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Who composed the vaudeville ballet Le Conservatoire? Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Paul Dukas, August Bournonville, Igor Stravinsky |
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Who composed the music for the ballet Petrushka? August Bournonville, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Igor Stravinsky |
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In the ballet of the same name, what is Petrushka? A tree, A straw puppet, A city, A young woman |
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Gesamtkunstwerk, meaning ideal work of art, was used in an early sense by which composer? Igor Stravinsky, Richard Strauss, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner |
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Petrushka premiered in which capital city (in ballet)? Paris, London, Vienna, Moscow |
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Petrushka was created for which ballet dancer? Vaslav Nijinsky, Rudolf Nureyev, Anna Pavlova, Svetlana Adyrkhaeva |
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Used often in relation to music and ballet performances, what is divertissement? An interval, Entertainment, A theatre, The cast |
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What was the first name of the composer Gounod (in ballet)? Hector, Charles, Ricard, John |
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How old was Tchaikovsky when he died? 53, 59, 55, 57 |
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How old was Igor Stravinsky upon his death in 1971? 82, 88, 85, 91 |
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And what did Stravinsky die of? Cancer, Car accident, Heart failure, AIDS |
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Which composer received the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal in 1954? Igor Stravinsky, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Paul Dukas |
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In which decade was the Royal Philharmonic Society formed? 1820s, 1840s, 1810s, 1830s |
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The ballet Le Corsaire is typically presented in how many acts? Four, Two, Five, Three |
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The ballet La fille mal gardee has a name that translated as what? The Rich Daughter, The Wayward Daughter, The Watchful Daughter, The Ballet Daughter |
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In which modern-day country was Rudolf Nureyev born? South Korea, USA, Ukraine, Russia |
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Rudolf Nureyev had citizenship of which country? Germany, France, USA, Austria |
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Which ballet school did Rudolf Nureyev attend? Paris Opera Ballet, Malyi, Mariinsky, Bolshoi Ballet |
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Les millions d'Arlequin was a ballet with how many acts? Five, Four, Three, Two |
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Who composed the libretto and choreographed Les millions d'Arlequin (in ballet)? Michel Fokine, Marius Petipa, Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Tchaikovsky |
