1. Music Trivia (2 points each)
a) What Italian composer of sacred music is best known for his Miserere?
b) Which song sung at the Last Night of the Proms is Thomas Arne’s most famous work?
c) With which American orchestra was Eugene Ormandy chiefly associated?
d) Which French novelist wrote the play ‘L’Arlesienne’ which Bizet set to music?
e) What sort of instrument is a flageolet? Stringed, wind or percussion?
f) Of which 80’s pop group was Morrissey the lead singer?
g) With which musical instrument is Miles Davis chiefly associated?
h) Who wrote the ballet ‘Giselle’ ?
i) How many piano concertos did Beethoven write?
j) In which decade did Sandie Shaw win the Eurovision Song contest with ‘Puppet on a String’?
k) Who had a hit with the song ‘One day in your Life’?

2. Opera (4 points each)
Who wrote the music for the following operas (2 points) and in which country or region were the operas set? (2 points)
a) The Flying Dutchman
b) Aida
c) Tosca
d) Madam Butterfly
e) Cosi Fan Tutti
f) La Traviata
g) Carmen
h) Peter Grimes
i) Iolanthe,

3. Stars of Classical Music Stage - Who are they and where were they born?

Name; 5 points each
a)...................... b) ...................... c) ......................d) ...................... e) ......................
Birthplace; 5 points each
a) ...................... b) ......................c)......................d) ......................e) ......................

4. Orchestral Music (2 points each)
a) What is the lowest note that can be played on a modern viola?
b) What is the frequency (in Hertz) of the orchestra tuning note, the A above middle C?
c) What minor key signature has 5 flats?
d) What does the term l’istesso tempo mean in English?
e) How would you set about getting music from a Pyrophone?

5. ‘Name That Tune’ and the Composer?
(5 points tune, 5 points composer)
Choose from Composers; Burt Bacherach, Antonio Carlos Jobin, Harold Arlen, Cole Porter.

a) ......................


b)......................


c) ......................


d) ......................


e) ......................

6. Bonus Question (5 points)
Someone in this quiz was born within 5 miles of Bletchingly. Who?