| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Claude ________, 1862-1918 | Debussy | 94%
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| Polish-born French citizen who died aged 39; all his 230 works involve the piano | Frédéric Chopin | 93%
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| Composer with a saintly name, 1835-1921 | Camille Saint-Saëns | 83%
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| Gabriel _____, 1945-1924 | Fauré | 82%
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| Symphonie fantastique | Hector Berlioz | 79%
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| That composer (1875-1937) | Maurice Ravel | 73%
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| Who said this? He wrote 3 Gnossiennes for piano | Erik Satie | 72%
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| Composer of a scandalous opera featuring love rivals Escamillo and Don José | Georges Bizet | 63%
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| His more famous piano works, again 3 in number | Gymnopédies | 62%
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| A piece about a useless would-be wizard | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | 61%
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| The pieces they composed, each with the same title as the poem above | Clair de Lune | 59%
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| Its composer Dukas' first name | Paul | 59%
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| What piece is being described here? It's a one-minute melody, repeated 17 times | Boléro | 53%
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| Composer of Faust, an opera | Charles Gounod | 53%
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| His work of 14 movements, including one called Kangaroos | Carnival of the Animals | 52%
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| The featured instrument in his 3rd Symphony? | Organ | 50%
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| Russian-born 20-year French resident who died in the US; a citizen of all three nations | Igor Stravinsky | 47%
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| Jules Massenet's opera from which the Méditation is a popular piece | Thaïs | 47%
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| Italian conductor (1867-1957) who fell out with its composer who told him "You played it too fast", to which he answered "It was the only way to save it" | Arturo Toscanini | 33%
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| Electronic music composer whose 1970s albums Oxygène and Équinoxe were massive hits | Jean Michel Jarre | 28%
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| 1978 UK pop hit using its main melody | If I Had Words | 1%
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