Music Edition!!

Life Lines• Phone a friend – ask another student in class• Ask the class – poll the students in class• 50/50 – removes 2 wrong answers• Ask an expert – Ask an expert in the class

• Each lifeline may only be used one time by each team

$100• How many beats are there in 1 measure of a

4/4 time signature?

• A. 1• B. 2• C. 3• D. 4

$100• Name which instrument is part of the

woodwind family.

• A. Trumpet• B. Guitar• C. Saxophone• D. Piano

$250• Bratsche is German for this Instrument

• A. Saxophone• B. Cello• C. Piano• D. Viola

$250• This Composer is noted not only for being Female

but for composing more works than anyone else during the compositional period she lived in.

• A. Amy Beech• B. Nadia Boulanger• C. Hildegard Von Bingen• D. Francesca Caccini

$500• Which of the following instruments is an

ancestor to the Baroque and eventually Modern Guitar?

• A. Vihuela• B. Dulcimer• C. Theramin• D. Clarinet

$500• Which of these famous composers surprised

audiences with one chord in his 94th symphony?

• A. Haydn• B. Handel• C. Blavet• D. Bach

$1000• Which of these composers is known for his

programmatic Moldau piece?

• A. Smetana• B. Stravinsky• C. Schoenberg• D. Mussorgsky

$1000• This composer attempted to commit suicide by

throwing himself into he Rhine River despite being successful in composing Piano pieces until 1840 as well as many Lieder.

• A. Aaron Copland• B. Ludwig Van Beethoven • C. Robert Schumann• D. Johannes Brahms

$2000• Which Illustrious family did Haydn work for

during his compositional career?

• A. Liechtenstein• B. Esterhazy• C. Metternich• D. Waldburg

$2000• Which of these composers is from the

Baroque Period?

• A. Johann Sebastian Bach• B. John Williams• C. Maurice Ravel• D. Guido of Arezzo

$4000• Which of the following is a form of music

expression similar to a musical?

• A. Opera• B. Concerto• C. Sonata• D. Theme and Variations

$4000• This composer composed a Pastoral suite

known as his symphony no. 6, among other well known works.

• A. Schubert• B. Beethoven• C. Debussy• D. Mozart

$8000• If one comes across con sordino in their music

what is one supposed to do?

• A. Play “with feeling”• B. Play “with the wood”• C. Play “over the fingerboard”• D. Play “With a mute”

$8000• Take Five was written by this Jazz composer?

• A. John Coltraine• B. Paul Desmond• C. Charlie Parker• D. Dizzy Gillespie

$16,000• If you see a movement labeled courante in a

Renaissance or Barouque piece what meter should you expect it to be in?

• A. 3/4• B. 4/4• C. 2/4• D. 5/4

$16,000• If you see a movement labeled Allemande in a

Renaissance or Baroque piece what meter should you expect?

• A. 3/4• B. 4/4• C. 2/4• D. 5/4

$32,000• If you saw a movement labeled Sarabande in a

Renaissance or Baroque piece what meter should you expect?

• A. 3/4• B. 4/4• C. 2/4• D. 5/4

$32,000• Which operatic composer is famous for his

works such as The Ring of the Nibelung?

• A. Richard Strauss• B. Henry Purcell• C. Ludwig Van Beethoven• D. Richard Wagner

$64,000• Don Giovanni was written and composed by

this famous composer.

• A. Vincenzo Bellini• B. Gioachino Rosini• C. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart• D. Giacomo Puccini

$64,000• Which family of instruments does the piano

belong to?

• A. Percussion• B. Brass• C. Woodwind• D. None of the above

$125,000• Which of these instruments would be

classified as an Aerophone?

• A. Trumpet• B. Timpani• C. Piano• D. Vibraphone

$125,000• Which of these instruments would be

classified as a Membranphone?

• A. Flute• B. Timpani• C. Trombone• D. Trumpet

$250,000• What instrument generally plays music in alto

clef?

• A. Trombone• B. Cello• C. Viola• D. Piccolo

$250,000• Which of these composers wrote “toccata and

fugue in D minor”?

• A. Johann Pachelbel• B. Johann Sebastian Bach• C. Richard Wagner• D. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

$500,000• Which of these composers is famous for his

musical canons as well as his chansons?

• A. Franz Liszt• B. Gustav Mahler• C. Guillame Dufay• D. Johannes Ockeghem

$500,000• The death of which composer is historically

attributed to the transition from the Baroque period to the Classical period?

• A. Johann Pachelbel• B. Antonio Salieri• C. Antonio Vivaldi• D. Johann Sebastian Bach

$1,000,000• Who was the composer smitten with Harriet

Smithson and even composed a symphony after it depicting her murder and his beheading.

• A. Maurice Ravel• B. Antonin Dvorak• C. Hector Berlioz• D. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

$1,000,000• Which composer wrote a lieder about a trout?

• A. Franz Schubert• B. Domenico Scarlatti• C. Gustav Mahler• D. George Frideric Handel