Musical Medley

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1. Not only was this composer prolific in terms of musical compositions, he also fathered 20 children, four of whom would make their own mark on the music world. Who was he? Beethoven Bizet Brahms Bach

2. Which composer, in his early teens, risked excommunication by Pope Clement XIV by writing down, totally from memory after just one hearing, Gregorio Allegri's "Miserere"? Mendelssohn Mahler Mussorgsky Mozart

3. Popularised a century and a half later by Lewis Carroll, the names 'Tweedledum' and 'Tweedledee' were originally coined by poet John Byrom in 1725 to satirize the ongoing feud between which two composers? Handel and Purcell Handel and Bononcini Purcell and Vivaldi Vivaldi and Bononcini

4. This composer was not lucky in love and both his first wife and long- term mistress tried to commit suicide by shooting themselves when the relationship ended. Luckily neither succeeded, but who was the man causing their angst? Delius Debussy Dvorak Dukas

5. Which of the following composers did not suffer from deafness at some time during his life? Smetana Faure Beethoven Scarlatti