Music quiz

• - Born on the 31st of January 1797 in Himmelpfortgrund, Austria.

• - The proper name for his songs is lieder, which is the German word for song.

• - He also wrote piano pieces, string quartets, operetta, and the Symphony No. 8 in B minor (“Unfinished Symphony”).

• - Handdrawn Rays Quote Decoration, His famous vocal music works/ Lieder were:

• - Gretchen am Spinnrade 

• - Erlkonig

• - Ellens Gesang III (“Ave Maria”)

• - Schwanenge sang (“Swan Song”).

• FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT 

  
  

• GEORGES BIZET

• WILHELM RICHARD WAGNER

• - Born in Leipzig, Germany on May 22, 1813.

• - He was very much inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven.

• - An advocate of a new form of opera which he called “music drama” where musical and dramatic elements were fused.

• His famous works were: 

• - Tristan and Isolde

• - Die Walkure

• - Die Meistersinger

• - Tannhauser and Parsifal.

• - His work would later influence modern film scores, including those of the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings film series.

• FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT 

  
  

• GEORGES BIZET

• WILHELM RICHARD WAGNER

• - Registered with the legal name Alexandre-Cesar Leopold Bizet, but was baptized as Georges Bizet.

• - Born October 25, 1838 in Paris, France.

• - Famous for his Operas such as "Carmen"

• FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT 

  
  

• GEORGES BIZET

• WILHELM RICHARD WAGNER

• the texts of an opera.

• Libretto

  
  

• Scene

• Acts

• Score

• The librettist and the composer work closely together to tell the story.

• Libretto

  
  

• Scene

• Acts

• Score

• setting or place

• Libretto

  
  

• Scene

• Acts

• Score

• Main division of an opera.

• Libretto

  
  

• Scene

• Acts

• Score

• - book that the composer and librettist put together.

• - Has all the musical notes, words, and ideas to help the performers tell the story.

• - Often, Operas are with overtures.

• Libretto

  
  

• Scene

• Acts

• Score

• highest male voice

• Tenor

  
  

• Baritone

• Bass

• Middle male voice, lies between Bass and Tenor voices. It is the common male voice.

• Tenor

  
  

• Baritone

• Bass