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Johann Strauss, Jr.

Musical Conversation

Tritsch-Tratsch — the title of a polka by Johann Strauss, Jr. — is Austrian slang for “chit-chat.” A lot of composers used music to portray people making sounds: talking, laughing, crying — even sneezing!

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#1. Composers often use music to imitate talking, laughing and shouting.

#2. Who wrote a piece based on a Czech story called The Noonday Witch?

#3. What opera by Zoltan Kodaly starts with a musical sneeze?

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