2MBS Musical Trivia - August 2025

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Q1. Whose Rondo a capriccio tells of the “Rage over a lost penny?”* This field is required.

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A. Ludwig van Beethoven

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Q2. Which 18th century British composer shot himself during a bout of deep depression and is buried in the crypt of St Paul’s Cathedral in London?* This field is required.

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A. Jeremiah Clarke

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Q3. Which French composer was born into a family of pharmaceutical magnates, whose descendants still run France’s largest agrochemical corporation which partly bears his name?* This field is required.

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A. Francis Poulenc

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Q4. What was an Ophicleide?* This field is required.

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A. A now obsolete brass wind instrument belonging to the bugle family patented in 1821

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Q5. Which composer wrote a tone poem depicting his life, written as his String Quartet No 1, including in the finale a long, insistent note intended to simulate the ringing in his ears which heralded the onset of his deafness?* This field is required.

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A. Bedrich Smetana

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Q6. Name the two composers who wrote an opera with the title La Bòheme?* This field is required.

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A. Ruggero Leoncavallo and Giacomo Puccini

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Q7. Name the French composer who died in 1937 while undergoing brain surgery.* This field is required.

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A. Maurice Ravel

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Q8. In the Goldberg Variations of J S Bach how many variations are there to the original air?* This field is required.

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A. Thirty