MUS 110: Music for Stage and Screen (Ch. 44 and 48)

________________________ is a choreographed dance that began in the Renaissance period.

• Ballet

• Hip-hop

• Salsa

• Tango

It was central to lavish ________________, theatrical entertainments and presented to courts of _______________ and _________________

• festivals, kings, dukes

• banquets, princes, princesses

• ceremonies, emperors, empresses

• parades, lords, ladies

Ballet in Italy it was called _________________ .

• intermedio

• tango

• flamenco

• samba

Ballet in England it was called ___________________.

• masque

• opera

• kabuki

• flamenco

Ballet in France it was called ___________________.

• ballet du cour

• opera

• intermedio

• samba

________________________ is the composer of The Nutcracker. He was born in _________________. List some interesting facts about this composer:

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russia

• Ludwig van Beethoven, Germany

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austria

• Johann Sebastian Bach, Germany

Tchaikovsky began receiving money from a wealthy patron, ________________________________________. They never met in person.

• Nadezhda von Meck

• Sergei Diaghilev

• Igor Stravinsky

• Modest Mussorgsky

The Nutcracker is typically performed at ____________________________.

• Christmas

• Easter

• Halloween

• Thanksgiving

“The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” uses the ________________ to create an otherworldly, dream-like feel in the music. (found in the listening guide)

• celesta

• harpsichord

• xylophone

• timpani

“Trepak” uses the ________________________ to create a lively sound in the music.

• tambourine

• flute

• violin

• piano