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Who composed Die Schone Mullerin: "Wohin?"
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Franz Schubert
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When did Schubert live?
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1797-1828
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What kind of work is Die Schone Mullerin: "Wohin"?
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An art song
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What is an art song?
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a voice solo accompanied by piano and usually sung in a recital or concert.
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What does "Wohin?" mean?
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Where to?
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Which selection has a piano accompaniment meant to sound like water rippling over tocks in a stream?
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Die Schone Mullerin: "Wohin?"
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What does "Die Schone Mullerin" mean?
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The Beautiful Mill Girl
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What story is told in the song Die Schone Mullerin: "Wohin?"
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Someone discovers a brook and, curious begins to follow it, imagining there must be a mill along such a brook and wondering where it will lead him.
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What does a "narrative" song do?
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Tells a story
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Where was Schubert born?
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Vienna
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What composer did Schubert study with?
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Salieri -- Mozart's rival
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How old was Schubert when he composed is famous art song Der Erklkonig?
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19 years old
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How old was Schubert when he composed Die Schone Mullerin?
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26 years old
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How old was Schubert when he died?
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31 years old
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How many musical works did Schubert produce during his short life?
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Over 600 including symphonies and chamber music --- most well know for his songs and beautiful melodic themes.
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Who composed Symphony No. 5: 3rd Movement?
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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What form did Betthoven use when he started writing symphonies?
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the classical forms of Mozart and Haydn - but he changed them more and more until he broke the mold
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How have the four movements of Beethoven's 5th Symphony been used to describe a metaphor for life?
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First movement depicts despair
Second depicts denial Third depicts struggle through life Fourth deficts triumph |
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What form is the third movement of most classical symphonies?
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"Minuet and Trio" - but in Beethoven's 5th, he keeps the 3/4 meter but makes it much faster and the "minuet" is more an informal "scherzo"
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How does Symphony No. 5: 3rd Movement end?
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With a sustained, low-pitched section that leads directly into the next movement
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Did Beethoven have a happy childhood? Why or why not?
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No - his father wanted to make money from his son's talent and forced him to take piano and violin at age 4 and practice long, hard hours
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What ended Beethoven's career as a pianist?
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He began loosing his hearing in the early 1800's
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Why did Beethoven break so many piano strings?
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As he lost his hearing, he would play very hard -- trying to hear the sound
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What did Beethoven do more of when he couldn't perform because of his hearing loss?
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composing - he could only hear what he wrote in his imagination
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Describe Beethoven's death -- how old was he?
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He died at age 54 poor and alone
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When did Beethoven live?
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1770-1827
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Who wrote Antiphon: "Studium divinitatis"?
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Hildegard von Bingen
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When did Hildegard von Bingen live? What period of music history was this?
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1098-1179. Gothic
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What larger work is Antiphon: "Studium divinitatis" from?
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Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations - written for nuns in the convent to sing on specific feast days.
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How did Hildegard von Bingen record her music (standard notation did not exist yet)
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Images of longer and shorter notes and the direction of the pitches.
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What feast was Antiphon written for and what story goes with the feast?
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The feast of St. Ursula who was a king's daughter who refused to marry a pagan prince....travelling the world accompanied by 11,000 other young women. She still refused to marry 3 years later and she and all her followers were killed.
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In what unusual (to us) way to Hildegard von Bingen spend her childhood?
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Her father gave her to a German convent when she was eight years old. During the Middle Ages in Europe, children were often "dedicated to the church" at a very early age
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What other gifts did Hildegard von Bingen have?
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She ws the head of her convent and became known as a writer and composer, with a special interest in mysticism. The pope declared her a prophetess and she also became a healer - travelling through Germany
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Antiphon: "Studium divinitatis" is monophonic....what does monophonic mean?
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monophonic means one melody with no harmony or accompaniment
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Why do we know so much about the life of Hildegard von Bingen when she lived so long ago?
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Because of her many writings and records of her travels. She lived over 80 years, leaving us music, poetry, and writing that helps us understand the distant time in which she lived...
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Who wrote Mazurcas: No. 23 in a minor?
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Maunel Ponce
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When and where did Manuel Ponce live?
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1882-1948 --- Mexico
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What is a mazurka?
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a Polish dance (the national dance of Poland)
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What is the form of Mazurcas: No. 23 in a minor?
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A rondo with three themes --- each theme in a different key and mode.
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What period/style of music fits Mazurcas No. 23 in a minor
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It is a Contemporary piece, but sounds very much like piano pieces by Romantic-period composers like Chopin and Brahms
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Where was Ponce sent (from his home in Mexico) to study?
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Italy, France, and Germany
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What composer did Ponce study with in France? (the one who gave him a score of 30 out of 10)
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Paul Dukas
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What instrument were most of Ponce's well-known pieces written for?
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Guitar
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Which composer was revered as one of Mexico's first internationally known composers, and served as director of the National Symphony Orchestra of mexico and directory of the National Conservatory of Music?
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Ponce
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Who wrote The Snow Maiden: "Dance of the Tumblers"?
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Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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When and where did Rimsky-Korsokov live?
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1844-1908 in Russia
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What kind of work is The Snow Maiden?
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an opera
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What is the story of The Snow Maiden?
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Like the Little Mermaid,- the snow maiden is an imaginary character that wants to join the world of humans, falls in love and is about to be married when a bright shaft of sunlight melts her at the wedding
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What part of the Snow Maiden story is "The Dance of the Tumblers?"
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A happy point where at a celebration the crowd is entertained by a traveling band of tumblers
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What form is the music for "The Dance of the Tumblers?"
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sonata form: - with exposition, development, and recapitulation
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What is Rimsky-Korsakov known for musically?
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His ability to use instrumental "color" to paint sound pictures and fascinating musical patterns....his book on the art of orchestration is still in use today
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What other career did Rimsky-Korsakov have besides composing?
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He was a sailor in the Imperial Russian Navy - he wrote hsi first symphony during a three-year naval cruise
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What influential group of young composers was Rimsky-Korsakov part of?
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The Russian Five
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Who wrote English Folk Song Suite: "Seventeen Come Sunday"
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
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What kind of group is English Folk Song Suite: "Seventeen Come Sunday" written for? (orchestra, choir, band...)
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Band
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What is the story behind the old English folk song, "Seventeen Come Sunday"
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a soldier is out walking and sees a pretty girl and asks her how old she is and she says "seventeen come Sunday"
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What musical form is the song English Folk Song Suite: Seventeen Come Sunday?
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Arch: A B C B A
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Where and when did Ralph Vaughan Williams live?
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1872 - 1958 -- England
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What two famous English families is Vaughan Williams from?
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Wedgewood (china) and
Darwin (science) |
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Which two composers on this year's list were buried at Westminster Abbey?
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George Friedrich Handel
and Ralph Vaughan Williams |
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Which composer began writing music at six years old, but did not study it seriously until he entered the Royal College of Music --- lived to be 85 and became one of England's best known composers? (writing symphonies, vocal music, chamber music, film music, and more)
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Who wrote "Intermezzo in a minor, Op. 76 No. 7"?
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Johannes Brahms
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What familiar piece of music is Brahms famous for?
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his lullaby
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When did Johannes Brahms live? What period of music history is this?
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1833 - 1897; romantic
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What musical form is the song "Intermezzo in a minor, Op. 76 No. 7"
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Arch: ABBCB1CB2A
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Which romantic period composer wrote many works for piano, was an accomplished pianist who understood the instrument well and wrote for it with great skill and affection? (many of his pieces, though difficult, are favorites of pianists)
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Brahms
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Which composer was NOT a child prodigy - writing his first symphony at age 40 and taking 15 years to complete it?
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Brahms
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What two married composers were great friends of Brahms?
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Robert and Clara Schumann -- after Robert died, Clara and Brahms became great friends and musical allies
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Which composer was unusual and did not dress well - but was well-known for his kindness and generosity (story of the gold watch)
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Brahms
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Who wrote Hungarian Sketches: "Bear Dance"?
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Bela Bartók
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Who wrote Hungarian Sketches: "Bear Dance"?
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Bela Bartók
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What other Hungarian composer was friends with Bartok and worked with him to collect folk music?
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Kodály
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Which selection features a melody that was originally heard by the composer played on the lower strings of a peasant's violin?
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Hungarian Sketches: "Bear Dance"
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Which selection was originally written for piano and included in a collection of teaching pieces called "Ten Easy Pieces"?
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Hungarian Sketches: "Bear Dance"
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Which composer travelled from village to village in Hngary with a primitive RECORDING DEVICE COLLECTING SOUND RECRDINGS AND MAKING HAND-WRITTEN NOTES OF THE FOLK MATERIAL HE LATER USED IN HIS MUSIC?
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Bartók
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Which composer moved to the U.S. just before World War II, but was homesick and disturbed by the move?
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Bartók
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