#8800, aired 2023-02-03 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $1000: Part classicist, part romantic, this is the only one of the 3 "B"s of classical music who lived entirely in the 19th century Brahms |
#8462, aired 2021-08-10 | 19th CENTURY MUSIC $400: An early song to be mastered on keyboards, this 1877 tune shares a name with a set of eating implements "Chopsticks" |
#8462, aired 2021-08-10 | 19th CENTURY MUSIC $800: The orchestra known as the Berlin this, meaning "lover of music", debuted in 1882 Philharmonic |
#8462, aired 2021-08-10 | 19th CENTURY MUSIC $1200: Invented in France in the 1820s, this instrument seen here gets its name from the Latin for "horn" a cornet |
#8462, aired 2021-08-10 | 19th CENTURY MUSIC $2000: The first music publisher to move to what was nicknamed this "Alley" in New York City was M. Witmark & Sons in 1893 Tin Pan |
#8462, aired 2021-08-10 | 19th CENTURY MUSIC $4,000 (Daily Double): A veteran of the Battle of Waterloo, this German who built his first piano in 1836 later made a grand turn to America Henry Steinway |
#8164, aired 2020-02-20 | 5 OF A KIND $1000: ["Flight Of The Bumblebee" plays]
That music was by one of "The Five" mighty Russian composers of the 19th century--this man with a hyphenated name Rimsky-Korsakov |
#7630, aired 2017-11-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: This German-born composer was called the Mozart of the 19th century Mendelssohn |
#7003, aired 2015-02-11 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: This composer learned the basics of music as a boy in 19th century Texarkana (Scott) Joplin |
#6604, aired 2013-05-09 | COMPOSERS & THEIR MUSIC $1200: Even when poor, this 19th century opera composer made sure to dress exquisitely Richard Wagner |
#5421, aired 2008-03-17 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $800: Ballet music was thought an inferior genre when he was commissioned to write the music for "Swan Lake" Tchaikovsky |
#5174, aired 2007-02-22 | THE LIPIZZANERS OF VIENNA $400: The Lipizzanners perform equestrian ballet to classical music like that of this 19th-century Viennese master Johann Strauss |
#4794, aired 2005-06-09 | MUSIC ODDS & ENDS $1600: The "Napoleon Sonata" by this 19th century violin virtuoso was written to be played on one string Paganini |
#4791, aired 2005-06-06 | THAT'S JUST CLASSIC! $800: It's the classic passage of 19th century travelin' music heard here "Ride of the Valkyrie" |
#3911, aired 2001-09-10 | 20th CENTURY BALLET $400: Phillip Feeny's eerie music for the British ballet based on this spooky 19th C. novel is heard here Dracula |
#3487, aired 1999-11-02 | DOUBLE TALK $1,000 (Daily Double): It's the once scandalous 19th century dance performed to the music heard here Can-Can |
#3403, aired 1999-05-26 | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS $200: The French for "scandal" gave us the name of this high-kicking dance popular in music halls of the 19th century the can-can |
#3112, aired 1998-02-24 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $600: Kansas homesteader Bewster Higley's poem "The Western Home" was retitled this when set to music "Home On The Range" |
#3072, aired 1997-12-30 | MUSIC MAKERS $1,600 (Daily Double): 19th century composer whose work is heard here Wagner |
#2546, aired 1995-10-02 | MUSIC & LITERATURE $1000: Prokofiev's powerful opera "The Gambler" is an adaptation of a novel by this 19th century Russian Dostoyevsky |
#1680, aired 1991-12-13 | MUSIC $600: Irish composer John Field came up with this 19th century Romantic form, literally a "night piece" a nocturne |
#1680, aired 1991-12-13 | MUSIC $1000: 19th century French composer noted for his "Te Deum" & "Symphonie Fantastique" Berlioz |
#1591, aired 1991-07-01 | "ISM"s $500: This term for aggressive patriotism comes from a 19th century music hall song jingoism |
#1577, aired 1991-06-11 | MUSIC $500: 19th century violin virtuoso, whose playing was so incredible, some believed he was in league with the devil Paganini |
#1544, aired 1991-04-25 | MUSIC $600 (Daily Double): 19th century, German-born composer of the following: Offenbach |
#1124, aired 1989-06-22 | 19TH CENTURY AMERICA $1000: This poem by Katherine Lee Bates was 1st published on July 4, 1895; the music came later "America the Beautiful" |
#728, aired 1987-11-04 | MUSIC $500: In the early 19th century, clubs were formed to sing short pieces of choral music called this glees |
#275, aired 1985-09-27 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: Liszt & Schumann's work mark the Romantic period, major musical movement of this century the 19th century |