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How many notes are in the motif in the Firebird "Finale Suite"?
12
15
16
13
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Which of these composers from the Modern Period did not like school?
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Edward Grieg
Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky
George Gershwin
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Name this music selection:
"Mambo" from Westside Story
Summertime
Rhapsody in Blue
An American In Paris
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An opera is
a biblical story told through singing
A story told through dancing
a story told through singing, dancing, and acting
a story told through singing
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What is the favorite food of the Firebird?
Golden Apples
Asparagus
Green Apples
Golden Pears
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improvisation is
Composing music in a hurry
The art of composing music while performing it, on the spot
Arranging music for other ensembles
Rapping lyrics to a fast beat
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Name this music selection:
The Lava Song
I Got Rhythm
The World is a Rainbow
Aria "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess
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A Player Piano is
an electrical keyboard
a music box in the shape of a piano
a little tiny piano with only 5 keys
a mechanized upright piano that could perform music by itself from a perfor
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Rhapsody
To blow Trumpets
A story that is told through dancing
A music masterpiece that describes life in the big city
Greek word that means to "stitch "together different story to create an Epi
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a sounding of trumpets or other brass instruments. Any showy display
Fanfare
Sirens
Embouchure
Fortissimo
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Name this music selection:
Fanfare for the Common Man
Star Spangled Banner
Simple Gifts
Hoedown from "Rodeo"
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American composer who incorporated jazz into classical forms and composed scores for musical comedies (1898-1937)
John Cage
George Gershwin
Aaron Copland
Leonard Bernstein
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The orchestral piece "An American in Paris"
uses a taxi horn
uses a celesta
uses cats meowing
uses a cannon
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Rodeo is a ballet composed by Aaron Copland and choreographed by Agnes de Mille featuring life in the range and how cowb
False
True
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a theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers
Opera
Rhapsody
Ballet
Piano Concerto
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In "Hoedown" you hear
roosters
cows
ducks quacking
horses
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The Modern Period is from
400-500
1700-1800
1600-1700
1900 to Present
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Name this music selection:
Rhapsody in Blue
An American in Paris
Summer Time
I Got Rhythm
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Which composer from the Modern Period composed using the style American Folk Music?
George Gershwin
Edward "Duke" Ellington
Scott Joplin
Aaron Copland
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Composers from the Modern Era
use dreamy and unusual sounds in their music to create impressions
use trills and appoggiaturas to create fancy and elaborate melodies
use balanced and equal melodies throughout music
explore nontraditional sounds and have based their music on rhythm, texture
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The xomposer who is well known for his Russian ballet music like the "Rite of Spring" expressionist ballet, shocked crow
Sergei Prokofiev
Johann Brahms
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Igor Stravinsky
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Jazz
An old, quick dance.
A rapid succession of notes, often played on the piano or harp by sliding t
Dance made up of ragged and syncopated beats
An American style of dance music popular in the 1920s that uses syncopation
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A rapid succession of notes, often played on the piano or harp by sliding the fingers quickly over the keys or strings.
Glissando
Rhapsody
Jazz
Improvisation
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Aria
Solo song for a character in an Opera
A song about air
Short for Arianna Grande
Solo piece for a wind instrument
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Name this music selection:
The Firebird " Finale"
The Firebird "Infernal Dance"
The Firebird " Berceuse"
The Firebird "Princesses"
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Name this music selection:
The Firebird " Finale"
The Firebird "Princesses"
The Firebird " Berceuse"
The Firebird "Infernal Dance"
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Who was Ira Gershwin?
The man who wrote Rhapsody in Blue
The man who wrote Fanfare for the Common Man
Man who wrote lyrics to his brother's, George Gershwin, musical composition
The man who wrote Rite of Spring
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This music described how American Folk people lived
American Folk Music
Jazz
Blues
Ragtime Music
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Nadia Boulanger was a prominent music teacher who taught __________ find his _____________
Aaron Copland; Fiddle
George Gershwin; A title for his Rhapsody
Aaron Copland; Musical Style
George Gershwin; Taxi Horn
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Summertime is an Aria in the Opera
The MAgic Flute by Mozart
Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin
William Tell by Rossini
Fidelio by Beethoven
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Fanfare for the Common Man was composed by?
George Gershwin
Aaron Copland
Igor Stravinsky
Sergie Prokofiev
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Rodeo is a ballet about
two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds
a true story about the French Revolution
A bird catcher who plays magic bells
a love story of the American Southwest.
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Name this music selection:
Rite of Spring
The Firebird "infernal Dance"
Rodeo
The Firebird "Finale"
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Famous composers from the Modern Period were:
Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig Van Beethoven
Gershwin, Prokofiev, Stravisky, and Copland
Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi
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Another word for Violin
Fiddle
Harp
Viola
Balalaika
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George Gershwin wrote an opera based on life in the deep South called
Tristan and Isolde
Porgy and Bess
Romeo and Juliet
Pelleas and Melissande
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You would hear a fanfare in a:
Beginning of a Movie
All of the Above
Opening of the Olympics
Presidential Ignaguration
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How many princesses are in the Firebird ballet?
13
15
20
12
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What is "The Firebird"?
The Firebird is Opera by the Russian-born co
The Firebird is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian-born co
The Firebird is Piano Concerto by the Russian-born co
The Firebird is Oratorio by the Russian-born co
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a rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
glissando
pizzicato
slide
legato