Music that tells a story started in pre-history, with long narrative songs. Instrumental music that tells a story took longer to achieve. 1. Beethoven was famed for his long walks and there are many writers who describe meeting the wild-haired
Quizzes
1. You’ll recognize the work, since this is the first movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, but who’s performing it? • Is this Fritz Reiner leading the Chicago in a large, old-style recording? • Is this John Eliot Gardiner and
1. Which instrument cannot play this? 2. A Musician’s Grocery list. On the way to the store the violinist had a Scarlatte, and made a Liszt. It includes BachChoy and ch-Ives. What else is he or she shopping for? a.
Are you an avid classical music buff? Ready to test your knowledge of note reading in treble and bass clef and also your listening abilities? PART IMatch the musical excerpts with the written music A: Goes with the musical excerpt