Name:___________________________

The Blue Danube Listening Worksheet

Directions: Answer the following questions after the discussion at the beginning of
class. Circle the letter which corresponds to the correct answer.

1.) Who wrote The Blue Danube?

A. Johann Sebastian Bach
B. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
C. Johann Strauss
D. Franz Liszt

2.) Where was the composer of this piece from?

A. Germany
B. Austria
C. Hungary
D. France

3.) The Danube is a _______________.

A. River
B. Mountain
C. Desert
D. Castle

4.) When was this piece written?

A. 1770
B. 1812
C. 1866
D. 1924

Directions: Listen to The Blue Danube and fill out the following chart. The numbers
in the first column will be called out by the teacher to let you know where we are in the
piece. Circle the statement in Column A or Column B which best corresponds to what
you hear at that moment.

Number

Column A

Column B

The music starts loudly.

The music starts softly.

The brass instruments start

playing more loudly.

The percussion instruments begin to

play.

The music speeds up.

The music slows down.

This music sounds like a

lullaby.

This music sounds like an old-fashioned

dance.

The strings have the melody.

The brass and woodwinds have the

melody.

This is repeated material.

This is new material.