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Music Appreciation Review

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    Review of basic music history, composers, and styles
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  • J. S. Bach was in which period?
    Baroque
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  • The trumpet is in which instrumental family?
    Brass
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  • Who wrote 4'33''?
    John Cage
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  • Who is known as the "Father of the Symphony?"
    Haydn
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  • Who wrote the music for the films Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Jaws?
    John Williams
  •  10
  • What controversial musical was not received well by church authorities?
    "Jesus Christ Superstar"
  •  10
  • Which composer is associated with the 12-tone system?
    Arnold Schoenberg
  •  10
  • Who was known as the "King of Ragtime?"
    Scott Joplin
  •  10
  • W. A. Mozart was in which period?
    Classical
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  • Who wrote the 1812 Overture?
    Tchaikovsky
  •  10
  • Name a band that was part of the British Invasion of rock in American culture
    The Beatles, The Who, The Rolling Stones
  •  10
  • Who wrote Symphonie Fantastique?
    Hector Berlioz
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  • Who wrote the "Ring Cycle" based loosely on Norse mythology?
    Richard Wagner
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  • What composition type features a soloist with orchestra?
    Concerto
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  • The bassoon belongs to which instrumental family?
    Woodwinds
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  • What texture describes two or more voices moving independently of one another?
    Polyphony
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