Classical Music From A-Z #6 - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
U Country of birth of George Gershwin and Charles Ives United States
72%
S Italian term that indicates to play a note very crisp and detached staccato
71%
Y Style of singing used in the Swiss Alps Yodel
71%
J 20th century American musical style which was "fused" with classic style in the works of Gershwin, Shostakovich and others jazz
70%
C School dedicated to musical instruction conservatory
68%
V 19th century Italian opera composer Verdi
68%
D Symbol placed after a note which lengthens its value by half again dot
67%
O Term for introductory composition for an opera overture
63%
M Polish dance in 3/4 time, the style of which Chopin used for more than 50 piano solos mazurka
54%
K The sharps or flats at the beginning of each staff indicating the tonal cneter of a composition key signature
53%
L Mozart's domineering father's given name Leopold
53%
A In string technique, this term indicates to play with the bow; generally used after a non-bowed passage such as 'pizzicato' arco
52%
I George Gershwin's brother, who wrote the lyrics to many of his songs Ira
47%
H Liszt composed 19 works with this title, reflecting the spirit of his birth country. Hungarian Rhapsody
42%
E A piece performed between acts of an opera entr'acte
35%
F One of Chopin's most popular compositions, Opus 66, written in C# minor Fantasie-Impromptu
24%
W Name applied to Beethoven's Sonata Opus 53, in C major Waldstein
23%
N Mozart's talented sister was named Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia, but she was always called___________. Nannerl
20%
R Last movement of Mozart's piano sonata K, 331 Rondo alla Turca
20%
P Chopin's Opus 28, in which he explores every major and minor key Preludes
19%
Q Beethoven's Opus 18 #1-6 quartets
18%
B In string technique, to strike the strings with the bow: col legno______ battuto
7%
T One of MacDowell's most-loved piano solos- simple, but lovely To a Wild Rose
7%
Z German town where Robert Schumann was born Zwickau
7%
G Flamboyant American 19th century composer/pianist who used African-American and Creole music for inspiration for his brilliant, rhythmic compositions Louis Moreau Gottschalk
4%
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