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1
Which
two
composers are often regarded as being associated with each other, stylistically?
Bartók and Elgar
Shostakovich and Saint-Saens
Debussy and Ravel
Mahler and Stravinsky
2
Which Spanish composer
wrote the 'Concerto de Aranjuez'?
Tárrega
Albéniz
De Falla
Rodrigo
3
A public denouncement to
which composer's
opera was titled "Muddle instead of Music"?
Shostakovich
Schoenberg
Vaughaun Williams
Stravinsky
4
Which work by Shostakovich
received a half-an-hour standing ovation after its premiere in 1937?
Symphony no. 5 in D minor
Symphony no. 9 in E-flat major
Symphony no. 7 "Leningrad" in C major
Symphony no. 10 in E minor
5
Which British composer
wrote the
Planets Suite
during World War One?
Edward Elgar
Gustav Holst
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Benjamin Britten
6
Which 20th century composer
wrote the most symphonies?
Shostakovich
Prokofiev
Sibelius
Mahler
7
Which composer
was famous for pushing the length and demand of the symphony orchestra to its limits in the early 20th c?
Ravel
Prokofiev
Mahler
Stravinsky
8
Which Russian composer
died on the exact same day as Joseph Stalin?
Igor Stravinsky
Dmitri Shostakovich
Sergei Rachmaninov
Sergei Prokofiev
9
Which composer
wrote this piano sonata?
Bartók
Prokofiev
Shostakovich
Stravinsky
10
Which composer wrote this magnificent symphony?
Rachmaninov
Mahler
Shostakovich
Sibelius
11
Which two Russian composers
from this list didn't flee Russia after the 1917 Revolution?
Shostakovich
Rachmaninov
Stravinsky
Prokofiev
12
Which composer
was associated with their avid use of the
whole-tone
scale in their music?
Ravel
Shostakovich
Ravel
Debussy
13
Instead of advancing with modern styles,
which composer
sustained the Romantic tradition of writing?
Rachmaninov
Schoenberg
Bartók
Ravel
14
Why was Ravel known
as the 'Swiss Watchmaker' by Stravinsky?
His precision in his music
Because Ravel liked to wear watches
He also managed a second business as a watchmaker in Zurich
His father was Swiss
15
Which 20th century composer
was famed for their complex rhythms and awkward tonality influenced by their folk culture?
Schoenberg
Stravinsky
Ravel
Bartók
16
In this excerpt of his ballet 'The Rite of Spring',
how many times
does Stravinsky repeat the same dissonant chord?
102
60
72
36
17
This famous wave accompanied the first published edition of which composition below?
Vaughan Williams's 'A Sea Symphony'
Debussy's La Mer
Ravel's Jeax d'Eau
Sibelius' 'Oceanides'
18
Which the emergence of more popular genres,
which other genre of classical music
arose after WWII?
Expressionism
Impressionism
Romanticism
Minimalism
19
Ravel wrote a 'Left Hand Piano Concerto' after being commissioned by a soldier who lost their right arm during WWI?
True
False
20
Which composer is regarded with inventing the highly innovative
12-Tone Technique
?
Schoenberg
Saint-Saens
Stravinsky
Ravel