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He is known as the “king of the Ragtime,” he has written many piano pieces that he himself played at bars and tried to elevate ragtime to a serious art. What was his name?

In Romantic era Italian opera, this new singing style of sweeping beautiful melodies is called what?

He is known as the “king of the marches,” he was the President’s Own Marine Band bandmaster, and eventually formed his own successful touring group. What was his name?

This composer who was known for his Lieder and Symphonies was also first to establish a music journal, Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik (New Journal for Music) that is still in print today. What was his name?

This composer was innovative on his new way of presenting operas, his new use of chromaticism, getting rid of the “number” opera, writing his own libretto and designing the scenery and costumes himself. The opera that he is most known for is the epic The Ring Cycle. What was his name?

A Pentatonic Scale has how many notes?

What just happened in this scene in Wozzeck? What is the protagonist trying to do now?

This music is background music for a play, what genre is that called?

What do Cozzolani, Strozzi, and Bingen have in common?

This work was first performed outside with the musicians on a barge in the river of Thames in London, what is the name of the piece?