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1
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 13, which includes Jewish poetry by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, is subtitled what?
The Year 1917
Asrael
Tragic
Babi Yar
2
What opera was the direct cause of Shostakovich's first denunciation?
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
Wozzeck
Salome
The Love for Three Oranges
3
The only concerti more respected historically than his 2 for piano are his 2 for saxophone.
True
False
4
The first Shosty symphony to show the heavy influence of Mahler was number __?
13
7
4
1
5
Which of these 20th Century symphonic composers is
not
Russian?
Dmitri Shostakovich
Sergei Prokofiev
Alexander Scriabin
Jean Sibelius
6
The European capital closest to St. Petersburg, Russia is _________?
Stockholm
Berlin
Helsinki
Warsaw
7
This Symphony No. 9 is by whom?
Beethoven
Mahler
Shostakovich
Bruckner
8
In what year was Prokofiev's First Symphony, "Classical", composed?
1939
1953
1917
1893
9
The primary performing instrument of both Shostakovich and Prokofiev was the _____?
Piano
Cello
Violin
Domra
10
Who is this fine fellow?
Nikita Khrushchev
Dmitri Shostakovich
Josef Stalin
Sergei Prokofiev
11
Shostakovich was married 3 times?
False
True
12
The Siege of Leningrad is depicted in which Shosty symphony?
1
7
5
9
13
The city of Leningrad is now called what?
Moscow
Kiev
Tampa
St. Petersburg
14
What Shostakovich piece is "a Soviet artist's creative response to just criticism"?
15th Symphony
1st Symphony
5th Symphony
9th Symphony
15
Shostakovich wrote an equal number of string quartets and symphonies?
True
False
16
Mr. Dunn was born before Shostakovich died?
False
True
17
In which symphony did DS employ both the DSCH and Elmira motives?
10
9
1
5
18
This is the B theme (lyrical) from the first movement of what symphony?
Mahler 1st
Shostakovich 5th
Shostakovich 10th
Prokofiev "Classical" Symphony
19
Shostakovich's music was more experimental before 1936, when what happened?
He was denounced by the government
He got married
He got Covid-19
He stopped studying with Schoenberg
20
Shostakovich's graduation piece was...?
Saxophone Concerto
The Nose
String Quartet No. 8
Symphony No. 1
21
What motif is this?
B-A-C-H
Siegfried's leitmotif
Elmira
DSCH
22
What famous Italian-American conductor did the premiere of the Leningrad Symphony before the Russian premiere?
Serge Koussevitsky
Claudio Abbado
Riccardo Muti
Arturo Toscanini
23
While many of his friends were being executed, Shostakovich laid low, composing what type of music for income?
Jingles for vodka commercials
Jazz
Film
Symphonies
24
Russia is 6.612 million square miles. What is the second largest country on Earth
China
Canada
The U.S.
Brazil