Music Questions I
- What name is often given to Franz Schubert’s 'Symphony No. 8'?
- Which composer settled in London in 1712 and became a naturalised British subject in 1727?
- Name the most celebrated violin virtuoso of the early 1800s?
- 'One Voice' is a 2016 classical music album by which singer?
- Benjamin Britten's 'War Requiem' was composed for the consecration of what building?
- Who composed the opera Turandot?
- Which Italian word for 'half', is also a classical female singing voice with a range between soprano and contralto?
- What was classical Russian composer Mussorgsky's first name?
- In which decade did the Sydney Opera House open?
- When the London Symphony Orchestra played at the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, who was the conducter?
- Which composer was given the nickname 'little mushroom' because he was less than five feet tall?
- A statue of which composer can be found at the end of Worcester High Street in Worcester, England?
- 'Distant Hills' by the Simon Park Orchestra was the theme music for which TV drama which ran from 1972 to 1984?
- Which American composer's best works include 'Moon River' in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's?
Answers:
- Unfinished Symphony
- George Frideric Handel
- Niccolo Paganini
- Aled Jones
- The new Coventry Cathedral (in 1962)
- Giacomo Puccini
- Mezzo
- Modest
- 1970s (1973)
- Sir Simon Rattle
- Franz Schubert
- Edward Elgar
- Crown Court
- Henry Mancini
Questions II - Classical Composers
Which classical composers wrote the following?
- Flight of the Bumble Bee
- 'Nessun Dorma' from Turandot
- Winter from Four Seasons
- Ride of the Valkyries, Die Walkure
- 'Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy' from The Nutcracker
- Liberty Bell
- 'Fingal’s Cave', Hebrides Overture
- 'Peter's theme' from Peter and the Wolf
- Bolero
- William Tell, Overture
- Londonderry Air
- Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D
- Rhapsody in Blue
- 'Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity' from The Planets
Answers
- Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908)
- Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
- Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
- Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)
- Sousa, John Philip (1854-1932)
- Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
- Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953)
- Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)
- Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)
- Grainger, Percy (1882-1961)
- Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)
- Gershwin, George (1898-1937)
- Holst, Gustav (1874-1934)