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quiz 1459 – classical music (QA)

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1 Nigel Kennedy is famed for playing which instrument? Guitar, Violin, Piano, Oboe
2 On which instrument is a Nocturne usually played? Piano, Violin, Oboe, Flute
3 Pablo Casals is famed for playing which instrument? Piano, Violin, Cello, Flute
4 Pieces of music for smaller numbers of players shares a name with which part of a house? Attic, Chamber, Kitchen, Roof
5 Pizzicato is associated with which type of instrument? Percussion, Wind, Vocal, String
6 Prokofiev produced a work entitled "The Love For Three....."? Apples, Oranges, Onions, Pears
7 Queen Anne was the patron of which composer? Britten, Bach, Wagner, Handel
8 Rallentando refers to what? Increase in Speed, Decrease in Volume, Increase in volume, Decrease in Speed
9 Simon Rattle and Herbet Von Karajan have been conductors for the Philharmonic orchestra in which city? Rome, Milan, Berlin, Brussel
10 Stradivarius is famous for making what type of instrument? Violin, Cello, Bass, Piano
11 The "Clair de Lune" is a popular work by which composer? Bizet, Debussy, Grieg, Chopin
12 The "Hungarian Rhapsodies" were a work by which composer? Wagner, Weber, Liszt, Grieg
13 The "Kariela Suite" is a work by which composer? Bruckner, Sibelius, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mendelssohn
14 The "Well Tempered Clavier" is a work by which composer? Handel, Brahms, Mozart, Bach
15 The Adelburgh Festival is associated with which Classical Composer? Wagner, Holst, Britten, Mozart
16 The Bayreuth Festival celebrates the music of which composer? Mozart, Brahms, Wagner, Bach
17 The Bridal Chorus, more famous today as Here Come The Bride, comes from an Opera by which composer? Beethoven, Bach, Wagner, Ravel
18 The Gamelan is the tradtional orchestra in which country? Indonesia, Russia, Mexico, Japan
19 The Halle Orchestra is based in which British City? London, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester
20 The Manaus Opera House lies on which river? Po, Amazon, Ganges, Nile