| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Which composer wrote almost exclusively for the piano? | Frederic Chopin | 82%
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| What language is generally used in music terminology? | Italian | 82%
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| Which of the following is a multi-movement composition? | sonata | 81%
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| Which of the following is NOT a reed instrument? | flute | 78%
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| Which of the following composers had 20 children, three of whom became successful composers themselves? | Johann Sebastian Bach | 78%
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| Which of the following types of composition uses counterpoint throughout? | fugue | 77%
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| Which of the following is NOT a member of the brass family? | English horn | 76%
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| Which of the following terms refers to tempo? | rallentando | 75%
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| Which of the following best describes rondo form? | ABACADA | 71%
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| Which of the following terms refers to dynamics? | mezzoforte | 70%
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| Which of the following composers lived past the age of 40? | Sergei Rachmaninoff | 68%
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| What does "da capo" tell the performer to do? | return to the beginning of the piece | 64%
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| What is a distinctive concluding passage of a composition called? | coda | 54%
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| Who composed the Gregorian chants? | Anonymous | 53%
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| Which Russian composer served as a firefighter during the seige of Leningrad? | Dimitri Shostakovich | 50%
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| What composer lost his life in a ship at the beginning of WWI? | Enrico Granados | 27%
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| What American concert artist won the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition during the cold war? | Van Cliburn | 27%
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