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1
On which instrument is a "Nocturne" usually played?
Drums
Violin
Piano
Oboe
2
The Planets' is a famous classical work by which composer?
Gustav Holst
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Robert Schumann
Felix Mendelssohn
3
After which planet is Mozart's Symphony No. 41 named?
Mars
Saturn
Earth
Jupiter
4
Legato' is an instruction to play a piece in what style?
Slowly
Quickly
Smoothly
Shortly
5
Which of the following means unaccompanied singing?
Falsetto
Acapella
Karaoke
Belting
6
Which of these periods of classical music came first?
Romantic
20th century
Renaissance
Baroque
7
To what year did Tchaikovsky dedicate a famous overture?
1612
1712
1912
1812
8
Ludwig Van Kochel made catalogued which composers works?
Ludwig Van Beethoven
George Frederic Handel
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
9
Symphonie Fantastique' is a work by which composer?
Maurice Ravel
Igor Stravinsky
Béla Bartók
Hector Berlioz
10
Which American Composer wrote 'Nixon in China'?
Eric Whitacre
John Adams
John Cage
Samuel Barber
11
Henry Wood was the founder of which famous classical music event?
Orchestras
Ball (dance event)
Proms
Ballroom Dancing
12
How many players are involved in a string quartet?
8
50
2
4
13
The Halle Orchestra is based in which British City?
Birmingham
Manchester
London
Nottingham
14
Peter and the Wolf was composed by which Russian Composer?
Schumann
B.B King
Tchaikovsky
Prokofiev
15
"La Scala" is an Opera House in which Italian City?
Venice
Turin
Verona
Milan
16
Swan Lake' was a work by which Russian Composer?
Prokofiev
Holst
Mendelssohn
Tchaikovsky
17
The Gamelan is the traditional orchestra in which country?
Indonesia
Singapore
Thailand
Malaysia
18
How many Operas were composed by Giacomo Puccini?
28
12
39
8
19
Prokofiev produced a work entitled 'The Love for Three...?"
Cherries
Oranges
Donuts
Bananas
20
Charles Villiers Stanford was born in which country?
Scotland
Italy
Iceland
Ireland
21
What nationality was the composer Carl Weber?
English
Italian
German
French
22
The Bayreuth Festival celebrates the music of which composer?
Mozart
Mendelssohn
Beethoven
Wagner
23
Which of these terms describes the slowest style of playing?
Rapido
Andante
Adagio
Largo
24
In which century did Dmitri Shostakovich live?
16th
20th
17th
18th
25
How many operas were written by Rimsky-Korsakov?
24
15
104
60
26
Which of these was NOT one of the Three Tenors?
Andrea Bocelli
Luciano Pavarotti
José Carreras
Plácido Domingo
27
Which of these terms describes the fastest style of playing?
Presto
Staccato
Largo
Legato