quiz 1459 – classical music (QA)

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1	Nigel Kennedy is famed for playing which instrument? Guitar, Violin, Piano, Oboe
2	On which instrument is a Nocturne usually played? Piano, Violin, Oboe, Flute
3	Pablo Casals is famed for playing which instrument? Piano, Violin, Cello, Flute
4	Pieces of music for smaller numbers of players shares a name with which part of a house? Attic, Chamber, Kitchen, Roof
5	Pizzicato is associated with which type of instrument? Percussion, Wind, Vocal, String
6	Prokofiev produced a work entitled "The Love For Three....."? Apples, Oranges, Onions, Pears
7	Queen Anne was the patron of which composer? Britten, Bach, Wagner, Handel
8	Rallentando refers to what? Increase in Speed, Decrease in Volume, Increase in volume, Decrease in Speed
9	Simon Rattle and Herbet Von Karajan have been conductors for the Philharmonic orchestra in which city? Rome, Milan, Berlin, Brussel
10	Stradivarius is famous for making what type of instrument? Violin, Cello, Bass, Piano
11	The "Clair de Lune" is a popular work by which composer? Bizet, Debussy, Grieg, Chopin
12	The "Hungarian Rhapsodies" were a work by which composer? Wagner, Weber, Liszt, Grieg
13	The "Kariela Suite" is a work by which composer? Bruckner, Sibelius, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mendelssohn
14	The "Well Tempered Clavier" is a work by which composer? Handel, Brahms, Mozart, Bach
15	The Adelburgh Festival is associated with which Classical Composer? Wagner, Holst, Britten, Mozart
16	The Bayreuth Festival celebrates the music of which composer? Mozart, Brahms, Wagner, Bach
17	The Bridal Chorus, more famous today as Here Come The Bride, comes from an Opera by which composer? Beethoven, Bach, Wagner, Ravel
18	The Gamelan is the tradtional orchestra in which country? Indonesia, Russia, Mexico, Japan
19	The Halle Orchestra is based in which British City? London, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester
20	The Manaus Opera House lies on which river? Po, Amazon, Ganges, Nile