BTwentieth-century English composer of musicals for the stage, including ICats, Phantom of the Opera; Iand IJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Ialso composer of contemporary religious music.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBanimation
BProcess by which still images are made to seem to move in films or videos; performed by computers or by traditional multiple drawing methods.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBApache
BNative American tribe from the Southwestern United States.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBarchbishop
BReligious title of the clergyman, generally of the Roman Catholic or Methodist denomination, who is head of a collection of bishops and the churches under their supervision.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBarchive
BA collection of records, documents, or other materials of a historical nature, generally preserved for the use of researchers.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBarrogance
BThe feeling of being superior to others; self-important.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBbagpipe
BMusical instrument that makes sound by blowing into a reed attached to a tube or pipe that is attached to a flexible bag.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBbankrupt
BBeing unable to pay one's debts because one has no money; financially ruined.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBbaroque
BThe name describing a period of music, art, and literature, approximately 1600-1750. Things described as baroque are highly ornamented, decorated, and have an energetic feel. Famous Baroque composers include Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli, Scarlatti, Purcell, and Monteverdi. Ec[000000]f[16]LFBaroque music is mostly based on religious themes.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBBartholdy
BLast name chosen by the Mendelssohn family when they switched from Judaism to Christianity.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBBlackfoot
B
Native American tribe located in the Great Plains.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBBohemia
BRegion of western Czechoslovakia.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBBohemian
BA native of Bohemia.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBCarnival
BFestival on the day preceding the season of Lent, forty days before Easter. Traditionally celebrated with costumes, parades, songs, and feasting.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcarol
BA song, especially for Christmas, that expresses joy.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBCecile Jeanrenaud
BWife of Felix Mendelssohn; they married on March 27, 1837.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBCherubini
BMaria Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842); Italian composer of twenty-nine operas who helped in the musical transition between the Classical age of music and the Romantic age.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBchoreographer
BPerson who designs the dance steps for a musical play or other dance performance.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBclassical
BThe name describing a period of music, approximately 1750-1825. Classical music is very balanced and symmetrical, following the musical rules that had been established by that time. Classical music is mostly secular and spotlights the newly-invented piano and a much larger Ec[000000]f[16]LFinstrumental group (compared to the chamber groups of the Baroque): the symphony orchestra. Principal Classical musicians include Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, and Schubert. (Beethoven's work also extends into the next era, the Romantic period.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBclavier
BA keyboard instrument, forerunner of the piano.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBClinton
BWilliam "Bill" Clinton, forty-second president of the United States.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcomics
BAmusing stories in pictures and words that appear in the newspaper.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcomposer
BA person who creates original music. A person who is able to take a musical idea or ideas and compose them into a longer piece which has form and content, and which has not existed before. A composer must have vision, technique, and great discipline to bring his/her ideas and Ec[000000]f[16]LFemotions to the written page for the performance of his/her work by others.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcomposition
BA piece of music.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcomputer
BDevice that performs mathematical, informational, or word functions and stores them in memory for further use or retrieval.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBconcert
BA musical performance for an audience.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcondo
BShort form for the word condominium, an apartment-size dwelling that is owned rather than rented by its inhabitants.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBconductor
BDirector of a musical group, as in an orchestra.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBconservatory
BSchool devoted to the education of musicians or dramatic artists.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBConstanze
BConstanze Weber Mozart; Mozart's wife.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcountess
BTitle of a European woman of noble blood or one who is married to a count.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcountry western
BStyle of popular American music frequently characterized by electric guitars, singers, and themes of love and lost love, frustration and triumph, and other everyday occurrences.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBdemocratic
BSystem of government characterized by rule of the people.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBDr. SeussB
Pseudonym for Theodore Geisel, author of many classic and favorite children's books.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBElijah
BOld Testament prophet, who according to scripture, did not die but was transported to heaven by a chariot of fire.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBemperor
BThe ruler of an empire.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBFanny
BFanny Mendelssohn; sister of Felix Mendelssohn.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBFBI
BFederal Bureau of Investigation.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBfiddle
BAnother name for the violin, especially when it is used to play popular, as opposed to serious, music.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBfootball
BGame played on a 100-yard field by two teams with eleven players each, with goals at both ends.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBgig
BSlang term for a job performing music, especially popular concerts and in small clubs.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBgypsies
BMembers of a group of wandering people, especially those found in the former Czechoslovakia and other parts of Europe.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBgypsy bands
BGroups of music-playing vagabonds or travelers, especially native to the former Czechoslovakia and other parts of Europe.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBHalloween
BAmerican holiday celebrating the day before All Saints Day, especially commemorated with the traditions of dressing in costumes of ghosts, witches, and goblins and going from door to door collecting treats.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBharmony
BIn music, two or more notes that, when played together, sound compatible and comfortable to the ear.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBharpsichord
BKeyboard instrument that produces sound when a key is struck and it, in turn, triggers the plucking of a string by a quill.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBHarry Burleigh
BAmerican singer, composer, and arranger who specialized in preserving and furthering the music of African Americans.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBhominy and grits
BTraditional Southern American dish made of boiled corn.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBHopi
BNative American tribe located in the Southwestern United States.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBhymn
BA song of praise or thanksgiving.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBJean Paul Richter
BFamous German writer who lived from 1763 to 1825 and who was known for his humorous and sensitive, sentimental novels.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBJuilliard School of Music
BFamous New York music school created by a twenty million dollar gift by cotton merchant, Augustus D. Juilliard.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBlandscapes
BA view of natural scenery; paintings of outdoor scenery.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBLeonard Bernstein
BTwentieth-century American conductor and composer of musicals, such as ICandide Iand IWest Side StoryI, as well as a vast collection of other serious compositions.
