quiz 1574 – ballet (QA)

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1	Who composed the vaudeville ballet Le Conservatoire? Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Paul Dukas, August Bournonville, Igor Stravinsky
2	Who composed the music for the ballet Petrushka? August Bournonville, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Igor Stravinsky
3	In the ballet of the same name, what is Petrushka? A tree, A straw puppet, A city, A young woman
4	Gesamtkunstwerk, meaning ideal work of art, was used in an early sense by which composer? Igor Stravinsky, Richard Strauss, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner
5	Petrushka premiered in which capital city (in ballet)? Paris, London, Vienna, Moscow
6	Petrushka was created for which ballet dancer? Vaslav Nijinsky, Rudolf Nureyev, Anna Pavlova, Svetlana Adyrkhaeva
7	Used often in relation to music and ballet performances, what is divertissement? An interval, Entertainment, A theatre, The cast
8	What was the first name of the composer Gounod (in ballet)? Hector, Charles, Ricard, John
9	How old was Tchaikovsky when he died? 53, 59, 55, 57
10	How old was Igor Stravinsky upon his death in 1971? 82, 88, 85, 91
11	And what did Stravinsky die of? Cancer, Car accident, Heart failure, AIDS
12	Which composer received the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal in 1954? Igor Stravinsky, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Paul Dukas
13	In which decade was the Royal Philharmonic Society formed? 1820s, 1840s, 1810s, 1830s
14	The ballet Le Corsaire is typically presented in how many acts? Four, Two, Five, Three
15	The ballet La fille mal gardee has a name that translated as what? The Rich Daughter, The Wayward Daughter, The Watchful Daughter, The Ballet Daughter
16	In which modern-day country was Rudolf Nureyev born? South Korea, USA, Ukraine, Russia
17	Rudolf Nureyev had citizenship of which country? Germany, France, USA, Austria
18	Which ballet school did Rudolf Nureyev attend? Paris Opera Ballet, Malyi, Mariinsky, Bolshoi Ballet
19	Les millions d'Arlequin was a ballet with how many acts? Five, Four, Three, Two
20	Who composed the libretto and choreographed Les millions d'Arlequin (in ballet)? Michel Fokine, Marius Petipa, Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Tchaikovsky