Name: ________________________

Word Bank
Opera Toccata Harpsichord Oratorio
______________ - a staged drama set to music where leads are vocalists with instrumental
accompanying

______________ - a large-scale musical work for orchestra and voices, typically a narrative on a
religious theme, performed without the use of costumes, scenery, or action.

______________ - a composition for a keyboard instrument in a free style.

______________ - the parent of the piano; its strings are plucked so it isn’t as loud as a piano.

Directions: Write True or False for each statement about a composer.

_______ - Bach wrote a lot of opera.

_______ - Haydn composed over 100 symphonies during his lifetime.

_______ - Mozart began playing at age 4, composing at 5, and wrote his first symphony at 10.

_______ - Handel wrote 42 operas, 29 oratorios, and hundreds of other pieces of music.

Directions: Write the name of the composer.

Who played the organ and violin?

Who played the clavichord, oboe, organ, and violin?

 Word Bank
Opera Toccata Harpsichord Oratorio
______________ - a staged drama set to music where leads are vocalists with instrumental
accompanying

______________ - a large-scale musical work for orchestra and voices, typically a narrative on a
religious theme, performed without the use of costumes, scenery, or action.

______________ - a composition for a keyboard instrument in a free style.

______________ - the parent of the piano; its strings are plucked so it isn’t as loud as a piano.

Directions: Write True or False for each statement about a composer.

_______ - Bach wrote a lot of opera.

_______ - Haydn composed over 100 symphonies during his lifetime.

_______ - Mozart began playing at age 4, composing at 5, and wrote his first symphony at 10.

_______ - Handel wrote 42 operas, 29 oratorios, and hundreds of other pieces of music.

Directions: Write the name of the composer.

Who played the organ and violin?

Who played the clavichord, oboe, organ, and violin?