Music Quiz! - Basic Knowledge

[Joshua Yu]

Same as the other quiz, no prize at all but to see how basic you know about classic musics. Here we go!

1. Who wrote the most symphonies?
2. Who wrote "Symphony of a Thousand"?
3. What is the meaning of Op. and WoO.?
4. There are serial numbers of the composer for most musics, for example the serial number of Mozart is K., then what is the one of Haydn?
5. How did Tchaikovsky die?
6. Why was Beethoven deaf?
7. Originally Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony was written to praise a specific hero, who was he?
8. Who wrote the Blue Donube? The father Strauss or the son?
9. Who was the conductor of the first performance of Schubert's "The Great" Symphony?
10. What kind of handicap does Itzhak Perlman have?
11. Which year did stereo appear?
12. What is the name of Jascha Heifetz's violin?
13. Who was the composer of the very famous Hora Staccato that was favored by Heifetz?
14. If Heifetz is so called the king of violin, then who will be the king of piano? (suggestive)
15. (cont.) Who will be the king of cello then? (suggestive)
16. Beethoven received instructions from many famous composers even including Salieri, who claimed himself to be the killer of Mozart, who else did Beethoven receive instruction?
17. Schubert has a sonata called "Arpeggione Sonata", what does "arpeggione" mean? An instrument? A special form? A special style of melody? Or just an ordinary title?
18. Brahms has written two piano concertos, which of them has got four movements?
19. Das Lied von der Erde is a symphonic song written by Gustav Mahler. What was the origin of the texts?
20. Antonín Dvořák was a famous Nationalist composer. What was his nation?
21. Which composer is so called "Mozart the second"?
22. When was Beethoven baptized?
23. What was the full name of JS Bach?
24. Mendelssohn was sometimes called to be "Mendelssohn-Bartholdy", what does "Bartholdy" stand for?
25. What is the full name of Mendelssohn, which appeared in his grave?

25 questions, some are difficult and some are easy, have a try!

[Will Kirk]

Originally Posted by Joshua Yu

Same as the other quiz, no prize at all but to see how basic you know about classic musics. Here we go!

1. If Heifetz is so called the king of violin, then who will be the king of piano? (suggestive)
2. (cont.) Who will be the king of cello then? (suggestive)

I don't think questions like that should be in there, not that it's irrelevant, but that it's rather pointless only to get an opinionated answer to which there is no real answer

[MaestroX]

Not to ruin the fun, i'll have a stab at it

Who wrote the most symphonies?

Joseph Haydn (104 to be exact)

Who wrote "Symphony of a Thousand"?

Mahler

What is the meaning of Op. and WoO.?

op.= Opus which means 'work'

There are serial numbers of the composer for most musics, for example the serial number of Mozart is K., then what is the one of Haydn?

Opus numbers (I think)

How did Tchaikovsky die?

Drinking water contaminated with cholera

Why was Beethoven deaf?

There is no sure fact of why Beethovan was deaf (to my knowledge) I think its widly believed that syphilis and beatings from his father were the cause

Originally Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony was written to praise a specific hero, who was he?

Napoleon Bonaparte

Who wrote the Blue Donube? The father Strauss or the son?

Spelt 'Blue Danube' was composed by the younger

Who was the conductor of the first performance of Schubert's "The Great" Symphony?

Not a clue

What kind of handicap does Itzhak Perlman have?

He is wheelchair bound?

Which year did stereo appear?

Not a clue

What is the name of Jascha Heifetz's violin?

Not a clue

Who was the composer of the very famous Hora Staccato that was favored by Heifetz?

Grigoras Dinicu

If Heifetz is so called the king of violin, then who will be the king of piano? (suggestive)

Rachaminoff

(cont.) Who will be the king of cello then? (suggestive)

hmm...Yo Yo Ma ( I don't know too many cellists)

Beethoven received instructions from many famous composers even including Salieri, who claimed himself to be the killer of Mozart, who else did Beethoven receive instruction?

Haydn

Schubert has a sonata called "Arpeggione Sonata", what does "arpeggione" mean? An instrument? A special form? A special style of melody? Or just an ordinary title?

It was written for a "bowed guitar" which no longer exsists so is played on other instruments nowerdays. (usually viola I think)

Brahms has written two piano concertos, which of them has got four movements?

No.2

Das Lied von der Erde is a symphonic song written by Gustav Mahler. What was the origin of the texts?

Not a clue

Antonín Dvořák was a famous Nationalist composer. What was his nation?

Czech

Which composer is so called "Mozart the second"?

Not a clue

When was Beethoven baptized?

December 17 (had to look that one up )

What was the full name of JS Bach?

Johann Sebastian Bach

Mendelssohn was sometimes called to be "Mendelssohn-Bartholdy", what does "Bartholdy" stand for?

Don't know

What is the full name of Mendelssohn, which appeared in his grave?

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy?

[Joshua Yu]

MaestroX:

Joseph Haydn (104 to be exact)

Correct!

Mahler

Correct!

op.= Opus which means 'work'

Correct, but where is the answer for WoO.?

Opus numbers (I think)

Vivaldi has opus numbers too, but his serial numbers are the KV.

Drinking water contaminated with cholera

Correct!

There is no sure fact of why Beethovan was deaf (to my knowledge) I think its widly believed that syphilis and beatings from his father were the cause

Yeah, but mainly believed to be syphilis.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Correct!

Spelt 'Blue Danube' was composed by the younger

Correct!

Not a clue

Opps, I give you a hint, he was also a famous composer.

He is wheelchair bound?

Correct!

Not a clue

Some recordings of Heifetz were mono and some later works were stereo, you got what I mean?

Not a clue

Just a very common English name and maybe some of your peers got the same name.

Grigoras Dinicu

Correct but Grigoraş Dinicu to be exact.

Rachaminoff

Yeah, he can be one of the kings. But I'm thinking of someone else.

hmm...Yo Yo Ma ( I don't know too many cellists)

......are you sure?........................................

Haydn

Correct!

It was written for a "bowed guitar" which no longer exsists so is played on other instruments nowerdays. (usually viola I think)

Arpeggione is itself an instrument with six strings and to be played with a bow.

No.2

Correct!

Not a clue

Some kind of really surprising origin.

Czech

Correct!

Not a clue

He was a composer of the Romantic period but enjoy writing Classical ones.

December 17 (had to look that one up )

Actually my question is a little bit misleading, instead of the date, I want the year.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Correct!

Don't know

Something doing with his father.

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy?

Correct!

[michael renardy]

There are serial numbers of the composer for most musics, for example the serial number of Mozart is K., then what is the one of Haydn?

Hob. (it stands for Hoboken)

Das Lied von der Erde is a symphonic song written by Gustav Mahler. What was the origin of the texts?

Ancient Chinese poetry

[Joshua Yu]

Originally Posted by michael renardy

There are serial numbers of the composer for most musics, for example the serial number of Mozart is K., then what is the one of Haydn?

Hob. (it stands for Hoboken)

Das Lied von der Erde is a symphonic song written by Gustav Mahler. What was the origin of the texts?

Ancient Chinese poetry

Correct for Haydn.
But the Poetry isn't so "ancient". It was around 650 ~ 800 A.D. Not too old but about 1000 years old for Mahler.

[somtow]

WoO is short for "Werk ohne Opusnummer" or something. Often used for unpublished (during their lifetime) juvenilia of composers like Beethoven. Means "work without opus number". Why? Opus numbers are really supposed to be PUBLICATION order. When I die, I want to have weird numbers. I hope someone named Xavier X. Xavierson catalogues my works. XXX would made a great catalogue prefix.

The Chinese poetry in "Das Lied von der Erde" is supposed to be by Li Po, but it's a German adaptation that bears only a passing resemblance to the originals.

These are the only answers I can think of that others haven't already answered.

[Dittersdorf]

I was searching around for something else in a search engine, and ran across this... unfortunately, some of the given answers are incorrect!


1. The title of Most Symphonies most certainly does not belong to Joseph Haydn. I'm actually quite surprised anyone would even mention him. Even in his own lifetime, his faintly-famous contemporary Dittersdsorf surpassed him (around 120 known so far). A less famous composer in his lifetime named Pokorny wrote even more than that. I have many enjoyable works by both composers, including symphonies. Leaving Haydn's contemporaries, there's a still-living composer named Segerstam that has written very nearly 200, or possibly even more!

20. Dvořák was Austrian. There was no Czech "nationality" until around 1918.

21. Some called Felix Mendelssohn "Mozart the Second", but I think more often back in those days, it was a label applied to Arriaga... and Arriaga died much younger than either of those two more famous figures! Posting the 1830s or so, I'm not sure. I think Saint-Saëns was called this for a while, or some other nickname that involved "Mozart" in it, but I'm not sure if it was "Mozart the Second". Technically, I think Franz Xaver Mozart, W.A. Mozart's son and a fine composer in his own right, ought to have this label! Or, Wolfie himself should be "Mozart the Second", seeing as his father Leopold was a really good composer as well (Mozart the First?)!



Anyway, I'm stunned that anyone would answer "Most Symphonies" with F.J. Haydn. That's the most shocking. Even the most casual, casual research would show this to be untrue.

Dvořák's nationality is a trick question by virtue of misleading "common knowledge", seeing as he's always called "Czech".