Musical Styles, Composers, and Terms

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Style of music with improvisation, born in New Orleans (4)
  2. 4. Marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds (8)
  3. 6. A gradual increase in loudness (9)
  4. 7. A kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States (9)
  5. 10. German musician and romantic composer of orchestral and choral works (11)
  6. 12. The adult male singing voice above baritone (5)
  7. 13. German baroque organist and contrapuntist (4)
  8. 14. German composer who developed the romantic style of both lyrical and classical music (6)
  9. 15. Italian baroque composer and violinist (7)
  10. 16. A prolific British baroque composer remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (6)

Down

  1. 1. A building where musical dramas are performed (5)
  2. 2. Keyboard instrument with black and white keys (5)
  3. 5. Traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest (9)
  4. 8. German composer of instrumental music (9)
  5. 9. A female singer (7)
  6. 11. The lowest part of the musical range (4)