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
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