2MBS Musical Trivia - April 2025

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Q1.Who wrote the eponymous symphonic poem based on Oscar Wilde’s The Ballad of Reading Jail?* This field is required.

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A. Jacques Ibert

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Q2. In which year and in which city were the first plainsong books with music printed? Was it 1376, 1476 or 1576? In Rome, Florence or Naples?* This field is required.

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A. 1476 in Rome

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Q3. By which ornithological nickname is Haydn’s String Quartet in D, op 64 No 5 known?* This field is required.

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A. The Lark Quartet

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Q4. Which name is missing from this list of the French composers known as Les Six? Darius Milhaud, Louis Durey, Georges Auric, Arthur Honegger and Germaine Tailleferre.* This field is required.

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A. Francis Poulenc

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Q5. Who wrote the 1857 Dante Symphony dedicated to Richard Wagner?* This field is required.

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A. Franz Liszt

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Q6. Which famous conductor began his career as a cellist and got his first conducting job with the Rio de Janiero Opera in 1886?* This field is required.

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A. Arturo Toscanini

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Q7. Who wrote in 1928 a symphonic movement called Rugby depicting a game of rugby football?* This field is required.

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A. Arthur Honegger

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Q8. Duke Ellington was a famous jazz pianist, but Duke was a nickname. By what two names was he christened?* This field is required.

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A. Edward Kennedy