Challenge Level Music Crossword
Across
- 4. A Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist known for his technically demanding piano pieces.
- 5. A two-stringed bowed instrument from China, sometimes called the "Chinese violin."
- 9. A slight, rapid wavering in pitch used to add expression to a note.
- 11. A long-necked stringed instrument from Greece.
- 12. A French composer known for his calm, unusual piano pieces such as "Gymnopédie."
- 13. A composition where a melody is introduced and then imitated by other voices in turn.
- 15. A Russian composer known for his ballet "The Rite of Spring."
- 16. An electronic instrument played without being touched, using hand movements near two antennas.
Down
- 1. An American composer known for blending classical and jazz styles, including "Rhapsody in Blue."
- 2. A stringed instrument played flat on a table or the lap, plucked or strummed.
- 3. A sliding movement from one pitch to another.
- 6. A keyboard instrument, ancestor of the piano, that plucks its strings rather than striking them.
- 7. Using all twelve notes within an octave, including every sharp and flat.
- 8. Plucking the strings of an instrument instead of using a bow.
- 10. An instrument whose name means "bell play" in German
- 14. A repeated musical pattern that continues throughout a piece or section.