The Life and Music of Anton Webern

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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? 9 1 0 3

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

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

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? 9 32 12 48

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 First Viennese School The Serial School The Modern School The Second Viennese School

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

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? Goethe Strindberg Hildegard Jone Li-Tai-Po