| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Child prodigy, musical genius of the 18th century, composer of 40 symphonies in classic style | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 89%
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| Austrian-Bohemian composer, 1860-1911, composer of 10 symphonies | Gustav Mahler | 79%
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| Oratorio by Handel, now typically performed during Christmas season, but which actually premiered at Easter in 1742 in Dublin | Messiah | 79%
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| Gernan Romantic-era composer of Songs Without Words and a violin concerto in e minor | Felix Mendelssohn | 71%
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| Device for muffling sound on a musical instrument | mute | 64%
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| Another term for time signature | meter | 54%
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| Composer of the opera "Cavalleria Rusticana" | Mascagni | 39%
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| Comic opera by above composer in which Susannah, a servant in a rich man's household, successfully defies him and marries her true love | The Marriage of Figaro | 39%
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| Contrapuntal part-song, usually unaccompanied, popular in the renaissance | madrigal | 36%
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| Term for ornament indicating to very quickly play from the principal note to its lower diatonic neighbor and back | mordent | 32%
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| Three note chord constructed of a major third and a perfect 5th from the root | major triad | 25%
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| Three note chord constructed of a minor 3rd and a perfect 5th | minor triad | 25%
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| Mode which has a lowered 7th step from major | mixolydian | 21%
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| Vocal passage sung on one syllable | melisma | 14%
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