The one. The only. EPIC end-of-year Year 12 AoS A Music Quiz.

Which symphony calls for almost 100 players, including two harps, ophicleide, and serpent?

In which piece was thematic transformation of a germinal motif used?

Which symphony is sometimes called the first truly Romantic symphony?

An appoggiatura is a(n)...

Which symphony is scored only for strings and basso continuo?

A Mannheim Roll is:

This composer died after a bee sting became infected, leading to blood poisoning

Bonus for Selin: which work is this?

Beethoven Symphony No. 1 begins with which hitherto unconventional choice of chord?

Before the early 1800s, trombones were traditionally associated with...

Valved trumpets and horns came in around...

A modulation to a key a third higher or lower than the previous key is called a(n) ...

The Minuet & Trio of the 'Farewell' Symphony is in which, at the time extremely uncommon, key?

Round 1. Symphonies that we have covered this year.

In which symphony are piccoloist, contrabassoonist and three trombonists tacet until the fourth movement?

Which composer is called a 'rank and file' musician as he was employed as a court servant and wore servants' livery?

'a 8' instrumentation, e.g. as in Stamitz's Sinfonia in D Op. 3 No. 2, usually means:

What new symphonic form did Liszt invent? Les Preludes is an example.

Which symphony's second movement is a funeral march?

Who is this?

In a ii-V-I cadence, chord ii is very often in...

Name the group of composers led by Wagner and Liszt who experimented predominantly in form, harmony and tonality.

Which composer died youngest?

What is the dominant KEY of C minor?

String instruments' strings used to be made from...

A typical percussion line up in a Beethoven symphony (with the exception of No. 9) would be:

Which work is this?

A suspension MUST be ...

BONUS ROUND!!! General Knowledge

Which composer is representative of the Style Galant?

Following his Sturm und Drang symphonies, which symphony examples Haydn returning to a more lighthearted musical idiom?

Which composer established a Czech (or Bohemian) nationalist musical discourse?

A modulation involving a change from sharps to flats or vice versa via a pivot chord or note is called a(n) ...

Approximately how long does a performance of Liszt's 'Les Preludes' last?

Which composer was born in 1756 and died in 1791?

In which year were Beethoven's Fifth and Sixth Symphonies premiered in the same concert?

Which of these is NOT a feature of the Sturm und Drang style in music?

Which of these is NOT a feature of the Style Galant?

Which symphony was the first to replace the traditional Minuet and Trio movement with a Scherzo and Trio?

Before the nineteenth century, orchestras were directed by...

Which work is this?

Basso Continuo was a performing convention left over from the ... era

Which piece we have studied has the longest and most explicit programme?

What is the dominant CHORD in C minor?

A note around which the harmony changes, producing dissonance and tension, is a ...

Which composer had no formal training in harmony and counterpoint and published a treatise on orchestration?

Which composer jumped into the River Rhine and had to spend his last years in a sanatorium near Bonn?

A secondary dominant is...

This instrument used to be made of wood but is now made of metal (since c.1850)

Which symphony concludes with five-voice fugato?

Which composer was ordained late in life?

Haydn's 'Farewell' Symphony No. 45 embodies the stylistic features of which movement?

Which instrument made its orchestral debut in Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique in Mvt. 5 'Witches' Sabbath'?

In a sonata form movement in D major, the expected key for the second subject in the exposition would be:

Which work takes a poem by Lamartine as its inspiration?

In sonata form, the exposition typically ends with ...

Erik Satie only ate foods that were white, e.g. rice, eggs

Which work is this?

Final round!!! Picture round

An augmented sixth chord chosen at random consists of Db, F, and Ab. What is the missing top note of the chord?

Haydn is often known by the moniker '... of the symphony'

Which interval recurs throughout Schumann's 'Rhenish' Symphony No. 3, both ascending and descending?

The second movement of Schumann's 'Rhenish' Symphony No. 3 is a hybrid of which two forms?

Round 4: musical devices and vocabulary

Which symphony is only able to reach completion with the entry of four vocal soloists and massed choir?

Which was the last woodwind instrument to become a standard member of the orchestra?

Which symphony that you have studied convinced Prince Esterhazy to give his employees a holiday?

Who is this?

Which episode below does Smetana's 'Vltava' NOT include?

Round 3: composers

Berlioz replaced the once-conventional Minuet with what sort of up-to-date dance type in his 'Symphonie Fantastique'?

Basso continuo would include (select three):

How many movements does Beethoven's 'Pastoral' Symphony No. 6 have?

In which piece was an idee fixe used?

Which composer wrote the Heiligenstadt Testament in 1802?

What word describes horns and trumpets before the invention of valves?

Where did Stamitz work?

The first movement of a number of symphonies begins with what?

Which symphony features a 'wrong' horn entry, which caused Ferdinand Ries to cry out angrily at its premiere?

Which composer wrote an entire piece inspired by a woman he had seen on stage?

Who lived longer - Haydn or Liszt?

Round 2: Instruments

Haydn's 'Hornsignal' Symphony is his No. ...

Which composer is representative of the Empfindsamer Stil?

Which composer was NOT alive in the 19th century?

How many movements does CPE Bach's Sinfonia in B minor Wq 182/5 have?

A neapolitan sixth chord is built on which degree of the scale?

Boulez said 'Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune' (1894) 'breathed life' into the twentieth century. Who wrote it?

Liszt's 'Les Preludes' was written in...

Which of these symphonies does NOT begin with a slow introduction or similarly functioning section?

When a composer wishes to evoke a rustic setting, they often use (select two):

Which composer took 20 years to complete his First Symphony?

Which of Beethoven's symphonies is a masterpiece of organicism, incorporating the 'fate' motif into every movement?