General Music Flashcards
2022 sees the 75th anniversary of the West End premiere of which musical by Irving Berlin?
Annie Get Your Gun
2022 sees the 75th anniversary of the West End premiere of which musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein?
Oklahoma!
What nationality was Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo?
Italian
Which work by Felix Mendelssohn was composed sixteen years apart?
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
What is an alternative name for Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture?
Fingal’s Cave
Mendelssohn’s third symphony is named after which country?
Scotland
Mendelssohn’s fourth symphony is named in tribute to which mainland European country?
Italy
Mendelssohn’s most famous works for piano were written years apart, and released under what name?
Songs without words
Mendelssohn’s work for solo piano and partly written to raise funds for a bust of Mozart go under which name?
Variations Serieuse
Name a biblical oratorio by Mendelssohn
Elijah
Debussy’s Clair de Lune is the third
Movement in which suite?
Suite Bergamasque
What is the only opera completed by Debussy?
Pelleas et Mellisande
What was the title of the first book in Debussy’s Images?
Reflections in the Water
What was the title of the second book in Debussy’s Images?
Bells Through the Leaves
What is the name of Debussy’s ballet about three children searching for a lost ball in the undergrowth?
Jeux
Complete the title of the Liszt works ‘____ Etudes’
Transcendental
What is the name of the late work Written by Liszt partly due to premonitions about Wagner’s death?
The Black Gondola
Liszt wrote four waltzes names after which Biblical and literary character?
Mephisto/ Mephistopheles
What title is given to Dvorak’s String Quartet No 12?
American
Daniel Barenboim set up which orchestra?
Divan Orchestra
Who composed the piece ‘Like as the hart’ for the Queen’s funeral?
Judith Weir
James McMillan’s piece for the Queen’s funeral was entitled what?
‘Who shall separate us?’
The Queen’s funeral ended with a piece entitled ‘sleep, dearie sleep’ on which instrument?
Organ
After the Queen’s funeral service an organ piece by which composer was played?
Elgar
The Mighty Handful consisted of which five composers?
César Cui, Aleksandr Borodin, Mily Balakirev, Modest Mussorgsky, and Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
