| Composer of the Month, misc. | Composer of the Month, by Country | Turandot, behind the scenes | Turandot - the Characters | Musical Eras, Musical Terms |
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Who is Giacomo Puccini?
He composed the music for Turandot.
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Who is Leonard Bernstein?
This composer of the month went to Harvard.
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What is/Who are Ping, Pang and Pong?
These are the names of the three ministers of Turandot.
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What is a soprano?
This is the voice type for Turandot
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What is 20th/21st Century?
This is the musical era of Philip Glass
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Who is Dmitri Shostakovich?
He was famous for getting chewed out by a ruthless dictator
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Who is Leonard Bernstein?
This composer of the month wrote West Side Story
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Who is the Prince of Persia?
This is the person who was being beheaded at the beginning of the opera.
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What/Who is Altoum?
This is the name of Turadot's father
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What is the Baroque Era?
This is the era of Domenico Scarlatti
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Who is Schubert?
He was famous for writing songs.
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Who is Claude Debussy?
This composer was our only French composer of the month
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What is "None shall sleep!"?
This is what "Nessun Dorma" means.
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What is Lou-u-Ling?
This is the name of the ancestress of Turandot whose death Turandot avenges with each suitor's death
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What is the 20th Century?
This is the musical era of Leonard Bernstein
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Who is Philip Glass?
He wrote EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH
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Who are Giacomo Puccini and Domenico Scarlatti?
These were the two Italian composers of the month
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Who is Alfano?
Puccini did not live to finish the end of the opera. This composer finished the composition of TURANDOT.
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What is Liù and Timur?
What was the name of the slave girl who took care of Calaf's father, and what was Calaf's father's name?
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What is Augmented?
This quality is bigger than major.
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Who is Hildegard von Bingen?
This composer of the month saw visions.
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Who is Amy Beach?
She was our only American female composer of the month.
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Who are Simoni and Adami?
These are the librettists of TURANDOT
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What is Pu tin Pao?
This is the name of the executioner.
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What is "When there are no sharps and no flats, all seconds are major except for E-F and B-C, which are minor"?
This is the formula of seconds.
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