Musical Trivia 2 - Friday 29th October

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Q1. Name the assassin in Verdi’s opera, Rigoletto* This field is required.

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A. Sparafucile

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Q2. For the rededication of which cathedral was Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem written?* This field is required.

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A. Coventry Catherdal

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Q3. Who wrote the choral work The Bells?* This field is required.

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A. Sergei Rachmaninov

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Q4. Franz Lehar was the first member of his family to show any aptitude for music. Until then, for generations, the Lehar family had been involved in what business?* This field is required.

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A. They were glaziers.

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Q5. Which composer, on hearing that the proposed Beethoven monument in Bonn was about to fall through due to lack of funds, decided to raise the money by returning to the life of a travelling virtuoso?* This field is required.

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A. Franz Liszt

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Q6. To whom was he referring when Khachaturian said, “he was the conscience of Soviet music?”* This field is required.

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A. Dmitri Shostakovich