Music and Nature Quiz II

A melodic idea that represents a particular person, object, or idea is a(n) _______________________.

• leitmotif

• sonata

• fugue

• overture

Amy Beach had the gift of _________________ ________________, which greatly assisted her in transcribing bird song.

• perfect pitch

• color vision

• mathematical ability

• musical memory

________________ is a Latin word pertaining to the plant life within a particular environment.

• flora

• fauna

• climate

• terrain

________________ ________________ led the jazz orchestra that premiered Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Grofé’s Grand Canyon Suite.

• Paul Whiteman

• Duke Ellington

• Benny Goodman

• Count Basie

A scientist who studies birds is called a(n) ____________________.

• ornithologist

• entomologist

• herpetologist

• ichthyologist

La mer was written in 1905 by _______________________.

• Claude Debussy

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• Johannes Brahms

• Frédéric Chopin

Many birds vocalize very quickly; a ________________, for example, can sing between 100 and 103 tones per second.

• nightingale

• sparrow

• eagle

• penguin

In a(n) ________________________, the composer tries to capture the essence of something, but without depicting a programmatic storyline.

• symphonic poem

• concerto

• sonata

• fugue

In “The Flight of the Bumblebee,” the violins are instructed to play ______________ _____________, which means “with mute” in Italian.

• con sordino

• senza vibrato

• con brio

• senza sordino

________________ is an indication to play a note loudly and with a sharp accent at the start.

• sforzando

• pianissimo

• legato

• staccato