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Who composed the Moonlight Sonata? |
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Which of the following is an extended libretto of a religious nature
performed without scenery or costumes by solo voices with a chorus and
orchestra?
etude, sonata, roulade, oratorio, operetta |
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Rimsky-Korsakov 's Scheherazade is a musical interpretation
of which piece of literature?
Aesop's Fables, Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Legend King Arthur, The Thousand and
One Nights |
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Beethoven intended to dedicate his Symphony No. 3 to Napoleon
but changed his mind when Napoleon made himself emperor of France. Instead, he
dedicated it to a nameless hero and the symphony has become known as the ...
Guernica, Sciatica, Eroica, Corsica, Esoterica |
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5. |
The Sunrise section of Richard Strauss' Also Sprach
Zarathustra was used in which 1968 science fiction film? |
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6. |
Tchaikovsky 's 1812 Overture includes musical references to
the national anthems of which two countries?
Austria, Poland, Russia, Portugal, Germany, France, Turkey, Holland, Spain |
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Which composer is famous for a lullaby that bears his name?
Handel, Bach, Strauss, Brahms, Chopin, Wagner, Mozart |
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8. |
Rossini composed an overture about which legendary character?
King Arthur, William Tell, Robin Hood, the Pied Piper
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9. |
Who wrote The Toccata and Fugue in D Minor that was used as
the theme for the film, Phantom of the Opera?
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Which composer wrote an opera about Odin's handmaidens conducting slain
heroes to Valhalla?
Georges Bizet, Maurice Ravel, Jean Sibelius, Richard Wagner, Rimsky-Korsakov |
Adapted from the Knowledge Master at www.greatauk.com
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