| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| U | Country of birth of George Gershwin and Charles Ives | United States | 72%
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| S | Italian term that indicates to play a note very crisp and detached | staccato | 71%
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| Y | Style of singing used in the Swiss Alps | Yodel | 71%
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| J | 20th century American musical style which was "fused" with classic style in the works of Gershwin, Shostakovich and others | jazz | 70%
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| C | School dedicated to musical instruction | conservatory | 68%
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| V | 19th century Italian opera composer | Verdi | 68%
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| D | Symbol placed after a note which lengthens its value by half again | dot | 67%
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| O | Term for introductory composition for an opera | overture | 63%
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| M | Polish dance in 3/4 time, the style of which Chopin used for more than 50 piano solos | mazurka | 54%
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| K | The sharps or flats at the beginning of each staff indicating the tonal cneter of a composition | key signature | 53%
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| L | Mozart's domineering father's given name | Leopold | 53%
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| A | In string technique, this term indicates to play with the bow; generally used after a non-bowed passage such as 'pizzicato' | arco | 52%
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| I | George Gershwin's brother, who wrote the lyrics to many of his songs | Ira | 47%
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| H | Liszt composed 19 works with this title, reflecting the spirit of his birth country. | Hungarian Rhapsody | 42%
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| E | A piece performed between acts of an opera | entr'acte | 35%
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| F | One of Chopin's most popular compositions, Opus 66, written in C# minor | Fantasie-Impromptu | 24%
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| W | Name applied to Beethoven's Sonata Opus 53, in C major | Waldstein | 23%
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| N | Mozart's talented sister was named Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia, but she was always called___________. | Nannerl | 20%
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| R | Last movement of Mozart's piano sonata K, 331 | Rondo alla Turca | 20%
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| P | Chopin's Opus 28, in which he explores every major and minor key | Preludes | 19%
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| Q | Beethoven's Opus 18 #1-6 | quartets | 18%
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| B | In string technique, to strike the strings with the bow: col legno______ | battuto | 7%
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| T | One of MacDowell's most-loved piano solos- simple, but lovely | To a Wild Rose | 7%
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| Z | German town where Robert Schumann was born | Zwickau | 7%
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| G | Flamboyant American 19th century composer/pianist who used African-American and Creole music for inspiration for his brilliant, rhythmic compositions | Louis Moreau Gottschalk | 4%
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