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Hint
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Answer
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A
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Sharps and/or flats added to a composition that are not in the key signature
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accidentals
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B
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Chopin used this name, taken from prose narratives, for his compositions which included Opus 23 in G minor and Opus 52 in F minor.
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Ballade
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C
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Perhaps Debussy's most well-known composition, written for piano, but transcribed numerous times for other instruments
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Clair de Lune
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D
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Schubert's Fantasia in F minor, D. 940, is one of the finest works of this repertoire.
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piano duet
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E
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Term for a technical study- In Chopin's works Opus 10 and Opus 25 they qualify as masterworks.
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etude
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F
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Musical symbol that indicates to hold a note (or rest) longer than its specific value
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fermata
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G
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A very quick note played immediately before (or at the same time as) the principal note, theoretically receiving no rhythmic value
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grace note
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H
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Early keyboard instrument which has strings "plucked" by a plectrum instead of being struck by a hammer
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harpsichord
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I
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The art of creating "on the spot" expanding on a musical motif
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Improvisation
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J
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Nickname of Mozart's last symphony
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Jupiter
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K
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Original German name of Schumann's "Scenes From Childhood"
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Kinderszenen
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L
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Italian term that means to play smoothly
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legato
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M
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Term indicating moving from one tonal center to another related key
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modulation
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N
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Celebrated 20th century Brazilian concert pianist Guiomar________
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Novaes
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O
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Composer of Carmina Burana
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Orff
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P
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Term for a 5-note scale which can be produced on the piano by playing only the black keys
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pentatonic
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Q
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Popular opera by Tchaikovsky
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Queen of Spades
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R
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20th century Russian composer who moved to America after the 1917 revolution and became one of the higest paid concert performers of his time
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Rachmaninoff
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S
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20th century Russian composer whose orchestral work "Le Sacre du Printemps" shocked audiences
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Stravinsky
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T
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Dodecophony: compositional technique using a tone row rather than a traditional tonal center
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Twelve-tone
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U
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Nickname for Schubert's B minor symphony
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Unfinished
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V
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Compositional technique in which a basic melody and/or harmonic structure is changed in a series of creative sections
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Variations
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W
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One of Handel's best known compositions, a suite for wind instruments, reportedly written for the entertainment of King George I of England
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Water Music
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X
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Medieval troubadours' lyrics could often be described this way.
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x-rated
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Y
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Succesful Broadway producer and composer during 1st half of 20th century whose first name was Vincent
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Youmans
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Z
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First name of Hungarian composer Kodaly, a contemporary of Bartok
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Zoltan
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Please keep an eye out for my other quizzes. (The first one has been resubmitted to correct a couple of typos, but the original is still out there. My favorite that I hope to submit soon is Classical Music-the rest of the story"
I'm grateful that, so far, I've not had protests for including Vincent Youmans in a classical music quiz. Tricky to come up with original Y's.
Really appreciate your input
Also added a caveat about two of the questions in hopes of averting complaints!
Also, the Schubert question suggests the answer will start with “D,” but it starts with “P.” I know this work is a piano duo, but trying to figure out what will trigger the answer is hard to guess.
Accepting both “Claire” and “Clair” when followed by “de lune” would also be helpful.
I added a bit more time.
Thanks for the comment.