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Beach/Tchaikovsky

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Four Sketches features what instrument?

a)

cello

b)

piano

c)

tuba

d)

harpsichord

2.

Amy Beach composed The Nutcracker

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Amy Beach was a citizen of what country?

a)

Russia

b)

Australia

c)

UK

d)

USA

4.

How did Amy Beach learn to play the piano?

a)

Her mother paid for lessons

b)

Her father

c)

She taught herself

d)

Her mother trained her.

5.

What is a melodic direction?

a)

a compass

b)

a key

c)

time signature

d)

the path of a sequence of notes

6.

Notes can move in three ways: up, down, or stay the same

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What is a motif?

a)

a recurring short musical idea

b)

an animal

c)

a singer

d)

a song

8.

What country was Peter Tchaikovsky from?

a)

Mexico

b)

Russia

c)

France

d)

Canada

9.

In what musical era did Tchaikovsky compose?

a)

Classical

b)

Renaissance

c)

Baroque

d)

Romantic

10.

The Nutcracker is a(n)

a)

musical

b)

ballet

c)

symphony

d)

instrument

11.

What is ballet?

a)

A story told through dance and music

b)

song

c)

composer

d)

animal

12.

Tchaikovsky died before finding out what a success The Nutcracker was/is.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What does Da Capo mean?

a)

Return to the beginning

b)

start at the end

c)

start from the middle

d)

play softly

14.

What is cantabile?

a)

to play loudly

b)

to play softly

c)

to play in a songlike style

d)

to gradually get louder

15.

Crescendo means to

a)

gradually get louder

b)

gradually get softer

c)

play loudly

d)

play softly