboard instrument was standard in baroque orchestras?

Which Beatles song has the only Ringo Starr drum solo in it?

Who is known as the “King of Ragtime”?

 ____________ is musical ideas are exchanged between vocal lines, the voices imitating one another

Song cycles are a group of _______

Which classical composer was a virtuoso on the piano and wrote extremely difficult piano pieces?

Which romantic composer injured his right hand and thus could not pursue playing piano?