Classical Trivia
One of the most famous of all violin virtuosi was born in Genoa, Italy, in 1782. His playing was so far superior to that of his contemporaries that rumours abounded he had sold his soul to the Devil - rumours he did nothing to discourage. Who was he?
Niccolo Paganini
What is another name for Beethoven's 3rd Symphony?
Bonus Question: 6th Symphony?
Eroica
Pastoral
The classic "Don Giovanni" was composed by which composer?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Name that Instrument
Viola
What jazz soloist was known as Yardbird?
Charlie Parker
Rachmaninoff's works are considered to be a part of which period of classical music?
Romanticism
What is the name of Chopin's Op. Posth. 66?
Fantasie Impromptu in C Sharp Minor
This famous opening was written by which composer? BONUS: What is the name of the piece?
Mahler
1st Symphony
Which instrument plays the opening of The Rite of Spring?
Bassoon
So What is the first track of which Miles Davis album?V
Bonus Question: Name another song on the album
Kind of Blue
Freddie Freeloader, Blue in Green, All Blues
How many symphonies did Lizst and Chopin write combined?
This famous ballad by Schubert was written as a setting for a poem by Goethe. What is the name of this piece?
Erl-King (Erlköning)
These days he is remembered almost entirely as a composer, but for much of his lifetime, this Russian-born musician was at least as well known as a virtuoso pianist. He often appeared as a soloist in his own five compositions for piano and orchestra, consisting of four concertos and a "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini". What is his name?
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Which instrument plays the famous cadenza in the first movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony?
Oboe
What form of jazz did Clarinetist Benny Goodman help popularize in the 1930s?
Swing. (often referred to as the King of Swing)
Which is Shostakovich's most famous symphony? BONUS QUESTION: How many symphonies did Shostakovich write?
Symphony No. 5
He wrote a total of 15 symphonies
What musical composition is playing during the sunrise scene near the beginning of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film "2001: A Space Odyssey"?
Also Sprach Zarathustra by Strauss
Symphony No 9 in E minor is popularly known as the "New World Symphony". Who wrote it?
Anton Dvorak
What is the number of keys (both black and white) on a standard full size piano keyboard added to the number of valves on a trumpet?
91 (88+3)
When was the historical period known as the "Jazz Age"?
1920s
How many "Hungarian Dances" are there? (written by Brahms)
21
What is the name of this piece by Ilych Tchaikovsky?
1812 Overture
Who wrote "The Planets"?
Gustav Holst
What instrument did Ravel orchestrate for the melody in Mussorsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, "The Old Castle"?
Alto Saxophone
Trumpeter Clifford Brown died well before his time. He was just 25 years old. How did he die?
Car Crash