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1. A new opera had its premiere at the Paris Opera on March 16, 1894. It was titled "Thais," and was based on a novel by the French author, Anatole France
Who composed this opera?
2. Which of these artists made his last recordings on September 16th, 1920?
3. On July 8, 1882, George Percy Aldridge Grainger was born in Brighton, Victoria. Although born in Australia, Grainger died in America, at the age of 79.
Where did Granger die?
4. Best known for his waltzes, Strauss was in his mid 40s when he began composing operettas. This was his third and opened on April 5, 1874.
Can you name this batty Strauss production?
5. If you had attended the opening night of the musical, "Girl Crazy," on October 14, 1930, in New York City, you would have seen the Broadway debut of this popular actress?
6. On March 31, 1837, the Princess Cristina Belgiojoso-Trivulzio, scored the social coup of the season at her Parisian salon. It was a recital to aid Italian political refugees but was seen as a contest between the two leading virtuoso pianists of the day: Sigismund Thalberg and this Hungarian.
Can you name him?
7. "A General History of Music" was written by the 18th-century British musicologist Charles Burney. Where was he born?
8. Had you lived in New York City in the latter half of the 19th-century and wanted entertainment on April 3, 1871, you could have seen
at Lina Edwin's Theater, a musical burlesque entitled "Pluto," which the New York Times billed as a condensed and lightened version of this French composer's racy operetta, "Orpheus in the Underworld,"
Who was the composer in question?
9. On April 18, 1800, Beethoven appeared in Vienna as piano accompanist for the popular Bohemian virtuoso Johann Wenzel Stich, who went by the more marketable Italian stage name of Giovanni Punto.
What instrument did the virtuoso play?
10. We're almost done with our musical tour. Where was Louis Moreau Gottschalk born?
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