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Matve's Music Quiz No. 2

In the second of my fiendish quizzes, I give you names of pieces of 20th-century music, and you must select the correct composer.

A multiple-choice quiz by Matve. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Matve

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
79,404

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
567

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Question 1 of 10

1. 'Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima' Hint

Henryk Gorecki

Witold Lutoslawski

Krzysztof Penderecki

Karol Szymanowski

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Question 2 of 10

2. 'Company' Hint

Michael Nyman

Steve Reich

Philip Glass

John Adams

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Question 3 of 10

3. Three 'Suites for Violoncello' Hint

Malcolm Arnold

Alan Rawsthorne

Benjamin Britten

Ralph Vaughan Williams

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Question 4 of 10

4. 'Scythian Suite' Hint

Sergei Rachmaninov

Sergei Prokofiev

Alexander Scriabin

Nikolai Medtner

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Question 5 of 10

5. '4'33' Hint

Karlheinz Stockhausen

John Cage

Iannis Xenakis

Edgar Varese

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'Wozzeck' Hint

Hans Werner Henze

Arnold Schoenberg

Alban Berg

Anton Webern

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Question 7 of 10

7. 'Nights in the Garden of Spain' Hint

Joaquin Rodrigo

Isaac Albeniz

Manuel de Falla

Enrique Granados

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Question 8 of 10

8. 'Genuine Flabby Preludes (For A Dog)' Hint

Francis Poulenc

Ernest Chausson

Darius Milhaud

Erik Satie

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Question 9 of 10

9. 'A Soldier's Tale' Hint

Igor Stravinsky

Sergei Rachmaninov

Sergei Prokofiev

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

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Question 10 of 10

10. 'The Gadfly' Hint

Sofia Gubaidulina

Dmitri Shostakovich

Alfred Schnittke

Aram Khachaturian

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima'

Answer: Krzysztof Penderecki

It is an extremely harrowing piece, for 50 stringed instruments!

2. 'Company'

Answer: Philip Glass

'Company' is both a string quartet and the incidental music to a Samuel Beckett play. It features the usual hypnotic minor key arpeggios that Philip Glass has made a career out of.

3. Three 'Suites for Violoncello'

Answer: Benjamin Britten

These were written for Mstislav Rostropovich. They're also very good!

4. 'Scythian Suite'

Answer: Sergei Prokofiev

One of Prokofiev's 'enfant terrible' pieces, the 'Scythian Suite' was not well-received by the older generation.

5. '4'33'

Answer: John Cage

Yes, it's the one which features 4 minutes 33 seconds of silence. What great art! Even Xenakis, Stockhausen and Varese didn't sink that low...

6. 'Wozzeck'

Answer: Alban Berg

'Wozzeck' is possibly the most famous atonal opera! Berg was the most successful of the Second Viennese School (which also comprised Schoenberg and Webern).

7. 'Nights in the Garden of Spain'

Answer: Manuel de Falla

It's a piano concerto, basically. Falla's music is very Spanish-sounding.

8. 'Genuine Flabby Preludes (For A Dog)'

Answer: Erik Satie

A typically obtuse title from one of the most eccentric composers of all time, the Frenchman Erik Satie. He's more famous for his 'Gymnopedies'.

9. 'A Soldier's Tale'

Answer: Igor Stravinsky

I've never heard it, but apparently it's great.

10. 'The Gadfly'

Answer: Dmitri Shostakovich

When Shostakovich wasn't being persecuted by the Soviet authorities for his 'dissonances', he was writing slightly less controversial music such as the film score to 'The Gadfly'.

Source: Author Matve

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