Loaded Questions 6/20/22 - Classical Music
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1. The 1912 ballet "Afternoon of a Faun" choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky was based on the music of what composer?
2. Symphonies 1, 2, 6, and 8 by Gustav Mahler have nicknames they are best known by. What are those nicknames?
3. Featuring an Armenian military parade, the "Sabre Dance" is by far the most famous section of what 1942 ballet by Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian?
4. What Hungarian-born conductor served as the music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-1991? Known for his recordings of the Ring Cycle in the 1960s, he received 31 nominations during his lifetime.
5. The names of the three pedals used on a piano begin with S. What are those names, from left to right?
6. What English composer who died in 1958 is best known for his concert works "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" and "The Lark Ascending"?
7. A musical note that has three stacked slanted lines on its vertical bar means to do what action?
8. A group of gypsies sing the Anvil Chorus in what Giuseppe Verdi opera that ends with the execution of Manrico, the lover of Leonora?
9. "Sibyl of the Rhine" was a nickname for what woman, canonized in 2012, and died in 1179, who composed the morality play "Ordo Virtutum" and several Gregorian chants that still exist? She is certainly the best known female composer of her era, and her visions were included in the illuminated work Scivias.
10. The most common large gong used in orchestras is a hanging Chinese song called a chau gong, or by what repetitive name?
11. Inaugurated in 1870, what concert hall is home to the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra?
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1. The 1912 ballet "Afternoon of a Faun" choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky was based on the music of what composer? Claude Debussy
2. Symphonies 1, 2, 6, and 8 by Gustav Mahler have nicknames they are best known by. What are those nicknames? Titan, Resurrection, Tragic, Symphony of a Thousand
3. Featuring an Armenian military parade, the "Sabre Dance" is by far the most famous section of what 1942 ballet by Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian? Gayane
4. What Hungarian-born conductor served as the music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-1991? Known for his recordings of the Ring Cycle in the 1960s, he received 31 nominations during his lifetime. Georg Solti
5. The names of the three pedals used on a piano begin with S. What are those names, from left to right? Soft, Sostenuto, Sustain (or damper)
6. What English composer who died in 1958 is best known for his concert works "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" and "The Lark Ascending"? Ralph Vaughan Williams
7. A musical note that has three stacked slanted lines on its vertical bar means to do what action? Tremolo / rapidly repeat
8. A group of gypsies sing the Anvil Chorus in what Giuseppe Verdi opera that ends with the execution of Manrico, the lover of Leonora? Il Trovatore (The Troubadour)
9. "Sibyl of the Rhine" was a nickname for what woman, canonized in 2012, and died in 1179, who composed the morality play "Ordo Virtutum" and several Gregorian chants that still exist? She is certainly the best known female composer of her era, and her visions were included in the illuminated work Scivias. Hildegard of Bingen
10. The most common large gong used in orchestras is a hanging Chinese song called a chau gong, or by what repetitive name? Tam tam
11. Inaugurated in 1870, what concert hall is home to the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra? Musikverein