There are a number of transactions and trades recorded in the Bible. Can you remember what people would routinely buy and sell?
Average, 10 Qns, Arpeggionist,
May 22 14
Category:
Old Testament / Tanakh
Edvard Grieg set eight numbers of his background music to the play "Peer Gynt" by Ibsen as movements of two suites. This quiz will explore the music in the actual play's setting, which I think is better still.
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Feb 22 10
Category:
Ibsen, Henrik
Some people are born to greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them. And some of these politicians started out or dealt in the fields of arts, science, and even sports before winding up in the field of politics.
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May 02 17
Category:
Government
This quiz is about Bach's famous but not-very-often-heard set of pieces, called the "Musical Offering". I think it's one of the best sets of pieces ever written.
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Nov 15 21
Category:
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Just a few questions (some of them tricky) about my personal favorite comic strip characters. Enjoy.
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Feb 15 04
Category:
Calvin & Hobbes
I wrote this quiz while working on my first opera. This quiz is my expression of appreciation for those great composers who influenced me without having written any great operas themselves.
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Dec 25 21
Category:
Classical Music
Joseph Joachim was one of the most famous violinists and general musicians of his day. But in our day, unfortunately, his name is only associated with other composers.
Average, 10 Qns, Arpeggionist,
Nov 15 21
Category:
J
Brahms and Wagner were two of the most popular composers of the 19th century. But their supporters didn't get along. How much do you know about these composers and their rivalry?
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Sep 11 08
Category:
Composers Mixture
This quiz is about settings of Biblical (Old Testament) verse by classical composers. God luck with it!
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Jan 16 05
Category:
Tough Classical Music Quizzes
While the Catholic and Protestant churches were patrons to most of the great composers in history, they were not the only ones. Good luck.
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Feb 14 07
Category:
Composers Mixture
Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio "Elijah" has been one of the most popular works in its genre ever since it was composed. But there are some discrepencies between Mendelssohn's libretto and the original text. This quiz is about just some of those differences
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Nov 16 21
Category:
Mendelssohn, Felix
English is one of the newest languages spoken today. Hebrew is the oldest still spoken tongue. But there are still some connections. Care to find a few?
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Feb 11 15
Category:
From the Same Language
I gave myself the screenname "arpeggionist" as an allusion to this mysterious instrument, which disappeared from the earth soon after its invention. But what else could we know about the instrument?
Average, 10 Qns, Arpeggionist,
Aug 09 23
Category:
Strings