Composer-Vocabulary Words
Across
- 2. a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound
- 6. a group of four people playing music or singing together
- 7. for or done by one person alone; unaccompanied
- 10. musical instruments played by striking with the hand or with a handheld or pedal-operated stick or beater, or by shaking
- 11. a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists
- 13. a person who writes music
- 14. a type of music of black American origin
- 15. a sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying
- 16. a group of musicians, actors, or dancers who perform together
- 18. the speed at which a passage of music is or should be played
Down
- 1. a large organized group of singers
- 3. a gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music
- 4. a group of instrumentalists
- 5. traditional and long-established in form or style
- 8. a person who entertains an audience
- 9. vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion
- 12. a large keyboard musical instrument
- 17. an elaborate musical composition for full orchestra