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The String Quartet Quiz - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 16 times
- The average score is 10 of 20
Answer Stats
| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What is the most common line-up of a string quartet? | 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello | 100%
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| Which composer is known as "The Father of the String Quartet"? | Franz Joseph Haydn | 100%
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| Who composed the "Dissonance" Quartet, an epithet coming from its very unusual (at the time) harmonies in the opening section? | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 100%
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| The lively "American Quartet" (no.12) was written by: | Antonín Dvořák | 67%
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| To whom are dedicated Beethoven's quartets 7 to 9 op. 59? | Count Andreas Razumovsky | 67%
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| Who composed the "Death and the Maiden" Quartet? | Franz Schubert | 67%
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| How many string quartets feature in Shostakovich's output in the genre? | 15 | 50%
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| Whose efforts in the string quartet paid off twice in the form of a Pulitzer Price for Music? | Elliott Carter | 50%
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| Which of these composer did NOT compose or publish any string quartet? | Gustav Mahler | 50%
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| Leoš Janáček's 2 string quartets are known by the names of | "Kreutzer Sonata" and "Intimate Letters" | 50%
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| Who composed the "Quatuor Scientifique" (Scientific Quartet), an amazing display of fugal writing? | Anton Reicha | 33%
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| Which of the following statements is true about Brahms' string quartets? | Brahms struggled until his fourties before completing his first quartets | 33%
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| What is peculiar about Schönberg's Quartet no. 2? | It has a part for a soprano singer | 33%
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| Many of Alois Hába's string quartets can be described as examples of: | Microtonal music | 33%
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| Beethoven's "Grosse Fuge" is the greatest music piece ever written (facts!)... And it was originally intended to be the finale of which of Ludwig's quartets? | no. 13 | 33%
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| Which Bartók quartet has a movement in which the instruments play only pizzicato? | no. 4 | 33%
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| Karlheinz Stockhausen composed a string quartet in which the musicians are meant to: | play aboard of 4 helicopters | 33%
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| Morton Feldman is known for his lengthy compositions. But how much time does it take to perform his 2nd String Quartet? | 5 and a half hours | 17%
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| In which key is Ravel's string quartet written? | F Major | 17%
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| Who composed the string quartet "Black Angels" for electric string quartet, a lament for the ongoing Vietnam War? | George Crumb | 17%
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