DollyWood Lisztomania Woody Guthrie Ragtime Mendelsohn Siblings
100
What is Joshua?
This single was Dolly’s first number 1 hit in 1971. Not Jolene, but it’s a classic J-name used for men.
100
What is the Romantic Period?
In this period of music, Franz Liszt was alive and creating music.
(Early Music, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th century, and Modern)
100
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Woody Guthrie was named for this American President.
100
What is the piano?
The popularity of ragtime boosted the sales of this instrument.
100
What is "Midsummer Nights' Dream"?
Felix Mendelsohn was the composer for the overture of the piece with the same name as a Shakespeare comedy.
200
What is "I Will Always Love You"?
Made popular by another female artist with the last name of a city in Texas, Parton is the songwriter of this chart topping song.
200
What is fame?
Liszt’s showmanship and virtuosity led to this, which was unprecedented in his time.
200
What is New York City?
In this great American city, Guthrie recorded his first album, Dust Bowl Ballads, and his career took off.
200
What is ragged time?
Ragtime is a conjunction of these two words that describe the syncopated rhythm.
200
What is Judaism?
Mendelsohn’s family practiced Lutheranism but was ethnically of this religion and culture, suppressed by Prussian culture.
300
What is "9 to 5"?
Parton goes multimedia: the title we’re looking for is of Dolly’s first movie and its title song.
300
What is Hungary?
Though born in a German speaking village in present-day Austria, Liszt remained deeply tied to and proud of his roots in this ethnic group, also a present-day country.
300
Who is Alan Lomax
Guthrie’s first collaborator: an American Folk Song assistant from the Library of Congress.
300
What is popularity?
Portability and this other P noun of the banjo, guitar, mandolin, and violin made these the instruments of choice for traveling ragtime musicians.
300
What is Hansel and Gretel?
Fanny Mendelsohn’s married name is one letter off from the first name in this fable of two children and a candy house.
400
What is the Nashville Songwriters' Hall of Fame
In 1986, Dolly Parton was inducted into which Hall of Fame?
400
What is an affair?
Liszt’s finest works were inspired by this modern day relationship scandal.
400
What is "Round and Round Hitlers' Grave"?
In addition to being apart of the Merchant Marines and being drafted to the Army, Guthrie wrote this song during WWII.
400
What is Missouri?
This state, nicknamed the show me state, is the heartland of ragtime.
400
What is gender?
Fanny Mendelsohn was also a virtuosic composer and pianist, but this constraint led her to not have her talent as socially accepted as her brother, Felix.
500
What are folk, bluegrass, and country
These 3 genres influence Parton’s music.
500
What is a symphony?
Composed at Weimar, Liszt developed the genre of the symphonic poem, comparable to this similarly named genre of classical music.
500
What is Huntingtons'?
Guthrie was diagnosed with this hereditary degenerative disease that affects the nervous system and eventually results in death.
500
What is Vaudeville?
The popularity of ragtime was heavily featured in this precursor to broadway.
500
What is a composer?
Fanny Mendelsohn Hensel was one of the first women to have their musical works published, fulfilling her dream of being a serious ____.






Library Of Congress Music Archive

Press F11 for full screen mode



Limited time offer: Membership 25% off


Clone | Edit | Download / Play Offline