End of year Music Theory

Question 1

What is “Lisztomania”?

Accepted Answer

The chaos fans caused over Franz Liszt’s performances

Question 2

Clara Schumann once did a concert soon after giving birth. How many kids did she take with her on the tour right after?

Accepted Answer

8

Question 3

What’s the main job of a dominant 7th chord?

Accepted Answer

Stir up drama

Question 4

Which of the following is a diminished interval?

Accepted Answer

B to F

Question 5

What strange fear did Mahler have when writing symphonies?

Accepted Answer

He thought the number 9 would kill him

Question 6

Which of these composers sounds most unhinged?

Accepted Answer

Scriabin (mystic Himalayan mega-concert), Berlioz (Crazy drug symphony)

Question 7

What is the key signature of B major?

Accepted Answer

5 sharps

Question 8

How many Lieder (songs) did Franz Schubert compose?

Accepted Answer

631

Question 9

Which of these composers was not called George?

Accepted Answer

G. Gabrieli

Question 10

Ravel used to smear himself in honey and lie in the sun for his health.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Which one of these just isn’t perfect?

Accepted Answer

3rd

Question 12

Which is my LEAST favourite key?

Accepted Answer

C major

Question 13

What's my favourite instrument?

Accepted Answer

Cello

Question 14

Who is the best John?

Accepted Answer

John Williams

Question 15

Why did Gioachino Rossini retire from composing operas at the age of 37?

Accepted Answer

He wanted to cook and write recipes

Question 16

Which composer planned a concert that would awaken humanity’s spirit in the Himalayas?

Accepted Answer

Scriabin

Question 17

Composer Ethel Smyth once conducted her own music by waving a toothbrush out of a prison window.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

How many symphonies did Haydn compose?

Accepted Answer

104

Question 19

G♯ walks into a party… who’s already there with the same pitch but a fancier outfit?

Accepted Answer

Ab

Question 20

Berlioz once wrote an entire symphony about being high on opium and hallucinating his own execution.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

D major lost its minor sidekick! Who’s missing?

Accepted Answer

B minor

Question 22

What chord does the figure “6/4” indicate?

Accepted Answer

Second inversion triad

Question 23

Who had the most glorious moustache in classical music history? (You will need to Google them...)

Accepted Answer

Johannes Brahms, Edward Elgar, Alexander Scriabin

Question 24

Which of these terms is the best way to write “gradually getting louder”?

Accepted Answer

<, cresc., Crescendo

Question 25

Which is the best key?

Accepted Answer

Db maj

End of year Music Theory

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End of year Music Theory

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