Music History 101

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1. Which composer was known as a teacher, mentor, and leader of the Russian Five? Balakirev Cui Tchaikovsky Glinka

2. Who was the chemistry student/chemist of the Russian Five, and among the first to advocate the admission of women to the medical profession in Russia? Borodin Cui Balakirev Mussorgsky

3. A military officer and civil servant, this composer of the Russian Five was known to be very 'modest'. Which composer is it? Rimsky-Korsakov Liszt Mussorgsky Borodin

4. Which one of these is NOT part of the life of Rimsky-Korsakov? 'Father of Opera' teacher of Prokofiev and Stravinsky naval officer member of the Russian 5

5. Which of these composers wrote two sets of 'Slavonic Dances'? Verdi Smetana Dvorak Brahms

6. This Czecholovakian Nationalist was known as the 'Father of Czechoslovakian Opera' and wrote 8 operas, including 'The Bartered Bride'. Which composer was it? Dvorak Bruckner Brahms Smetana

7. Whose exposure to music was restricted to Russian folk songs until he heard operas and Haydn and Mozart symphonies? Verdi Glinka Grieg Borodin

8. Who was a piano player as well as Norway's most important nationalist-Romantic composer? Dvorak Sibelius Grieg Bruckner

9. This Austrian composer was a great symphonist who wrote 9 symphonies. Which composer was it? Bruckner Borodin Verdi Glinka

10. This Italian conservative composer of opera had others to write his libretti. Which composer was it? Sibelius Glinka Borodin Verdi

11. Brahms and Clara Wieck Schumann were not only great friends, but lovers as well and married several years after the death of her first husband, Robert. True False

12. Franz Liszt was a Hungarian composer, teacher, and virtuoso pianist who wrote many Hungarian Rhapsodies. True False

13. Gustav Mahler, the Austrian conducter of operas, was appointed principal conductor of the Metropolitan Opera and then conductor of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra a year later. True False

14. Aaron Copland studied with Nadia Boulanger. True False

15. Who wrote "Appalachian Spring"? Mahler Boulanger Copland Brahms

16. Who were the Gershwin brothers? George and Ira Tommy and Ira George and Tommy they were not really brothers

17. Which of these compositions is not by Igor Stravinsky? "The Rite of Spring" "The Firebird" "Romeo and Juliet" "Petrushka"

18. Who wrote "Carmina Burana"? Carl Orff Gustav Mahler Franz Listz Edgard Varese

19. Who wrote "Peter and the Wolf"? Carl Orff Sergi Prokofiev Bela Bartok Charles Ives

20. In "Peter and the Wolf" every character has an instrument that is an example of that character. True False

21. What kind of music did John Coltrane perform? piano drums and guitar Broadway jazz

22. George Gershwin was best known for playing the Tenor Sax. True False

23. Which of these composers reformed opera? Gluck Beethoven Mozart Goethe

24. Fanny is the name of Felix Mendelssohn's sister. True False

25. Who wrote the modern opera "Orfeo", which is based on the mythology of "Orpheus"? ("Orfeo" is Italian for "Orpheus"). Mozart Clara & Robert Schumann Liszt Monteverdi