Puzzle from March 2004 Mensagenda
Donna's Diary - by Donna Myhrer
With a Song in My Heart
Well, the weather will soon be getting warmer (this is from Minnesota, after all) and
so I have been cheerfully humming off tune little things of some sort or other lately. So
here is a little quiz about things of a musical nature. Just match the word in the first list
with one of the definitions (a few are so similarly defined by my little pocket music
dictionary, that there is more than one possibility). But Mother says don’t do the quiz
until you have practiced your scales. The answers are here.
1. arabesque
2. arioso
3. bagatelle
4. ballad
5. bolero
6. branle
7. caprice
8. concerto
9. dirge
10. elegy
11. etude
12. fandango
13. fugue
14. glee
15. hornpipe
16. madrigal
17. march
18. monody
19. nocturne
20. polonaise
21. requiem
22. rhapsody
23. sonata
24. symphony
25. toccata
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a. an instrumental composition usually of three or four distinct
movements, each with a unity of its own, but all related to the
whole
b. a lively Spanish dance in 3/4 time, accompanied by castanets
c. a piece played in a fanciful style
d. a short, easy piece of music
e. an elaborate vocal composition in three, four, five, or six
parts, sung a cappella
f. a musical composition in commemoration of the dead
g. a composition of a dreamy or romantic character
h. a short piece in the style of an aria, but less symmetrical in
construction
i. a free ecstatic composition
j. a study or exercise in music
k. a vocal composition in three or four parts with instrumental
accompaniment
l. a composition for a single voice
m. a contrapuntal development of a subject that is announced
quite alone at the beginning of the performance
n. a study in which some difficulties of execution are present
o. a short simple song of natural construction
p. a funeral song
q. a Mass for the dead
r. a lively dance in 4/4 time, during which all the dancers follow
the movements of the lead couple
s. a military air in 2/4 or 4/4 time
t. an ornament or embellished work
u. an English dance in triple time
v. the display of a single instrument accompanied by the whole
orchestra
w. a Polish dance in 3/4 time containing every contrast possible
x. a Spanish dance in 3/4 time, accompanied by castanets
y. a grand composition of several movements for a full orchestra
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