From the Missouri School
Music Newsletter: creative exam answers from actual students.
Agnus Dei was a woman composer famous for her church music.
Refrain means don't do it. A refrain in music is the part you better
not try to sing.
A virtuoso is a musician with real high morals.
John Sebastian Bach died from 1750 to the present.
Handel was half German, half Italian, and half English. He was rather
large.
Beethoven wrote music even though he was deaf. He was so deaf he wrote
loud music. He took long walks in the forest
even when everyone was calling him. I guess he could not hear so good.
Beethoven expired in 1827 and later died from this.
Henry Purcell is a well known composer few people have ever heard of. .
Aaron Copland is one of your most famous contemporary composers. It is
unusual to be contemporary. Most composers do
not live until they are dead.
An opera is a song of bigly size.
In the last scene of Pagliacci, Canio stabs Nedda who is the one he
really loves. Pretty soon Silvio also gets stabbed, and
they all live happily ever after.
Music sung by two people at the same time is called a duel.
I know what a sextet is but I had rather not say.
Most authorities agree that music of antiquity was written long ago.
My very best liked piece of music is the Bronze Lullaby.
My favorite composer is Opus.
A harp is a nude piano.
Question:What are kettle drums called?
Answer:Kettle drums.
Last month I found out how a clarinet works by taking it apart. I found
out and got in trouble.
For some reason, they always put a treble clef in front of every line
of flute music. You just watch.
I can't reach the brakes on this piano!
The main trouble with a French horn is it's too tangled up.
The most dangerous part about playing cymbals is near the nose.
It is easy to teach anyone to play the maracas. Just grip the neck and
shake him in rhythm.
Just about any animal skin can be stretched over a frame to make a
pleasant sound once the animal is removed.
