Classical Music Trivia

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1. Which was NOT written by Respighi? 'Fountains of Rome' 'Pines of Rome' 'Night on Bald Mountain' 'Pines of the Appian Way'

2. Who wrote 'Pictures at an Exhibition'? Mussourgsky Saint-Saens Rimsky-Korsakov Dvorak

3. What is the name of the person who completed Mozart's Requiem? Antonio Salieri Giuseppe Tartini J S Bach Franz Sussmeyer

4. What was the person who completed Mozart's Requiem's relation to Mozart? He was Mozart's student He was a friend of Leopold He was Mozart's friend He was another composer in Salzburg

5. What famous performer has a son who is now a famous and accomplished pianist? Rudolph Serkin Pamela Frank Itzak Perlmann Eugene Ormandy

6. Who orchestrated a lot of works by Mussourgsky? Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov Leopold Stokowski Leonard Bernstein Igor Stravinsky

7. True or false: Mozart wrote the Queen of the Night aria in 'The Magic Flute' for a friend of his who had an extraordinarily high voice. Answer: (One Word)

8. Which was written by Igor Stravinsky? 'The Rite of Spring' 'Symphonic Metamorphosis' 'Daphnis et Chloe' 'Hebrides Overture'

9. Which of the following is NOT a modern composer? Phillip Glass George Crumb Steve Reich Hans Sitt

10. At what conservatory did opera singer Eleanor Steber study? Oberlin Conservatory Juilliard New England Conservatory Manhattan School of Music