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Music Trivia Quiz - Trivia Questions; Adolph Sax, Dvorak, violin, Haydn, Handel, Elvis Presley, James Galway and more.Trivia Questions - Music trivia questions; Handel, Mozart, Presley, Sax, Les Paul, Jimi Hendrix, orchestra and more. |
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Trivia questions about music, musicians, instruments and more with the answers.What style of composition are Haydn's The creation and Handel's
Messiah? By what name is Robert Zimmerman better known? Which Russian composer wrote Peter and the Wolf? What was used to conduct the orchestra before the baton was
introduced in the early 19th century? Who composed the opera Idomeneo? What nationality was Adolph Sax, inventor of the saxophone? What technique was used by guitarist Les Paul, and also describes the
sound made by overloading circuits between guitar and amplifier? To which family of instruments does the double bass belong? What was the nationality of Bartok, Kodaly and Liszt? Why didn't Gustav Holst include Pluto in his 1918 orchestral suite
The Planets? What nationality was Dvorak? Who wrote Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un Faune? Who wrote the Moonlight and Appassionata among his 32 piano sonatas? Which teacher of Mozart and Beethoven wrote more than 100 symphonies? Who became conductor of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at the age
of 25 in 1980? What is the title of Beethoven's only opera? Which American composer wrote the march 'Stars an Stripes Forever!'
and invented a bass tuba? Which instrument did the theologian Albert Schweitzer play? Which composer held the office of prime minister in Poland in 1919? Who was Richard Rodgers's collaborator on Oklahoma!? Which instrument did Bartolommeo Cristofori invent in 1704? Which Borodin opera was completed by Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov
after he composer's death? Who composed Danse macabre and Carnival of the Animals? In which year did Elvis Presley have hits with 'Heartbreak Hotel',
'Hound Dog', and 'Love Me Tender'? Who wrote the song 'Beautiful Dreamer'? Whose albums include "Beggars' Banquet" and 'Exit on Main Street'? Who wrote the opera Cunning Little Vixen? Who turned his score for the film Scott of the Antarctic into his
Sinfonia Antarctica? Which Irish flautist was a member of the Berlin Philharmonic
1969-75 before pursuing a solo career? Which modern composer composed the operas Punch and Judy, The Mask of
Orpheus, and Gawain? Who developed the 12-tone system of composition? What was the name of the Italian village renowned for its
violin-making families of Amati, Guarneri and Stradivari? For which British king did Handel compose the Water Music in 1717? What are Peter Grimes and Billy Budd? Where was Handel's Messiah first performed? Which modern composer's works include the operas Einstein on the
Beach and Akhnaten? Which legendary magician was the inspiration for musical works by
Busoni, Berlioz, Gounod and Schumann? Whose first album was titled Are You Experienced? Which composer transcribed birdsong and incorporated it into much of
his work? Whose first solo hit was 'Got to Be There'? The German composer of Almira later became a British subject. Who was
he? What nationality is the pianist Alfred Brendel?
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