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The Life and Music of Anton Webern

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Introduction:
"The music of Webern has probably influenced more 20th century composers than any other. He has always been a favourite of mine so here is a little quiz about him."


1. 'The 15th of September 1945, the day of Anton Webern's death, should be a day of mourning for any receptive musician. Doomed to a total failure in a deaf world of ignorance and indifference he inexorably kept on cutting out his diamonds, his dazzling diamonds, the mines of which he had such a perfect knowledge'.
The above is a quote about Webern from which other famous composer.
    Bartok
    Berg
    Schoenberg
    Stravinsky


2. Lots of composers wrote 9 Symphonies. How many did Webern write?
    1
    0
    9
    3


3. Webern's Opus 1, for all his avant garde tendencies, was in an old fashioned form. What was it?
    A Cantata
    A Concerto Grosso
    A Passacaglia
    An Oratorio


4. How did Webern die?
    Suicide
    Old age
    He was accidentally shot.
    A heart attack


5. Webern's Opus 7 is four pieces for Violin & Piano. His Opus 11 is three pieces for Cello and Piano. Coincidentally, the first piece of each work is the same number of bars in length. How many bars?
    48
    12
    9
    32


6. What was the occupation of Webern's father?
    Professional Chess Player
    Musician
    Mining Engineer
    Doctor


7. Together with Schoenberg and Berg, Webern was one of the leaders of a school of composers. What were they known as?
    The Second Viennese School
    The Modern School
    The First Viennese School
    The Serial School


8. Webern wrote only one work for piano - what was it?
    A set of variations
    A polonaise
    A sonata
    A fugue


9. Webern produced several sets of songs. Which of the following poets did he use for the words?
    Stefan George
    Georg Trakl
    Rainer Maria Rilke
    All of these


10. Webern's last work was a cantata on a text by whom?
    Strindberg
    Goethe
    Li-Tai-Po
    Hildegard Jone


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