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From the New World Trivia Quiz


The United States has been a magnet for European composers for some time. I'll describe the composer and you give me his name.

A multiple-choice quiz by fdgla. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
fdgla
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
104,410
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
814
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Question 1 of 10
1. This Russian composer conducted at the opening of Carnegie Hall in 1891 in New York City. He composed symphonies, ballets, operas and concertos. One of his most popular pieces is the "1812 Overture." Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This giant of twentieth century music was born in Russia and lived for a time in Switzerland and France. He is most famous for the ballet "The Rite of Spring." In 1939 he left to live in Hollywood, California. While living in the U.S. he composed the "Symphony in Three Movements", a mass, and the opera "The Rake's Progress." Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Yet another Russian who lived in the United States was this moody man who was one of the greatest pianists of his generation. He wrote two of the most popular piano concertos ever written as well as the "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini." Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This Austrian composed composed a violin concerto, several operas and numerous chamber pieces prior to emigrating to the U.S. in 1934. He achieved his greatest fame as a composer for the movies. Among his best film scores are "Captain Blood", "The Sea Hawk" and "King's Row." Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In 1928 this influential French composer toured the United States for four months. Among his works are "Rhapsodie Espagnole", "Le Tombeau de Couperin" and "Gaspard de la Nuit." Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This composer was deeply interested in the folk music of his native Hungary. He emigrated to the United States in 1940. While in America, he was commisioned to write the "Concerto for Orchestra." Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This composer fled Austria to live in the United States when the Nazis took power. He developed the twelve tone technique of composition. He wrote "Verklarte Nacht", the opera "Moses und Aron" and "Pierrot Lunaire." Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This German composer went to America after the Nazis banned his music. "The Threepenny Opera" and "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" are two of his operas which are regularly performed. He was also very succesful composing such Broadway shows as "Knickerbocker Holiday" and "One Touch of Venus." Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This opera composer came to New York for the premiere of his newest work, "The Girl of the Golden West" at the Metropolitan Opera. Among his other operas are "La Boheme" and "Tosca." Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. This Czech composer lived in America for three years as the director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York. While in the United States, he composed some of his greatest music, including the "New World" symphony and the "American" quartet. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This Russian composer conducted at the opening of Carnegie Hall in 1891 in New York City. He composed symphonies, ballets, operas and concertos. One of his most popular pieces is the "1812 Overture."

Answer: Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky enjoyed a great deal of popularity in his lifetime, hence the invitation to conduct at this very prestigious concert.
2. This giant of twentieth century music was born in Russia and lived for a time in Switzerland and France. He is most famous for the ballet "The Rite of Spring." In 1939 he left to live in Hollywood, California. While living in the U.S. he composed the "Symphony in Three Movements", a mass, and the opera "The Rake's Progress."

Answer: Igor Stravinsky

Stravinsky also composed, while living in the United States, the "Circus Polka", written to be danced by elephants.
3. Yet another Russian who lived in the United States was this moody man who was one of the greatest pianists of his generation. He wrote two of the most popular piano concertos ever written as well as the "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini."

Answer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

Rachmaninoff, who battled depression his whole life, as did Tchaikovsky, died in Beverly Hills, California in 1943.
4. This Austrian composed composed a violin concerto, several operas and numerous chamber pieces prior to emigrating to the U.S. in 1934. He achieved his greatest fame as a composer for the movies. Among his best film scores are "Captain Blood", "The Sea Hawk" and "King's Row."

Answer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Korngold returned to Europe in 1946, longing to get back to "serious" music. Unfortunately, he met with little success there.
5. In 1928 this influential French composer toured the United States for four months. Among his works are "Rhapsodie Espagnole", "Le Tombeau de Couperin" and "Gaspard de la Nuit."

Answer: Maurice Ravel

"Bolero" is the work Ravel is most famous for, but I didn't want to give it away! Ravel enjoyed his trip crossing the U.S. because all the train travel gave the insomniac composer the best sleep of his adult life.
6. This composer was deeply interested in the folk music of his native Hungary. He emigrated to the United States in 1940. While in America, he was commisioned to write the "Concerto for Orchestra."

Answer: Bela Bartok

Bartok's years in America were not happy ones. He was plagued by illness and poverty. He died in 1945 of leukemia in New York City.
7. This composer fled Austria to live in the United States when the Nazis took power. He developed the twelve tone technique of composition. He wrote "Verklarte Nacht", the opera "Moses und Aron" and "Pierrot Lunaire."

Answer: Arnold Schoenberg

Next to Stravinsky, Schoenberg was one of the most influential composers of the twentieth century. His music never found popular appeal.
8. This German composer went to America after the Nazis banned his music. "The Threepenny Opera" and "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" are two of his operas which are regularly performed. He was also very succesful composing such Broadway shows as "Knickerbocker Holiday" and "One Touch of Venus."

Answer: Kurt Weill

Two of Weill's most popular songs are "Mack the Knife", adapted from "The Threepenney Opera" and "September Song", from "Knickerbocker Holiday." He was married to Lotte Lenya, a singer and actress whom you may remember as the evil Rosa Klebb in "From Russia with Love."
9. This opera composer came to New York for the premiere of his newest work, "The Girl of the Golden West" at the Metropolitan Opera. Among his other operas are "La Boheme" and "Tosca."

Answer: Giacomo Puccini

"The Girl of the Golden West" was based on a play by David Belasco. Its premiere was very successful, then it seemed to drop out of the repertory. Now it is performed fairly regularly. It is quite a fine opera, although it takes a little getting used to seeing cowboys in an opera singing "Doo da, doo da doo da day".
10. This Czech composer lived in America for three years as the director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York. While in the United States, he composed some of his greatest music, including the "New World" symphony and the "American" quartet.

Answer: Antonin Dvorak

Dvorak was very homesick during his stay in America. Every summer he would travel to Spillville, Iowa where there was a large Czech community.
Source: Author fdgla

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