Classical music trivia by Ammcello

Champion(s):

Moland-KovashS


Runner(s)-Up:

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Quiz Description

Classical music trivia

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Questions:

What is the nickname of Mozart's Symphony #38 in D Major?

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Prague

The libretto from which opera features the line "I wouldn't touch 'em peas a her'n"?

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Susannah

Which Belgian composer is known for his use of "cyclic form" and spawning a generation of closely-knit composer-acolytes?

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Cesar Franck

Which 20th century French composer's music is known for his quick change from the profound to the light, and was referred to as "le moine ou voyou" (half monk, half rascal)?

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Francis Poulenc

Which opera by Richard Strauss is a "show within a show", where the intertwining of a commedia del'arte troupe and a serious opera wind up being mixed up?

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Ariadne auf Naxos

Which Baroque composer accidentally stabbed himself with a conducting baton, refused treatment for it, and died from ensuing blood poisoning/gangrene?

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Jean-Baptiste Lully

What is my sister's made up name for a 20th c. Russian composer? (Hint: the name is a combination of three names of real Russian composers [one romantic, two from the 20th c.])

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Igor Korsakovitch

Which two instruments have a de facto musical duel in the 5th symphony of Carl Nielsen?

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Clarinet, snare drum

Aaron Copland's sextet for clarinet, strings and piano is a reworking of which earlier orchestral work, deemed too difficult by the Boston Symphony?

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Symphony No. 2 or Short Symphony

Alexander Borodin might be the most well-known composer who wasn't a professional. He was a professional chemist. He is also known for being an early advocate of what?

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Women's equality/liberation

Robert Schumann is known to have composed within the same genre fervently and in spurts. Which year did he compose many lieder, know as his "song year"?

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1840

What is the name of Beethoven's only opera?

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Fidelio