1. What instrument traditionally gives the tuning note for the orchestra?
Violin
Oboe
Piano

She wore a blue dress and stretto heels

2. In which of the following works would you typically find the compositional device, stretto?
A fugue
A symphony
A chorale

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3. Which best describes the traditional notation of a glockenspiel part?
Bass clef, sounding two octaves below actual pitch
Treble clef, sounding two octaves above written pitch
Tenor clef, sounding at written pitch

Family Circus Music

4. Igor Stravinsky's Circus Polka is subtitled...
pour une dauphin defunte
scenes of pagan russia
for a young elephant

When you care enough to play the arabesque

5. Which of these terms best describes an arabesque?
strict, formal dance for zither or other folk instruments
melodic, contrapuntal or harmonic decoration
valet term for ford tempo, et al

She only dated wealthy harpsichordists cause she was a Goldberg digger

6. Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations were written for one of his keyboard students...why?
To put J.G. Goldberg to sleep
to earn 30 ducats from J.G. Goldberg
J.G. Goldberg wanted to impress royalty

This saint no symphony, this saint no Anthony variations

7. Brahms' Opus 56, Variations on a Theme by Haydn was written for what instrument(s)?
two pianos
full orchestra
both

Domenico Scarlatti Republic

8. Domenico Scarlatti, composer of numerous keyboard sonatas, was related to Alessandro Scarlatti as?
his cousin
his son
his brother

The Gilbert and Ed Sullivan Show

9. Which of the following was NOT a Gilbert & Sullivan production?
Pirates of Penzance
Princess Ida
Cox and Box

Tambourine juice, shaken not stirred

10. How many tambourines did Henry VIII have in his 70 piece ensemble?
zero
four
seventy-nine

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