Music Definitions

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Small group of chorus people (back in the Renaissance)? Answer: (One Word, starts with 'm', 8 letters)

2. Written part of operas; lyrics composer didn't write, just set to the music? Answer: (starts with 'l', 8 letters)

3. Solo; turning or high point in an opera? Answer: (starts with 'a', 4 letters)

4. A series of different musical themes or variations on a theme, sometimes played like a round? Answer: (one word -- a specialty of Johann Sebastian Bach)

5. Music used to represent a character, theme or idea in an opera? Answer: (One word)

6. A type of scale; uses all notes on the piano? Answer: (Two Words, Claude Debussy was the one who started using this scale)

7. Great pride in one's country? Answer: (One Word, starts with 'n', 11 letters)

8. Rebirth? Answer: (One Word, starts with 'r', spelling does count, 11 letters)

9. Taking different parts and playing over and over? Answer: (One Word, starts with 'i', 9 letters)

10. Used in opera; what characters say to themselves, it is usually not sung, but is used to set things up? Answer: (1 word - Italian)