WorksheetsMusic of the Day (Quarter 3)
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
(1/30 or 1/31) We listened to works by this modern composer
Philip Glass
Peter Plastic
Patrick Metal
(2/1 or 2/2) We heard "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" by this Russian composer
Stravinsky
Prokofiev
Rachmaninoff
(2/3 or 2/6) Around the February full moon, we listened to Domi and JD Beck's piece "Moon" which featured
Dizzy Gillespie
Herbie Hancock
Art Blakey
(2/7 or 2/8) We learned about this important musician and producer who changed the hip-hop landscape by turning off the quantize feature in his MIDI controller
J Dilla
K Zilla
Ray Villa
(2/9 and 2/10) We listened to this important symphonic work by American Composer George Gerswhin
An American in Paris
Porgy and Bess
Rhapsody in Blue
(2/13 and 2/14) We checked out this piece by Charlie Parker after the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl
NYC Blues
LA Blues
K.C. Blues
We learned about "The most accomplished man of the 18th century" on 2/16 or 2/17. (A movie about him is coming out in April)
Joseph Boulogne
Johannes Schoen
Jameson McGroan
We learned about tenor saxophonist nicknamed "Prez" around President's Day. His real name is:
Chester Lung
Lester Young
Kester Sung
We learned about this composer around his birthday on 2/23 or 2/24
G.F. Handel
B.F. Goodrich
W.B. Mason
(2/27 or 3/1) This composer's "Pavane for a Young Princess" premiered almost 100 years ago on the day we listened to it.
Ravel
Lobel
Adele
(3/2 or 3/3) We checked out some piece from this opera by Georges Bizet which had a big influence on culture, including inspiring the dance emoji
Carla
Karen
Carmen
(3/7 or 3/8) We learned about this Jazz saxophonist and composer who passed away only a few days prior.
John Coltrane
Lester Young
Wayne Shorter
(3/9 or 3/10) We checked out a few versions of this Brazilian piece which translates to "Waters of March"
Aguas de Marco
Suco de Julho
Cafe de Janeiro
(3/13 or 3/15) We connected music to this important number - 3.14159265359 - with a delicious name
Pi
Cake
Muffin
Around St. Patrick's day we explored some traditional music from Ireland, including that of Turlough O'Carolan who played this instrument (the most common in Ireland
Bagpipes
Harp
Tin Whistle
Also near St. Patrick's Day, we explored a recording by saxophonist Johnny Griffin that combines Irish music with ____
Rock
Folk
Jazz
We explored ____________ in music on 32023 or 32123
palindromes
catacombs
gastronomes
(3/22 or 3/23) We listened to this timely piece by Jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard
Down in Snowed
Out came Winter
Up Jumped Spring
(3/24 or 3/27) We heard the "Godmother of Rock and Roll"
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Aunt Loretta Sharpe
Cousin Renatta Charpe
(3/28 or 3/29) Beethoven threw his page turner for a loop with the premier of his _________ piano concerto
1st
2nd
3rd
(3/30 or 3/31) We listened to a composition about this Dutch painter, performed by Jazz at Lincoln Center
Rembrandt
Van Gogh
Bosch
