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Matve's Music Quiz No. 2

In the second of my fiendish quizzes, I give you names of pieces of 20th-century music, and you must select the correct composer.

A multiple-choice quiz by Matve. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Matve

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
79,404

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
566

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Question 1 of 10

1. 'Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima' Hint

Witold Lutoslawski

Henryk Gorecki

Karol Szymanowski

Krzysztof Penderecki

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Question 2 of 10

2. 'Company' Hint

Michael Nyman

Steve Reich

Philip Glass

John Adams

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Question 3 of 10

3. Three 'Suites for Violoncello' Hint

Alan Rawsthorne

Malcolm Arnold

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Benjamin Britten

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Question 4 of 10

4. 'Scythian Suite' Hint

Nikolai Medtner

Sergei Rachmaninov

Sergei Prokofiev

Alexander Scriabin

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Question 5 of 10

5. '4'33' Hint

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Edgar Varese

Iannis Xenakis

John Cage

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'Wozzeck' Hint

Alban Berg

Anton Webern

Arnold Schoenberg

Hans Werner Henze

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Question 7 of 10

7. 'Nights in the Garden of Spain' Hint

Isaac Albeniz

Joaquin Rodrigo

Enrique Granados

Manuel de Falla

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Question 8 of 10

8. 'Genuine Flabby Preludes (For A Dog)' Hint

Francis Poulenc

Erik Satie

Darius Milhaud

Ernest Chausson

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Question 9 of 10

9. 'A Soldier's Tale' Hint

Igor Stravinsky

Sergei Rachmaninov

Sergei Prokofiev

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

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Question 10 of 10

10. 'The Gadfly' Hint

Sofia Gubaidulina

Aram Khachaturian

Alfred Schnittke

Dmitri Shostakovich

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima'

Answer: Krzysztof Penderecki

It is an extremely harrowing piece, for 50 stringed instruments!

2. 'Company'

Answer: Philip Glass

'Company' is both a string quartet and the incidental music to a Samuel Beckett play. It features the usual hypnotic minor key arpeggios that Philip Glass has made a career out of.

3. Three 'Suites for Violoncello'

Answer: Benjamin Britten

These were written for Mstislav Rostropovich. They're also very good!

4. 'Scythian Suite'

Answer: Sergei Prokofiev

One of Prokofiev's 'enfant terrible' pieces, the 'Scythian Suite' was not well-received by the older generation.

5. '4'33'

Answer: John Cage

Yes, it's the one which features 4 minutes 33 seconds of silence. What great art! Even Xenakis, Stockhausen and Varese didn't sink that low...

6. 'Wozzeck'

Answer: Alban Berg

'Wozzeck' is possibly the most famous atonal opera! Berg was the most successful of the Second Viennese School (which also comprised Schoenberg and Webern).

7. 'Nights in the Garden of Spain'

Answer: Manuel de Falla

It's a piano concerto, basically. Falla's music is very Spanish-sounding.

8. 'Genuine Flabby Preludes (For A Dog)'

Answer: Erik Satie

A typically obtuse title from one of the most eccentric composers of all time, the Frenchman Erik Satie. He's more famous for his 'Gymnopedies'.

9. 'A Soldier's Tale'

Answer: Igor Stravinsky

I've never heard it, but apparently it's great.

10. 'The Gadfly'

Answer: Dmitri Shostakovich

When Shostakovich wasn't being persecuted by the Soviet authorities for his 'dissonances', he was writing slightly less controversial music such as the film score to 'The Gadfly'.

Source: Author Matve

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