Trivia

[Hmoll]

Music trivia quiz:
To make things interesting, I thought I'd start another quiz.
No Googling - or other researching -  please. You are on your honor.

Please send me answers via private message.

Winners will be announced....well, sometime.



1) What composer might you have seen if you were sipping coffee at the Red Hedgehog in Vienna during the 19th Century?

2) What is the nickname of a famous violin sonata composed by Giuseppi Tartinni?

3) Which composer read the novels of James Fennimore Cooper on his sick bed?

4) What "musical intrument" did Ludwig Spohr claim to introduce to England?

5) In what traditional form is Corigliano's "Red Violin" composed?

6) Name two composers who belong - or belonged -  to the Darmstadt School.

7) At what age did Igor Stravinsky make his debut as a pianist?

8 ) Speaking of Stravinsky, his opera "Rakes Progress" was based on which artist's work?

9) Which composer was a pioneer in the life insurance industry?

10) To whom did Franz Liszt dedicate his B minor sonata?

11) What composition has the subtitle "Grand Zoological Fantasy"?

12) Who, in reorchestrating Beethoven's ninth symphony, added a part for tuba knowing that the tuba did not exist in Beethoven's time?

13) Although it was revised after publication, how long did Schumann take initially to complete "Kreisleriana"?

14) JS Bach wrote more than 300 of this type of composition, which were mostly intended for church services. About two fifths of them were lost.  What type of composition was this?

15) This composer and pianist was born in New Orleans, Louisianna in 1829.

[Hmoll]

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Here are the answers I already found...

1) Ludwig van Beethoven, right?

2) 'sopra lo stile che suona il Prette dalla Chitarra Portoghese'

4) the conductor's baton

5) Chaconne

6) Pierre Boulez, and Olivier Messiaen

14) Cantate

15) Louis Moreau Gottschalk

[Hmoll]

Here are the answers I already found...

1) Ludwig van Beethoven, right?

2) 'sopra lo stile che suona il Prette dalla Chitarra Portoghese'

4) the conductor's baton

5) Chaconne

6) Pierre Boulez, and Olivier Messiaen

14) Cantate

15) Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Thanks a lot for giving it a try.
All but two answers are correct.

Anyone else want to try? Please send me your answers  via private message.