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Band vs. Orchestra Music Trivia
Band vs. Orchestra Music Trivia
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A #music trivia #competition between the classes
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1
Kettle Drums are another name for what percussion instrument?
Bass Drum
Timpani
Snare Drum
Toms
2
List the Brass instruments from Lowest to Highest
Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba
Horn, Trumpet, Tuba, Trombone
Tuba, Trombone, Horn, Trumpet
Trombone, Horn, Trumpet, Tuba
3
What is Ponticello?
plucked with fingers
bow at the bridge
with long strokes of the bow
with the bow at the frog
4
Which one of these is NOT a nickname for a Haydn symphony
Lamentitione
Tragic
Mercury
Hornsignal
5
Who composed the opera, Don Giovanni?
Mozart
Mussorgsky
Monteverdi
Verdi
6
What name is given to a Clarinet's lower range?
Chalumeau
Low
Malamar
Shalamar
7
What scary and spooky sounding piece written by Bach is now a Halloween staple?
Cantata
Christmas Oratorio
St. John Passion
Toccata and Fugue in d minor
8
Who often writes music for Tim Burton films?
John Williams
Michael Giacchino
Danny Elfman
Klaus Badelt
9
What subtitle is given to Gilbert & Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance?
The Witch's Curse
Slave of Duty
Dead Man's Chest
The Black Pearl
10
sub. p
in music means what?
suddenly get quiet
Subterranean Pizza
suddenly Play as loud as possible
Subito Piano
11
What composer was also known as the Red Priest?
Haydn
Mozart
Handel
Vivaldi
12
Which composer wrote a piece called Skittle Trio Alley?
Copland
Wagner
Gershwin
Mozart
13
What year did Sydney's Opera House in Australia open?
1971
1972
1974
1973
14
What famous composer group did both Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov belong?
The Russian composers
The Mighty 5
The Liberators
The Masons
15
List the woodwinds from highest to lowest
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, Bassoon
Trumpet, viola, bass, drum
Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon, Saxophone
Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinet, Saxophone
16
What musical period followed Baroque but preceded Romantic?
Impressionism
Medieval
Classical
Modern
17
In Score order, where does the Bassoon belong?
After the Oboe and Before the Clarinets
After the Bass Clarinet and before the Alto Sax
After the Trombones and Before the Tubas
After the Baritone Sax and before the Trumpets
18
In Score order, where do the Percussion instruments belong in a full symphony?
After all other instruments
Between the winds and the strings
Between the woodwinds and brass
Before all other instruments
19
List the strings in order from highest to lowest
violin, cello, bass, viola
violin, cello, viola, bass
violin, bass, cello, viola
violin, viola, cello, bass
20
Who wrote the music to Star Wars?
Danny Elfman
John Williams
Klaus Badelt
Michael Giacchino
21
Which actor has NOT portrayed Beethoven in film?
Gary Oldman
John Belushi
Ed Harris
Simon Callow
22
Who composed the New World Symphony
Beethoven
Mozart
Brahms
Dvorak
23
J.C., C.P.E, and J.S. are all composers from what family name?
Monteverdi
Bach
Tchaikovsky
Mozart
24
How old was Verdi when he wrote Requiem?
70
80
60
50
25
Who wrote Carnival of the Animals?
Berlioz
Saint-Saens
Bach
Chopin
