The String Quartet Quiz - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What is the most common line-up of a string quartet?	2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello	100%
Which composer is known as "The Father of the String Quartet"?	Franz Joseph Haydn	100%
Who composed the "Dissonance" Quartet, an epithet coming from its very unusual (at the time) harmonies in the opening section?	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	100%
The lively "American Quartet" (no.12) was written by:	Antonín Dvořák	67%
To whom are dedicated Beethoven's quartets 7 to 9 op. 59?	Count Andreas Razumovsky	67%
Who composed the "Death and the Maiden" Quartet?	Franz Schubert	67%
How many string quartets feature in Shostakovich's output in the genre?	15	50%
Whose efforts in the string quartet paid off twice in the form of a Pulitzer Price for Music?	Elliott Carter	50%
Which of these composer did NOT compose or publish any string quartet?	Gustav Mahler	50%
Leoš Janáček's 2 string quartets are known by the names of	"Kreutzer Sonata" and "Intimate Letters"	50%
Who composed the "Quatuor Scientifique" (Scientific Quartet), an amazing display of fugal writing?	Anton Reicha	33%
Which of the following statements is true about Brahms' string quartets?	Brahms struggled until his fourties before completing his first quartets	33%
What is peculiar about Schönberg's Quartet no. 2?	It has a part for a soprano singer	33%
Many of Alois Hába's string quartets can be described as examples of:	Microtonal music	33%
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%
Which Bartók quartet has a movement in which the instruments play only pizzicato?	no. 4	33%
Karlheinz Stockhausen composed a string quartet in which the musicians are meant to:	play aboard of 4 helicopters	33%
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%
In which key is Ravel's string quartet written?	F Major	17%
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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