This Italian opera is set in Japan. It uses pentatonic scales to display exoticism. In the aria we studied in class, the Japanese woman protagonist hopes her American husband will come back one day. However, when he does return, he comes with a new American wife and takes the protagonist’s son away with him. At the end of the opera the protagonist commits suicide. What is the name of the opera?

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?

In this scene, in Berg’s Wozzeck, what element(s) of music are used?

This piece was so successful, it sold over a million copies during the composer’s lifetime! Identify the composer and title of this piece:

Wagner came with this term that means: total work of art. What is the term?

Schubert has written 600 works of what genre?

Who is famous for being the father of the string quartet and the symphony?

Which ones of the following does NOT describe texture?

What is the point of a recitative?

In this section of the work, what nature elements does the music portray?