1. Who invented the saxophone?
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Sax
Bruce Adolphe
Homer Simpson

RockMe Amadeus

2. Which one of the following is not a Mozart opera character?
Figaro
Zerlina
Don Rubusto
Don Giovanni

Also Bach Zarathrustra

3. The year 2000 is the 250th anniversary of J.S. Bach's ....
Death
Birth
composition of B minor mass
wedding

Night on Bald Mountain is beautiful

4. Who orchestrated and changed the title of Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain?
Ravel
Stravinsky
Panufnik
Rimsky-Korsakov

Benny & the Jets & the Sharks

5. Bernstein's West Side Story is based on which of these plays?
Romeo & Juliet
Death of a Salesman
Phantom of the Opera
Othello

Bittersweet Symphony of Psalms

6. Stravinsky's choral work Symphony of Psalms doesn't contain...
words
violins
voices
psalms

La Boheme-ian Rhapsody

7. Which of these works appear in Puccini's La Boheme?
Bohmenian Rhapsody
Dove Sono
Musetta's Waltz
Waltzing Matilda

There's always room for cello

8. How many strings does a violoncello have?
28
4
5
4 to the 27th power

Torture Chamber Music

9. Which statement best describes chamber music?
small ensembles
more intimate
making music with friends
all of these statements

Dot.Compose

10. Which of these composers have worked on a musical piece via the internet?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Henry Purcell
Andre Tchaikovsky
Robert Kapilow

Deutsche Grammaphone uber alles

11. Of these artists, who records on Deutsche Grammaphone?
Glenn Gould
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Roxanna Panufnik
Hilary Hahn

Dreamcatcher in the Rye

12. Walter Mays' Dreamcatcher won what compositional award in 1998?
Pulitzer Prize
Grawemeyer Award
Ravelli Award
Prix de Rome

The Emperor Concerto's new clothes

13. Who wrote the "Emperor" Concerto for piano and orchestra?
Ludwig van Roost
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Bach
Franz Liszt

Gin & Diatonic

14. What key is Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, Opus 67 written?
F# minor
G-flat major
A-flat minor
C minor

A Fifth of Beethoven

15. What is the opus number of Beethoven's Fifth String Quartet?
Opus 1
Opus 11
Opus 18
Opus 95 "Serioso"

I left my Harp in San Fransisco

16. Which two composers wrote demostration works for new harps?
Debussy & Ravel
Lutoslawski & Penderecki
Gorecki & John Tesh
Flaubert & Ibert

I can't believe it's not George Butterworth!

17. Which country is composer George Butterworth from?
USA
Yugoslavia
United Kingdom
Antartica

The Indy Symphony 500

18. Which of the following composers have been in residence with the Indianapolis Symphony?
Antonio Vivaldi
David Ott
George Benjamin
George Gershwin

Isaac Aft & Stern

19. Isaac Stern "found" which classical artist while on tour?
Itzahk Perlman
Leonard Bernstein
Yo-Yo Ma
Midori

Grizzly John Adams

20. Which of the following best describes the music of composer John Adams?
minimalist
romantic
neo-baroque
baroque

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