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An easy one to start with… “Hammerklavier” piano sonata was composed by:
- Johannes Brahms
- Robert Schumann
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Muzio Clementi
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The first known musical instrument, a bone flute dating back to 40,000 BC, was found in what modern country?
- Germany
- Irak
- Bulgaria
- Botswana
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According to singing voice clasiffications, which of these is not considered an alto instrument?
- Viola
- French horn
- Clarinet
- Natural horn
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Which 19th century acclaimed soprano was dubbed “The Swedish Nightingale”?
- Adelina Patti
- Jenny Lind
- Nellie Melba
- Alma Gluck
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How many symphonies appear in Mozart’s catalogue, either credited to him or spurious?
- 29
- 41
- 35
- 52
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Which of Mahler’s symphonies was nicknamed “The Tragic”?
- Number 2
- Number 5
- Number 9
- Number 6
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Which of these composers is associated with the palace of Versailles and King Louis XIV?
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Étienne Méhul
- Luigi Cherubini
- Louis Couperin
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This might be difficult… Which of these works was not written by British composer Benjamin Britten?
- Billy Budd (opera)
- Peter Grimes (opera)
- The Rake’s Progress (opera)
- War Requiem
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The world’s most expensive musical instrument was a Stradivarius violin sold in 2011 at what price?
- $1.1 million
- $15.9 million
- $79.6 thousand
- $2.3 thousand
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Benjamin Franklin invented a musical instrument that became so popular in Europe that Mozart and Beethoven composed music for it. Which one?
- A glass harmonica
- A bentside spinet
- A pochette
- A galoubet
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A rare ability in people is to have the “perfect pitch”, or the capacity to identify a single resonating note with no other reference note. How many have it?
- 5 in every 1 thousand people
- 10 in every 10 thousand people
- 1 in every 10 thousand people
- 10 in every 1 thousand people
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Which country is known for having the highest per capita rate of heavy metal bands in the world?
- Russia
- United States
- Finland
- Germany
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About 5 percent of people have a condition in which they experiment a biological disdain for music. What’s its name?
- Auditory processing disorder
- Musical anhedonia
- Absolute ear syndrome
- Musical hallucinations
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Where’s the only man-made “sea organ” that plays music while waves crash in and out of it?
- France
- Greece
- Israel
- Croatia
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A difficult one to finish… Pianos are musical instruments that can reach how many assembled individual parts?
- 12.000
- 360
- 18.400
- 780
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