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Music Memory 2024 3rd-5th

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a symphony?

a)

A musical composition with a full orchestra usually 

With 4 movements

b)

A solo within an opera

c)

A musical composition for a solo instrument or instruments accompanied by an orchestra

d)

The opening to a ballet or opera

2.

 What is an aria?

a)

A solo within an opera

b)

It is when the A section is repeated. Ex. ABACADA. Must end in A and start with A.

c)

When notes clash together and it is not pleasing the ear

d)

The opening to a ballet or opera

3.

What is rondo form?

a)

A place where people go to study music

b)

half-quarter-eighth

c)

The most common female voice range.

d)

It is when the A section is repeated. Ex. ABACADA. Must end in A and start with A.

4.

What is a conservatory?

a)

A place where people go to study music and the fine arts

b)

eighth-quarter-eighth

c)

A musical composition for a solo instrument or instruments accompanied by an orchestra

5.

What voice type is Figaro from the Barber of Seville?

Figaro is a (a)   .

No caps.

6.

What is dissonance?

a)

The opening to a ballet or opera 

b)

When notes clash together and it is not pleasing the ear

c)

A musical composition for a solo instrument or instruments accompanied by an orchestra

d)

It is when the A section is repeated. Ex. ABACADA. Must end in A and start with A.

7.

Which one is syncopation?

a)

eighth-rest-eighth

b)

eighth-dotted-eighth

c)

eighth-half-eighth

d)

eighth-quarter-eighth

8.

Who wrote Spring?

4 lines
9.

Which one is tom-ti?

a)

dotted-quarter-eighth

b)

dotted-quarter-dotted

c)

eighth-eighth-rest

d)

dotted-quarter-rest

10.

How old was Ludwig van Beethoven when he died?

2 lines
11.

 When was Rossini’s first opera performed?

a)

When he was 18

b)

When he was 19

c)

When he was 17

d)

When he was 16

12.

What composer was the youngest when they died?

a)

 Gioachino Rossini

b)

Ludwig van Beethoven

c)

Florence Price

d)

Antonio Vivaldi

13.

 Which composer is from Germany? No caps

(a)  

14.

 Which composer is from Russia?

a)

Antonio Vivaldi

b)

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

c)

 Gioachino Rossini

d)

Tan Dun

15.

Which composer is from Italy?

Antonio Vivaldi

Florence Price

Tan Dun

(a)  

16.

 Which composer is from China?

a)

Ludwig van Beethoven

b)

Florence Price

c)

Tan Dun

d)

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

17.

 What composers are from the United States of America?

a)

Antonio Vivaldi

b)

Florence Price

c)

Tan Dun

d)

John Williams

18.

What is the highest female voice range? No caps

(a)  

19.

What is the highest male voice listed?

a)

Bass

b)

Tenor

c)

Countertenor

d)

Baritone

20.

What is the lowest female voice listed?

a)

Coloratura

b)

Soprano

c)

Contralto

d)

Mezzo Soprano

21.

What is the lowest male voice listed?

a)

Tenor

b)

Countertenor

c)

Bass

d)

Baritone

22.

What is not part of an opera?

a)

Overture

b)

Aria

c)

Duet

d)

Symphony

23.

What is part of an opera

a)

Tom-Ti

b)

Duet

c)

hEaVy MeTaL

d)

Concerto

24.

What is the oldest listed state of 

music?

a)

Post-Modern

b)

Renaissance

c)

Classical

d)

Baroque

25.

What is the oldest listed state of 

music?

a)

Modern

b)

Romantic

c)

Renaissance

d)

Classical

26.

What is the newest listed state of 

music?

a)

Romantic

b)

Classical

c)

Modern

d)

Post-Modern

27.

What is the newest listed period of music?

a)

Romantic

b)

Classical

c)

Modern

d)

Renaissance

28.

Draw Vivaldi's main instrument.

29.

What composers composed in the Romantic Period?

a)

Ludwig van Beethoven

b)

Antonio Vivaldi

c)

Gioacchino Rossini 

d)

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

30.

What composer composed in the Baroque Period?

a)

Gioacchino Rossini 

b)

Ludwig van Beethoven

c)

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

d)

Antonio Vivaldi

31.

Which composers composed in the Post-Modern Period?

a)

Gioacchino Rossini 

b)

Florence Price

c)

John Williams

d)

Tan Dun

32.

What composer composed in the Modern Period?

a)

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

b)

John Williams

c)

Florence Price

d)

Ludwig van Beethoven

33.

What composer turned deaf?  

a)

Tan Dun

b)

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

c)

Ludwig van Beethoven

d)

Antonio Vivaldi

34.

What composer wrote their most famous work in 2 weeks?  

a)

Ludwig van Beethoven

b)

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

c)

Gioacchino Rossini 

d)

John Williams

35.

What composer worked in the air force band as a musician, conductor, and arranger? 

a)

Tan Dun

b)

Florence Price

c)

Gioacchino Rossini 

d)

John Williams

36.

What composer played piano at age 4, published their first composition at 11, and graduated as valedictorian at age 14?

a)

John Williams

b)

Tan Dun

c)

Florence Price

d)

Gioacchino Rossini 

37.

Guess the Song

a)

Symphony No. 1 in E minor Mvt 3

b)

Largo al Factotum

c)

Liberty Fanfare

d)

Water Concerto

38.

What composer uses atypical instruments like rocks, paper, and water?

a)

Tan Dun

b)

Ludwig van Beethoven

c)

Antonio Vivaldi

d)

Antonio Vivaldi

39.

Which composer gave up their job in law to go to St. Petersburg conservatory? 

a)

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

b)

Gioacchino Rossini 

c)

Antonio Vivaldi

d)

Ludwig van Beethoven

40.

Are there trios, quartets, and quintets in operas?

a)

No, never

b)

Yes, rarely

c)

Yes, usually

d)

An opera is a trio, quartet and quintet by itself.

41.

John Williams composed Liberty Fanfare for the Statue of Liberty’s ___th Year

a)

200th

b)

100th

c)

50th

d)

75th

42.

What did John Williams write Liberty Fanfare for?

4 lines
43.

Which composer was born in 1887?

a)

Antonio Vivaldi

b)

Florence Price

c)

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

d)

Tan Dun

44.

How many times is the A section repeated in Fur Elise?

a)

2 times

b)

4 times

c)

3 times

d)

5 times

45.

This piece was created by Ludwig van Beethoven.

a)

Spring

b)

Largo al Factotum

c)

Fur Elise

d)

Water Concerto

46.

This piece uses atypical instruments, in other words, the instruments aren’t your average piano!

a)

Liberty Fanfare

b)

Largo al Factotum

c)

Water Concerto

d)

Spring

47.

This piece uses not so popular instruments like train whistles and the djembe.

a)

Symphony No. 1 in E Minor Mvt. III

b)

Overture to the Nutcracker

c)

Largo al Factotum

d)

Fur Elise

48.

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed (a)   .

No caps

49.

This piece (and its accompanying performance) is played in the wintertime.

a)

Fur Elise

b)

Overture to the Nutcracker

c)

Symphony No. 1 in E Minor Mvt. 3

d)

Largo al Factotum

50.

This piece is an Aria.

a)

Overture to the Nutcracker

b)

Fur Elise

c)

Spring

d)

Largo al Factotum