Romantic Composers

The Nutcracker is a

• ballet

• opera

• oratorio

• a plainsong chant

The Nutcracker is frequently performed around which holiday

• The 4th of July

• Christmas

• Labor Day

• Easter

True of False: After he graduated from the St. Petersburg, Russia conservatory of music, Tchaikovsky became a music teacher

• True

• False

Where was Tchaikovsky born?

• Russian Empire

• Finland

• Czech Republic

• Germany

What did Tchaikovsky's father want him to study

• Law

• Music

• Under water basket weaving

• Farming

Wagner died of a heart attack on February 14,1883 at age of 59.

• True

• False

How old was Wagner, when his father died?

• 6 years old

• 12 months old

• 6 months old

• 12 years old

What caused Wagners fathers death?

• Cancer

• Tuberculosis

• Typhus

• Heart attack

What does Gesamtkunstwerk mean?

• Art is everything

• Music is all around us

• Total work of art

• Music is inside us

What was the cause of Wagners death?

• Tuberculosis

• Cancer

• Heart attack

• Typhus