Year in Review

It's an enigma that England had no classical music tradition for 200 years after Purcell, until he came along?

Mendelssohn wrote his 3rd and 4th Symphonies during extensive European travels, including these 2 countries?

One of the seminal works of the 20th century, it was commissioned by Koussevitsky in 1943?

Mozart wrote this, his 38th Symphony, as well as Don Giovanni as a guest in this city?

Alexander Borodin was a chemist, and composed for fun in his free time! His opera Prince Igor features these dances?

Mozart died while composing this...

The only female member of the 2nd New England School, she is known for her Piano Concerto and Symphony No. 2 "Gaelic"?

Beethoven's early works are in the classical style. Which symphony signals the breakthrough to Romanticism?

One of the great moments in all of music! What symphony is this?!

Who wrote this music?

French operas are famous for their ballet suites, like this one from his opera Faust?

Richard Strauss was famous for writing these - like Also Sprach Zarathustra & Ein Heldenleben

Famous music from what Rossini opera?

Which if the following pieces is NOT by Bach?

This American "maverick" composer is best known for works like Central Park in the Dark & Three Places in New England

You thought the Dvorak was beautiful, how about the "Noel" from his Symphonic Sketches (also in Db major!)?

These 2 pals from their Royal College of Music days roamed the English countryside collecting folk songs

Solo violin represents the title character in this work, maybe the most famous piece by any member of the Big 5?

The 3rd of Stravinsky's early ballets, Pierre Monteux's premiere was interrupted by rioting?

Both Prokofiev and Shostakovich were denounced by what Russian leader?

Gesamtkunstwerk, or "total work of art", is a term used to describe his music?

Reluctant to write a symphony in the shadow of Beethoven, this composer's First Symphony turned out to be a masterpiece?

Brahms music is labeled this, meaning without an extra-musical program

The "Dean of American Music" wrote this ballet for Martha Graham in 1945?

One of the first, and best-known, examples of a Cyclical Symphony is this one!

Who wrote this music?

Ludwig van Beethoven wrote just one opera. Which?

Leonard Bernstein is buried with a score for this symphony lying across his chest?

What Bach piece is this?

Gustav Mahler died while writing which numbered symphony?

Which of these composers won the Pulitzer Prize for Music?

Ah, this beautiful horn solo is in the wnd movement of what Tchaikovsky symphony?

Les Six loved incorporating Le Hot Jazz into their music, like in La Creation du Monde by him?

Russian nationalism began with him, the idol of the Mighty Five

What piece is Lenny talking about?!

The programmatic school of composition opposing Brahms included these 2 composers?

The Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsommarvaka" was written by whom?

The Baroque period was followed by the _________ period

He is the "Dean of African American Composers"!

Belgian composer Paul Gilson is credited with writing the first ever concerto for what instrument? Why would he do this?

Nationalism is on full display in pieces like Smetana's Ma Vlast, which includes this movement

The beautiful slow movement of Dvorak's "New World" Symphony is in what key?

We began with the Baroque. But what time period of music history preceded the Baroque?

The two most well-known composers of the Baroque are _____ & ______?

This is the "Storm" movement from what Beethoven symphony?

After the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01, the NY Philharmonic commissioned him to write On the Transmigration of Souls

Aida, Rigoletto & La Traviata are all operas by what famed Italian composer?

It helps that he wrote things like this! What movement of the Enigma Variations is this?

Other than Mozart, this composer was active during the Classical period?

The Second Viennese School is known for _________?