Interesting Piano Trivia

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1. Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata (Op 57) was written in what key? Answer: (Two Words)

2. Saint-Saens' 'Carnival of the Animals' was written for piano and orchestra. How many individual pieces is it comprised of? 14 15 13 16

3. The Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 is one of Franz Liszt's most famous works. How many other Hungarian Rhapsodies did he write? 18 19 17 20

4. Of these 4 composers, which did not write the same number of piano concertos as the other 3? Beethoven Saint-Saens Prokofiev Rachmaninoff

5. Identify the form of Rachmaninoff's Fantasy Piece, Op. 3 No. 4 ? Elegy Polonaise Melody Serenade

6. Which of these pianists died most recently? Artur Rubinstein Vladamir Horowitz Sviatoslav Richter Edwin Fischer

7. Who won third prize in the 10th Van Cliburn Piano Competition? Yakov Kasman Naida Cole Jon Nakamatsu Aviram Reichert

8. Some of the works by this composer are nicknamed 'Butterfly,' 'Little Bird,' and 'Nocturne.' Name him. Grieg Schubert Schumann Chopin

9. Who wrote Fur Elise? Answer: (last name only)

10. Who wrote 'Songs without words?' ? Schumann Haydn Schubert Mendelssohn