General Knowledge - List B (The Trout by Franz Schubert)

Question 1

Moderato

Answer 1

Moderate speed

Question 2

4/4

Answer 2

• time signature
• simple quadruple time
• 4 crotchet beats per bar

Question 3

What does the dot after a note mean (dotted crotchet)?

Answer 3

Take half the original value and add to the note length

eg. crotchet = 1 beat, half of 1 is 0.5, 1 + 0.5 = 1.5

Question 4

Who was Schubert?

Answer 4

• prolific Austrian composer

- late Classical to early Romantic era

Question 5

What is some background on this piece?

Answer 5

The Trout Quintet (Forellenquintett) is the popular name for the Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667, by Franz Schubert. The piano quintet was composed in 1819, when he was 22 years old; it was not published, however, until 1829, a year after his death.

Question 6

What key is this piece?

Answer 6

C Major because:

• there are no sharps or flats in the key signature
• it ends on C
• there is only one accidental which is a passing note