MUSIC MEMORY GAME

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MUSIC MEMORY GAME
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DIRECTIONS FOR GAME

• Your mission is to match each of the 16
  compositions with the correct composer. On each
  game slide, you will see a composers name at the
  top. Then you will see four colored squares with
  the names of four different compositions. Click
  on one of the squares to match the composition
  with the composers name at the top of the slide.
  If you get it wrong, youll get a wrong answer
  slide. If you get it right, youll get a right
  answer slide, followed by a fact slide about
  the composition and the composer. GOOD LUCK!!

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RICHARD STRAUSS
Also Sprach Zarathustra Prelude Carnival of the Animals Fossils
American Salute Maple Leaf Rag
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Also Sprach Zarathustra Prelude

• Strauss born in Germany
• Tone Poem written in 1896 by Richard Strauss
• Tone poem is a piece that suggests strong
  feelings and moods or that tells a dramatic story
  using only instruments
• Scored for very large orchestra, including pipe
  organ
• Opens with low, ominous rumble in the pipe organ
  followed by first set of motifs (A) rising
  melody in unison trumpets, full brass chords, and
  ringing timpani pattern. Repeated with slight
  variation.
• Third time, the chords are extended into a
  brilliant, full orchestra fanfare (B). Listen
  for the pipe organ that continues after the final
  chord.

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YOU ARE BRILLIANT!!!
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ARE YOU KIDDING ME??
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BACH
Firebird Infernal Dance Aida Triumphal March
Concerto for Two Violins in d minor 1st Movement 12 American Preludes No. 9, Tribute to Aaron Copeland
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Concerto for Two Violins in d minor 1st Movement

• Bach born in Germany
• His death in 1750 marked the end of the Baroque
  era
• Orphaned at the age of 10 went to live with his
  older brother, J. C. Bach
• Worked for the church wrote an enormous amount
  of music
• Often created a whole new set of choral and
  instrumental pieces EVERY WEEK for Sunday
  services
• Concerto is a piece written for full orchestra
  with solo or solos
• This piece has two solo violin parts the second
  violin plays before the first violin

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MAGNIFICENT!!
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I DON'T THINK SO!!
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MOZART
Pictures at an Exhibition Promenade Exsultate, Jubilate Alleluja
Carnival of the Animals Fossils Abdelazar Rondeau
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Exsultate, Jubilate Alleluja

• Mozart was born in Austria in 1756
• Began playing the harpsichord at the age of 3
• Was composing music at the age of 5
• Performing for European royalty by 6
• Wrote his first symphony at 8 and his first opera
  at 11
• Often deeply in debt and had trouble supporting
  his family
• Wrote over 600 works of music by the time he died
  at the age of 35 (600 pieces in 30 short years!)
• Exsultate, Jubilate was written when Mozart was
  16
• The last movement, Alleluja, is still a
  favorite of audiences

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SUPER STAR!!
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UH-OH....NOT THAT ONE!
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Stravinsky
Symphony No. 5 1st Movement Alsp Sprach Zarathustra Prelude
Firebird Infernal Dance A Midsummer Nights Dream Dance of the Clowns
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Firebird, Infernal Dance

• Stravinsky was born in Russia, 1882
• Died in New York, 1971
• His father was a singer but wanted his son to be
  an attorney
• Had no interest in law and wanted to be a
  musician
• One of the most influential composers of the 20th
  century
• Firebird is a ballet
• Music begins with a loud, crashing chord,
  followed by a scary, low-pitched theme (A)
• Has 5 different themes but does not follow a
  classic form. The A theme is repeated
  several times

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YOU'RE VERY SMART
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OOPS. TRY AGAIN!!
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Saint-Saëns
A Midsummer Nights Dream Dance of the Clowns Maple Leaf Rag
Gianni Schicchi O mio babbino caro Carnival of the Animals Fossils
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Carnival of the Animals Fossils

• Saint-Saëns born 1835 in Paris
• Died 1921 in Algeria
• Began writing music at age 4
• Father died when he was only a few months old
  raised by his mother and aunt
• Aunt gave him his first piano lessons
• Could play dozens of Beethoven piano sonatas from
  memory at 11
• Composed Carnival of the Animals as a joke for
  a special Mardi Gras concert but would not allow
  it to be published during his lifetime he felt
  it was not a serious piece of music
• Scored for two pianos and orchestra
• Instruments imitate sounds and characteristics of
  animals

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BRAVO!
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WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!
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Gould
American Salute Symphony No. 5 1st Movement
12 American Preludes No. 9, Tribute to Aaron Copland Pictures at an Exhibition Promenade
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American Salute

• Gould was born in 1913 in New York
• Died in 1996 in Florida
• Was improvising at the piano and writing his
  first compositions almost before he was old
  enough to go to school
• Published his first piano piece at 6
• Trained at Juilliard School of Music in New York
• Worked as a pianist in a theater as a teenager
• First staff pianist at the newly-opened Radio
  City Music Hall in the 1920s
• Composed American Salute in less than a day in
  1943 (during WW II) for a U. S. Government Radio
  program
• Captures the energy of soldiers marching off to
  war and home again, victorious
• Tune is a traditional Irish marching song
  became known during Civil War as When Johnny
  Comes Marching Home

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YOU'RE DOING VERY WELL
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NOOOOOOOOOOO
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Mussorgsky/Ravel
Pictures at an Exhibition Promenade Concerto for Two Violins in d minor 1st Movement
American Salute Abdelazar Rondeau
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Pictures at an Exhibition Promenade

• Mussorgsky was born 1839, Karevo, Russia
• Died 1881, St. Petersburg, Russia
• Born to a noble family
• Had a good education parents hoped he would
  follow family tradition and become military
  officer
• Abandoned military life for music
• In Pictures at an Exhibition, Mussorgsky takes
  us to a gallery where we can walk from picture
  to picture
• Promenade theme will appear between each musical
  picture when entire work is heard
• Solo trumpet is featured throughout
• Echoes the melodic and rhythmic style of Russian
  folk music
• Originally written for piano, but was arranged
  for orchestra by several composers, including
  French composer, Maurice Ravel

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AWESOME JOB!
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SO DISAPPOINTING!
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Vivaldi
Take Five Gloria in D Gloria In excelsis Deo
Aida Triumphal March Exsultate, Jubilate Alleluja
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Gloria in D Gloria in excelsis Deo

• Born 1678, Venice, Italy
• Died 1741, Vienna, Austria
• Nicknamed The Red Priest because of his fiery
  red hair and because he was a priest as well as a
  composer
• His father taught him to play the violin and
  became a well-known solo violinist
• Since the only way to make a living as a musician
  was to work for the church, he became a priest
  and found a job as music master at a girls
  orphanage in Venice
• Wrote over 300 concertos, mostly for violin
• First section of the piece, Gloria in excelsis
  Deo is scored almost like a concerto. Listen
  for octave leaps and running figures in thirds.
  Melodies sung by chorus stay on same pitch or
  move by step.

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YEE-HAW!!
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KEEP TRYING!
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Beethoven
Exsultate, Jublilate Alleluja Pictures at an Exhibition Promenade
Aida Triumphal March Symphony No. 5 1st Movement
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Symphony No. 5 1st Movement

• Born 1770, Bonn, German
• Died 1827, Vienna, Austria
• Father wanted him to be a famous child prodigy
  like Mozart made him practice long hours at the
  piano and perform in public before he was ready
• Punished him for mistakes at the piano
• Began to lose his hearing in his mid-20s
• People in town thought him rude he wouldnt
  speak when spoken to townspeople didnt know he
  was deaf! Communicated with his family by
  writing on a small chalkboard
• Brahms and Schubert revered Beethoven and asked
  to be buried next to him when they died
• Often worked on several pieces at once juggling
  back and forth from one to another
• Symphony No. 5 and Symphony No. 6 written this
  way and both premiered at same concert in 1808
• Symphony No. 5 is vigorous almost angry
  noisily triumphant in the end
• Written in sonata form (ABA)
• A form begins with famous four-note motif of 3
  eighth notes and one half note and is repeated in
  different ways all through the piece
• B form is a contrasting, lyrical theme

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MARVELOUS!
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WHAT???
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Puccini
Gianni Schicchi O mio babbino caro Firebird Infernal Dance
Maple Leaf Rag Carnival of the Animals Fossils
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Gianni Schicchi O mio babbino caro

• Born 1858, Lucca, Italy
• Died 1924, Brussels, Belgium
• Undisciplined child and a poor student
• Became one of the worlds most renowned opera
  composers
• Came from a long line of musicians
• Inspired to being composing after attending
  performance of Verdis Aida
• Wrote many operas, many of which are still
  performed and admired
• Most of his operas have sad, even tragic stories
• Gianni Schicci is a comedy and Puccinis only
  comic opera (short one act)
• O mio babbino caro is sung by Lauretta who begs
  her father to do something to make it possible
  for her to marry the man that she loves
• Form is ABAB1B2
• Aria is a song in an opera that features one
  singer

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YEA FOR YOU!
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OOPS!!!
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Verdi
Also Sprach Zarathustra Prelude Aida Triumphal March
Gloria in D Gloria In excelsis Deo American Salute
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Aida Triumphal March

• Born 1813, Roncole, Italy
• Died 1901, Milan, Italy
• Studied music after his family moved to a larger
  city
• At 20, he moved to Milan to pursue a career.
  Here he staged his first opera, which was a great
  success
• Composed one hit opera after another over the
  next 50 years
• Suffered a stroke in 1901 town officials
  covered the street outside his room with straw so
  the horses wouldnt disturb his rest
• When he died, the streets of Milan were mobbed by
  the thousands, he was loved so much
• Aida completed in 1871 and first performed at the
  Royal Opera House in Cairo, Egypt
• Involves a love triangle between Aida, the
  Ethiopian kings daughter, Radames, the leader of
  the Egyptian army, and the Egyptian kings
  daughter
• Form is ABACDEFE

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PURE GENIUS!
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I DON'T THINK SO!!
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Ginastera
12 American Preludes No. 9, Tribute to Aaron Copland Maple Leaf Rag
A Midsummer Nights DreamDance of the Clowns Gloria in D Gloria in excelsis Deo
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12 American Preludes No. 9, Tribute to Aaron
Copland

• Born 1916, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Died 1983, Geneva, Switzerland
• Wrote music that used styles, rhythms and
  traditions of Argentina
• Also used every-day subjects about the people and
  lifestyles of Argentina, such as farming and
  ranching
• Entered the Buenos Aires conservatory of music at
  12
• Became well-known in Argentina while still young
  music was performed world-wide
• One of the most influential Latin American
  composers of the 20th century
• Visited the U.S. in 1945 and worked with American
  composer Aaron Copland
• Paid tribute to Copland by writing a prelude in
  his 12 American Preludes
• Musical explosion of fast patterns perhaps
  depicting the excitement of New York City and the
  pleasure of discovering a new place and new ideas

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YAHOO!!
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SORRY, WRONG ANSWER!
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Joplin
Concerto for Two Violins in d minor 1st Movement Abdelazar Rondeau
Maple Leaf Rag Symphony No. 5 1st Movement
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Maple Leaf Rag

• Born 1868 near Texarkana, Texas
• Died 1917, New York, New York
• Born into a poor, black family abandoned by his
  father mother must work cleaning houses to
  support the family
• Goes with his mother to work, playing her
  employers pianos and teaching himself to play
• Wanted to make something of himself helped out
  by a teacher who taught him for free. Later on,
  Joplin sent money back to his teacher when he was
  old and sick.
• Studied composition at an all-black college in
  Missouri played piano in cafes and clubs
• The Maple Leaf Club in Missouri was a private
  club where Joplin played piano Maple Leaf Rag
  named for this club
• Cheerful, rhythmic piece that makes people want
  to get up and dance
• Right hand plays syncopated melodies while left
  hand plays very steady rhythms that jump or
  stride back and forth from lower to higher
  pitches across the keyboard
• Maple Leaf Rag is made up for 4 themes A, B,
  C, D

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BEAUTIFUL!
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KEEP TRYING, BUDDY!
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Mendelssohn
Gianni Schicchi O Mio babbino caro American Salute
Take Five A Midsummer Nights Dream Dance Of the Clowns
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A Midsummer Nights Dream Dance of the Clowns

• Born 1809, Hamburg, Germany
• Died 1847, Berlin, Germany
• Was a gifted child prodigy, like Mozart
• Learned to compose for and play on violin and
  keyboard instruments when he was very small
• Born into a close-knit, loving, well-to-do family
• 17 when he composed a concert overture to
  Shakespeares play, A Midsummer Nights Dream
• The story is a comedy, set in an enchanted forest
  filled with fairies, a hobgoblin and humans
• The Dance of the Clowns is pattern
  Introduction, ABCADE, Coda.
• All themes are built out of elements from the A
  tune.

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OUTSTANDING!
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IS THAT SCREAMING I HEAR??
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Purcell
Carnival of the Animals Fossils Aida Triumphal March
Abdelazar Rondeau American Salute
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Abedelazar Rondeau

• Born 1659, London, England
• Died 1695, London, England
• His greatest love, and most of his music, was for
  the theater
• Began as a singer
• Uncle helped get him into the Kings private
  choir
• Singing career ended when his voice changed
• At 11 or 12, wrote a song for the Kings birthday
  because one of Englands greatest composers
• Abdelazar (The Moors Revenge) is a play written
  by a woman a story full of mistaken identities
  and trickery not a happy tale. The Rondeau is
  bright and dance-like.
• In the Rondeau, the music always returns to the
  main theme
• (A B A C A)

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MAJOR BRAINIAC!
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DEAR ME, NO!!
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Desmond
Pictures at an ExhibitionPromenade American Salute
Take Five Symphony No. 5 1st Movement
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Take Five

• Born 1924, San Francisco, California
• Died 1977, New York City
• Had an unhappy childhood music was his release
• Learned violin in elementary school switched to
  clarinet in high school and then added saxophone,
  for which he was best known
• Collaborated with a classically trained pianist,
  Dave Brubeck, who formed a jazz quartet in 1951
• Cool jazz smooth and mellow with interesting
  rhythms and a strong beat but without heavy
  percussion
• Desmond was one of the main cool jazz musicians
• Written in 5/4 time, opens with piano, then the
  tune is played by the clarinet
• ABA form
• Two sections of improvisation, first by the
  clarinet, then the piano

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