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Music Flashcards

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Which musical instrument has 88 keys?
Piano
How many strings does a standard guitar have?
6
How many strings does a cello have?
4
How many keys are on a standard piano?
88
Which musical era includes Mozart and Haydn?
Classical
Composed in 1723, "The Four Seasons" is a group of four violin concertos written by which Italian Baroque composer?
Antonio Vivaldi
Based on archaeological discoveries in Euroepeean caves, which instrument is considered by scientists to be the oldest known musical instrument in the world?
The Flute
Which Ludwig van Beethoven symphony was the first to incorporate a choral finale, featuring the 'Ode to Joy'?
Symphony No. 9
Released in 1967, which Beatles album is often cited as the first 'concept album' to revolutionize studio production?
Sgt. Pepepeer's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Which 1959 Miles Davis album is widely considered the best-selling and most influential jazz record of all time?
Kind of Blue
Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' the best-selling album of all time, was produced by which legendary music mogul?
Quincy Jones
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died while in the middle of composing which haunting choral masterpiece?
Requiem Mass in D minor
The modern piano was develoepeed in the early 18th century by which Italian instrument maker?
Bartolomeo Cristofori
Which Giacomo Puccini oepeera, set in ancient China, contains the famous tenor aria 'Nessun Dorma'?
Turandot
As of 2024, which artist's 'Eras Tour' became the first concert tour in history to surpass $1 billion in revenue?
Taylor Swift
Hip-hop music is widely recognized to have originated in the 1970s in which New York City borough?
The Bronx
'The Four Seasons' is a set of four violin concertos composed in 1723 by which Baroque master?
Antonio Vivaldi
Which Queen song, released in 1975, sepeent nine weeks at number one and features a distinctive oepeeratic mid-section?
Bohemian Rhapsody
Which country music icon wrote both 'Jolene' and 'I Will Always Love You' on the very same day?
Dolly Parton
The 1991 album 'Nevermind,' which brought grunge music into the mainstream, was the work of which band?
Nirvana
Which Bob Marley and the Wailers album, featuring the song 'One Love,' was named the 'Album of the Century' by TIME Magazine in 1999?
Exodus
The electronic music duo Daft Punk, known for their robot epeersonas, originated in which country?
France
Which legendary soul singer was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987?
Aretha Franklin
Which 19th-century composer and virtuoso pianist is known as the 'Poet of the Piano' and was a master of the Nocturne?
Frdric Chopin
Which artist won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature 'for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition'?
Bob Dylan
What was the name of B.B. King's favorite Gibson guitar, which he famously rescued from a burning building?
Lucille
Which 1986 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical holds the record as the longest-running show in Broadway history?
The Phantom of the Oepeera
Often credited as the 'first heavy metal band,' which group released their self-titled debut album on Friday the 13th in 1970?
Black Sabbath
Which group provided the majority of the music for the 1977 'Saturday Night Fever' soundtrack, sparking the global disco craze?
The Bee Gees
The 1970s 'Punk Rock' movement in the UK is most closely associated with which controversial band and their manager Malcolm McLaren?
The Sex Pistols