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Classical Music

Is Classical Music your forte? If you know the difference between Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms, this category is the one for you. Measure your skills and let your knowledge come to a crescendo with these questions.

What tenor recieved a record 165 curtain calls at a Berlin opera house in 1988?

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Luciano Pavarotti

Which enormously influential classical composer spent much of his career as a court musician for the wealthy Hungarian aristocratic Esterhazy family?

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Joseph Haydn Isolated from other composers and trends in music until the later part of his long life, he was, as he put it, “forced to become original”. He is often called the “Father of the Symphony” and “Father of the String Quartet” because of his important contributions to these genres

What event does Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture commemorate?

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Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow

What are the four operas Rhinegold, Valkyries, Siegfried and Twilight of the Gods, all written by the German composer Richard Wagner collectively called?

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The Ring Cycle/Wagner’s Ring The operas are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and the Nibelungenlied, an epic poem in Middle High German.

What are the surnames of the Three Tenors?

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Pavarotti, Carraras, Domingo

Which 20th-century German composer is most famous for his Carmina Burana whose best-known movement is “O Fortuna” referenced in numerous movies and television commercials?

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Carl Orff (1895-1982) It was hugely popular in Nazi Germany after its premiere in Frankfurt in 1937, receiving numerous performances.

Which British composer wrote the theme music for the film Murder on the Orient Express?

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Richard Rodney Bennett.

Which composer’s real first names are Hoagland Howard?

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Hoagy Carmichael.

The Voyager Golden Record is a phonograph record included in the two Voyager spacecraft that contains 27 selected recordings said to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth. Who is the most represented artist?

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Johann Sebastian Bach Bach’s compositions comprise three of the 27 recordings chosen.

Which composer wrote much of his finest music when he was deaf?

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Beethoven.
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