quiz 1674 – classical music

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1	Which composer offered to write a new National Anthem for the United States? Dvorak, Chopin, Copland, Mozart
2	Which composer once claimed to have poisoned Mozart? Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, Salieri
3	Which composer was exposed for paying women to faint at his concerts? Liszt, Bizet, Smetana, Salieri
4	Which composer wrote the famous Brandenburg Concertos? Schumann, Schubert, Bach, Beethoven
5	Which composers 7th Symphony is known as the "Leningrad" symphony? Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mendelssohn
6	Which composer's heart was buried in Poland but his body buried in France? Wagner, Dvorak, Chopin, Liszt
7	Which composers Messiah contains the "Hallelujah Chorus"? Holst, Handel, Elgar, Brahms
8	Which composers Violin Sonata No.9 is referred to by the name 'Kreutzer'? Brahms, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven
9	Which composer's Waltz No.3 is called the "Cats Waltz"? Liszt, Brahms, Chopin, Dvorak
10	Which is Beethoven's symphonies is commonly called the "Pastoral"? 5th, 6th, 4th, 7th
11	Which is the highest female voice? Tenor, Bass, Soprano, Alto
12	Which is the lowest of the male voices? Bass, Alto, Baritone, Tenor
13	Which name for a chord literally means "a harp"? Barcolle, Alto, Ballade, Arpeggion
14	Which of Dvoraks symphonies is known as the "American" symphony? 9, 7, 5, 6
15	Which of the following is not a stringed instrument? Double-Bass, Violin, Cello, Clarinet
16	Which of the following means unaccompanied singing? A Cappella, Accent, Alberti, Aleatory
17	Which of the following paces translates roughly as "walking pace"? Anitphon, Allegro, Ballade, Andante
18	Which of the following was born first? Vivaldi, Wager, Liszt, Weber
19	Which of the following was born first? Bizet, Saint Saens, Schubert, Haydn
20	Which of the following was born first? Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Mahler