Music
Musical Terms
Slow tempoAdagio
Lively and fast tempo Allegro
Slow paceLento
Moderate paceAndante
Fast pacePresto
Obligatory accompanimentObbligato
Highest female voiceSoprano
Lowest female voiceContralto
Male form of female contraltoAlto
Highest male voiceTenor
Middle-range male voiceBaritone
Lowest male voiceBasso profundo
Artificial form of singingFalsetto
Falsetto voice (higher than tenor)Countertenor
Solo in an operaAria
Work for a solo instrument with an orchestraConcerto
Light music played in the eveningSerenade
Combination of two or more notes Chord
Study or solo instrument pieceEtude
Songs for solo voice or pianoLieder
Night pieceNocturne
Piece written for the outdoorsPastoral
Sacred musical compositionOratorio
Main female singerPrima Donna
Music by a soloistRecit
Artists and Their Instruments
Ian AndersonFlute (jazz)
Louis ArmstrongTrumpet (jazz)
Jack BennyViolin
Dave BrubeckPiano
Karen CarpenterDrums
Pablo CasalsCello
Harry Connick, JrPiano
Chick CoreaPiano
Van CliburnPiano
Phil CollinsDrums
John Coltrain(Soprano) Saxophone
Miles DavisTrumpet
Jacqueline Du PreCello
Maynard FergusonTrumpet
FleaBass
Benny GoodmanClarinet
Lionel HamptonVibraphone
David Helfgott (from the movie Shine)Piano
Jimi Hendrix Fender Stratocaster guitar
Woody Herman Clarinet
Buddy Rich Drums
Vladimir Horowitz (won 20 Grammys)Piano
Harry JamesTrumpet
Thomas JeffersonViolin
Scott Joplin Piano
Kenny GSaxophone
Thelonius MonkPiano
LiberacePiano
Franz LisztPiano
Chuck MangioneFlugelhorn
Wynton MarsalisTrumpet
MidoriViolin
Ignace PaderewskiPiano
Niccolo PaganiniViolin
Itzhak PerlmanViolin
Buddy RichDrums
Andres SegoviaGuitar
Doc SeverinsenTrumpet
Ravi ShankarSitar
Steve MartinBanjo
Isaac SternViolin
Lawrence WelkAccordion
Yo Yo MaCello
Song and Artist
Banana Boat SongHarry Belafonte
In the MoodGlenn Miller This Land is Your LandWoody Guthrie Boogie Woogie Bugle BoyAndrews Sisters Alice’s RestaurantArlo Guthrie Johnny AngelShelly Fabares Chances AreJohnny Mathis Unchained Melody (original) Righteous Brothers Tennessee WaltzPatti Page When I Fall in Love Nat King Cole Take the A TrainDuke Ellington CrazyPatsy Cline Okie From Muskogee Merle Haggard Walking the Floor Over YouErnest Tubb Sixteen TonsTennessee Ernie Ford Big Bad JohnJimmy Dean Earth AngelPenguins Big Girls Don’t CryThe Four Seasons Georgia on my Mind Ray Charles Rock Around the ClockBill Haley and the Comets Woolly BullySam the Sham and the Pharaohs La Bamba (original)Richie Valens La Bamba (remake)Los Lobos SherryThe Four Seasons Blue VelvetBobby Vinton Sixteen CandlesThe Crests It’s My Party Leslie Gore I Ran (So Far Away)A Flock of Seagulls This Guy is in Love With YouHerb Alpert DowntownPetula Clark To Sir, With LoveLulu El PasoMarty Robbins My GirlThe Temptations Just My ImaginationThe Temptations Light My Fire (original)Doors Light My Fire (remake)Jose Feliciano A Touch of GreyThe Grateful Dead MacArthur Park Richard Harris Peace TrainCat Stevens In the Year 2525 Zager and Evans ConvoyC. W. McCall Stand By Your Man Tammy Wynette When a Man Loves a WomanPercy Sledge Only the Lonely Roy Orbison Pretty Woman (original) Roy Orbison Pretty Woman (remake) Van Halen Paper Roses Marie Osmond Wild Thing The Trogs Don't Fear the ReaperBlue Oyster Cult Theme for Shaft Isaac Hayes MickeyTony Basil Brown-Eyed GirlVan Morrison (I Can't Get No) SatifactionThe Rolling Stones Constant Cravingk.d. lang Venus (original)Shocking Blue Venus (remake) Bananarama Don't Stop Believin'Journey We're Nor Going to Take ItTwisted Sister Bette Davis EyesKim Carnes Rhythm is Gonna Get YouGloria Estefan Vision of LoveMariah Carey Achy Breaky Heart Billy Ray Cyrus My MariaBrooks and Dunn All I Want To DoSheryl Crow West End GirlsPet Shop Boys YMCAVillage People
Albums
21Adele
American IdiotGreen Day
Abby RoadThe Beatles
Bat Out of HellMeatloaf
Blue HawaiiElvis Presley
Breakfast in AmericaSupertramp
Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon and Garfunkel
Bridges to BabylonThe Rolling Stones
Born in the USABruce Springsteen
CalypsoHarry Belafonte
The Chronic AlbumDr. Dre
Dark Side of the MoonPink Floyd
Days of Future PassedMoody Blues
Fresh HorsesGarth Brooks
The Joshue TreeU2
MonsterREM
NevermindNirvana
Purple RainPrince and the Revolution
RumoursFleetwood Mac
Songs in the Key of LifeStevie Wonder
TapestryCarol King
ThrillerMichael Jackson
TommyThe Who
Toys in the AtticAerosmith
Viva La VitaCold Play
Voodoo LoungeThe Rolling Stones
The WallPink Floyd
Welcome to My NightmareAlice Cooper
Song Writers
StardustHoagy Carmichael
I Dream of JeannieStephen Foster
St. Louis BluesW. C. Handy
Night and DayCole Porter
UnforgettableNat King Cole
Moon RiverHenry Mancini
I’m Just Wild About HarryEubie Blake
Raindrops Keep Falling on My HeadBert Bacharach & Hal David
Theme From Star WarsJohn Williams
Theme From Pink PantherHenry Mancini
Lead Singers*
10,000 ManiacsNatalie Merchant
AerosmithSteve Tyler
The AnimalsEric Burton
Black SabbathOzzy Ozbourne
Black Eyes Peas (female)Fergie
Black Eyes Peas (male)Will.i.am
Blondie Debbie Harry
Big Brother and the Holding CompanyJanice Joplin
The Boomtown RatsBob Geldoff
CarsRic Ocasek
ColdplayChris Martin
The CommodoresLionel Richie
CreamEric Clapton
Dire StraitsMark Knoffler
The DoorsJim Morrison
EurythmicsAnnie Lennox
FacesRod Stewart
Foo FightersDavid Grohl
Hootie and the BlowfishDarius Rucker
Guns and RosesAxl Rose
Genesis original leadPeter Gabriel
Genesis lead after Peter GabrielPhil Collins
Go-Go'sBelinda Carlisle
Goo Goo DollsJohn Rzeznik
Grateful DeadJerry Garcia
Jethro Tull Ian Anderson
Jefferson Airplane/StarshipGrace Slick
JourneySteve Perry
Led ZepplinRobert Plant
Matchbox TwentyRob Thomas
Maroon 5Adam Lavine
Miami Sound Machine Gloria Estefan
No DoubtGwen Stefani
Nine Inch Nails Trent Reznor
Nirvana Kurt Cobain
QueenFreddie Mercury
The PoliceSting
Pearl JamEddie Vedder
The PretendersChrissie Hynde
REMMichael Stipe
Rolling StonesMick Jagger
RufusChaka Khan
RushGeddy Lee
Sex PistolsSid Vicious
Stray CatsBrian Setzer
Sugar CubesBjork
The Stone PoniesLinda Ronstadt
StyxDennis DeYoung
SupremesDiana Ross
U2Bono
WailersBob Marley
WingsPaul McCartney
YesJohn Anderson
Other Facts
Current Billboard Hot 100Click Here
Album that was on the charts 812 weeksDark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
Album that has sold 110 million copiesThriller (Michael Jackson)
Bob Dylan bootleg album, 1966Bob Dylan Live
Top selling single of all timeEnglish Rose by Elton John
Second top selling single of all timeWhite Christmas by Bing Crosby
Group with 20 #1 hitsThe Beatles
Single #1 on the charts the longest (16 weeks)
One Sweet Today by Maria Carey and Boyz II Men
Elvis Presley’s first #1 singleHeartbreak Hotel
Female with the most number one hitsMariah Carey (18)
Foreign songs to hit #1Volare, Sukiyaki, Dominique
The Three TenorsJosé Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti
Rockers killed in 1959 plane crash (the day the music died)
Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, Richie Valens
A&M Records foundersHerb Alpert and Jerry Moss
Motown founderBerry Gordy
Jamaican Reggae singerBob Marley
Grateful Dead guitaristJerry Garcia
The fifth BeatleStu Sutcliff
Beatles original drummerPete Best
Beatles original nameJohnny and the Moondogs
The King of SwingBenny Goodman
The First Lady of SongElla Fitzgerald
Lady DayBillie Holiday
Empress of the BluesBessie Smith
Empress of SoulGladys Knight
BubblesBeverly Sills
The Father of Country MusicJimmie Rogers
The Father of BluegrassBill Monroe
The Silver FoxCharlie Rich
The Dust Bowl BalladeerWoody Guthrie
The Texas TroubadourErnest Tubb
The Man in BlackJohnny Cash
KillerJerry Lee Lewis
Coke Time CroonerEddie Fisher
Chairman of the BoardFrank Sinatra
The Velvet FogMel Torme
The Godfather of SoulJames Brown
First rap group on American BandstandRun DMC
First white performer on Soul TrainElton John
Icelandic pop groupBjork
Swedish pop groupAbba
Seattle grung rock bandNirvana
Anne and Nancy Wilson groupHeart
Triangular Russian instrumentBalalaika
Licorice stickClarinet
Side-blown fluteFife
Helicon instrumentTuba
Bells instrumentGlockenspiel
“Sweet Potato”Ocarina
Hexagonal accordion-like instrument Concertina
African Xylophone Marimba
Bellows instrumentBag Pipes
“Bull Fiddle”Double Bass
Dried gourd instrumentMaracas
Plucked keyboard instrumentHarpsichord
Number of keys on a piano88
B.B. King’s guitarLucille
“New Trend” musicBossa Nova
Sailors’ work songChanty
Swiss jazz festival cityMontreux
California jazz festival cityMonterey
Berkshire Music Festival cityTanglewood, MA
Rhode Island jazz festival cityNewport
Richard Wagner Music Festival city Bayreuth, Germany
Musicals by:
Irving BerlinAnnie Get Your Gun
Leonard Bernstein West Side Story
On the Town
Bob Fosse Cabaret
Gilbert and Sullivan Yeoman of the Guard
Thespis
The Mikado
George and Ira GershwinPorgy and Bess
Marvin HamlischA Chorus Line
Jerome Kern Showboat
Rogers and HammersteinCarousel
Oklahoma!
The King and I
The Sound of Music
South Pacific
Victor HerbertBabes in Toyland
Jerry HermanMame
Hello Dolly
La Cage aux Folles
Jonathan LarsonRent
Lerner and LoeweBrigadoon
Paint Your Wagon
My Fair Lady
Camelot
Gigi
Frank LoesserGuys and Dolls
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Cole PorterAnything Goes
Kiss Me Kate
Stephen Sondheim A Little Night Music
Meredith WillsonThe Music Man
Andrew Lloyd WebberCats
Sunset Boulevard
Evita
Jesus Christ Superstar
Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat
Starlight Express
The Phantom of the Opera
Other Facts about Musicals:
Musical based on La BohemeRent
Musical based on PygmalionMy Fair Lady
Musical based on I Am a CameraCabaret
Musical based on The Taming of the ShrewKiss Me Kate
Musical based on Romeo and JulietWest Side Story
Musical based on The Once and Future KingCamelot
Musical based on The MatchmakerHello Dolly!
Musical inspired by the draft of Elvis PresleyBye Bye Birdie
Musical based on Faust legend, set in Washington,DCDamn Yankees
Broadway’s longest-running musicalThe Phantom of the Opera
Broadway's second longest-running musicalCats
Broadway’s third longest-running musicalLes Misérables
Roller skating musicalStarlight Express
Blanche Dubois is a character in this playlA Streetcar Named Desire
Norma Desmond is a character in this musicallSunset Boulevard
1953 musical set in Baghdadl Kismet
Early 1960's Carol Channing musicallHello, Dolly!
Medieval play of good and evillMorality play
Opera textlLibretto
Unconventional theaterlTheater of the Absurd
London Theater built by Gilbert and SullivanlThe Savoy
London theater on Drury LanelRoyal Theater
Milan theaterlPiccolo Teatro
World’s largest indoor theaterlRadio City Music Hall
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