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Musical Trivia Night
Musical Trivia Night
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With the fall term ending, why not end off with a Trivia Night?
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1
Which one of these is not a composition by Modest Mussorgsky?
Betrothal in a Monastery
Night on Bald Mountain
Pictures at an Exhibition
Songs and Dances of Death
2
the madrigal was a common form of _____ music
folk
secular
sacred
3
The period between 1750-1830 is known as the Classical period in the history of music.
False
True
4
Composer, Igor Stravinsky composed music for this popular dance group in the early 1900's.
Ballets Russes
Kirov Ballet
Bolshoi Ballet
La Bayadère ballet
5
Béla Bartók's used folk music from Transylvania as his inspiration for this work.
The Wooden Prince
Mikrokosmos
Hungarian Pictures
Romanian Folk Dances
6
Arnold Schoenberg was originally born in the United States of America.
True
False
7
The Trout Quintet is a composition of the classical period
True
False
8
Who is this composer?
Antonio Vivaldi
Luigi Boccherini
Antonio Salieri
Muzio Clementi
9
What was Handel's most famous oratorio called?
Representation of Soul and Body
Messiah
Julies Ceaser
St. Matthew Passion
10
Johann Sebastian Bach was arrested by the Prince of Weimar because:
He accidentally broke the church's harpsichord
He wanted to quit to work for the Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
His music was too complex for the court to enjoy
He took off all his clothes during the premiere of one of his operas
11
triads became common in later Renaissance music
True
False
12
What happened to Sibelius' eighth symphony?
He died before he started working on his eighth
He lost it
It got caught in a house fire
He refused to release it
13
Phillip Glass is a composer within the genre of serialism.
True
False
14
Which one of these works are not written by Claude Debussy?
La Mer
Des Pas sur le Feu
La Cathédrale Engloutie
Suite Bergamasque
15
Brahms' most famous Hungarian Dance is which number in the collection?
No.3
No. 4
No. 5
No. 1
16
Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony (No. 6) is known as what type of music?
Incidental Music
Absolute Music
Program Music
Ambient Music
17
What is Schubert's Symphony No. 8 better known as?
"Morning"
"Pastoral"
"Resurrection"
"Unfinished"
18
which Renaissance composer did not write a version of Ave Maria?
Francesco de Layolle
Gullio Caccini
Johann Walter
Josquin de Prez
19
This is the composer Antonio Vivaldi
True
False
20
Which Romantic composer was an inspiration to Sergei Rachmaninoff?
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Frédéric Chopin
Felix Mendelssohn
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky
21
How long is Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen?
22 hours
12 hours
17 hours
14 hours
22
Igor Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" started a riot on the night of the premiere.
False
True
23
Which one of these is not a romantic composer?
Claude Debussy
Richard Wagner
Felix Mendelssohn
Gabriel Faure
24
The classic "Don Giovanni" was composed by which great composer from Austria?
Joseph Haydn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Strauss I
Franz Schubert
25
Guido d'Arrezo, the inventor of solfege, was a Renaissance-era music theorist
True
False
26
The Baroque style or aesthetic is described as:
Ornate, detailed & imitates affection
Colourful, expressive and cool
Ornate, detailed & simple
Ornate & detailed
27
How many Ballades did Chopin write?
4
24
12
48
28
Featured below is composer Johann Sebastian Bach
True
False
29
The "4 Seasons" was composed by Antonio Vivaldi
False
True
30
George Gershwin was a 19th century classical composer to combine elements of classical music and jazz into his music.
True
False
31
_________ was considered the "greatest of all English composers."
George Frideric Handel
Henry Purcell
Edgar Allan Poe
Noël Coward
32
Which Renaissance-era composer is this?
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Josquin de Prez
33
________ was famously known as the "Red Priest"
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Bibe
Antonio Vivaldi
Niccolò Paganini
Ludwig Van Beethoven
34
Which instrument(s) were introduced during the romantic era?
Marimba and xylophone
Oboes, bassoons, and clarinets
Trumpets, trombones, and French horns
Violas and double basses
