Happy Monday everyone! I think a lot of trivia things are taking a break to celebrate American Thanksgiving, but we will be pushing forward as we usually do! Please enjoy these classical music questions, and on Thursday we’ll have an American history set asking about the country’s indigenous people appropriately for Thanksgiving. If you want to keep up with all other questions asked on here, I hope you’ll consider subscribing. It’s a good time if you love really tough questions, and importantly, I don’t grade how you do!
1. English singer Alfred Deller is considered the godfather of what vocal range, the highest range for male singers?
2. What instrument notably connects two pieces within the Wagner's "Das Rheingold" and Verdi's "Il trovatore"?
3. Three fingerpicks called tsume are used to play what 13-string instrument, considered the national instrument of Japan?
4. What five-movement 1887 work by Rimsky-Korsakov is based on Spanish folk melodies?
5. The coronation of an archbishop at Cologne Cathedral inspired the third symphony of Robert Schumann, nicknamed what?
6. What historical figure kills the title character in the Alban Berg opera "Lulu"?
7. What American choreographer born in 1940 is known for her minimalist creations, including for "The Dance", "Available Light", and "Einstein on the Beach"?
8. Samuel Barber, Nino Rota, and Gian Carlo Menotti are all alumni of what Philadelphia conservatory?
9. The Western concert flute is an example of what type of flute, which is horizontal when played?
10. Once described as "the world's foremost composer of Tango music", what Argentine composer and bandoneon player popularized the tango nuevo?
11. The Smetana symphonic poem "Ma vlast" debuted in 1882 in what city?
ANSWERS BELOW
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ANSWERS
1. English singer Alfred Deller is considered the godfather of what vocal range, the highest range for male singers?
Countertenor
2. What instrument notably connects two pieces within the Wagner's "Das Rheingold" and Verdi's "Il trovatore"?
Anvil
3. Three fingerpicks called tsume are used to play what 13-string instrument, considered the national instrument of Japan?
Koto
4. What five-movement 1887 work by Rimsky-Korsakov is based on Spanish folk melodies?
Capriccio Espangol
5. The coronation of an archbishop at Cologne Cathedral inspired the third symphony of Robert Schumann, nicknamed what?
Rhenish
6. What historical figure kills the title character in the Alban Berg opera "Lulu"?
Jack the Ripper
7. What American choreographer born in 1940 is known for her minimalist creations, including for "The Dance", "Available Light", and "Einstein on the Beach"?
Lucinda Childs
8. Samuel Barber, Nino Rota, and Gian Carlo Menotti are all alumni of what Philadelphia conservatory?
Curtis Institute of Music
9. The Western concert flute is an example of what type of flute, which is horizontal when played?
Transverse flute
10. Once described as "the world's foremost composer of Tango music", what Argentine composer and bandoneon player popularized the tango nuevo?
Astor Piazzolla
11. The Smetana symphonic poem "Ma vlast" debuted in 1882 in what city?
Prague