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Quiz about Quotations By And About Composers No 2

Quotations By And About Composers No. 2 Quiz

Second installment of "name the person that said the quote".

A multiple-choice quiz by winkle52. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
winkle52

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
212,883

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. "Rossini would have been a great composer if his teacher had spanked him enough on the backside." Which German composer said this? Hint

Wagner

Bruckner

Beethoven

Brahms

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Question 2 of 10

2. "At last, fortissimo!" was said by which composer upon visiting Niagara Falls? Hint

Dvorak

Mahler

Saint-Saens

Grieg

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who said this about Wagner's "Lohengrin"? "One can't judge Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" after a first hearing, and I certainly don't intend to hear it a second time." Hint

Meyerbeer

Schumann

Rossini

Puccini

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Question 4 of 10

4. "When I was young, I was told: 'You'll see when you're fifty.' I am fifty and I haven't seen a thing." Which French composer said these words? Hint

Ravel

Satie

Debussy

Franck

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Question 5 of 10

5. A British composer said the following: "You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing." Who was it? Hint

Elgar

Bax

Vaughn Williams

Holst

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Question 6 of 10

6. Bach said the following : "I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well."

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. "In opera there is always too much singing." Who said this? Hint

Brahms

Berlioz

Debussy

Rachmaninoff

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Question 8 of 10

8. What famous pianist from the past had this to say about Mozart's piano sonatas? "The sonatas of Mozart are unique; they are too easy for children, and too difficult for artists." Hint

Paderewski

Fischer

Hoffman

Schnabel

9. What Russian composer said this of Schumann? "Schumann is THE composer of childhood...both because he created a children's imaginative world and because children learn some of their first music in his marvellous piano albums." Hint

Stravinsky

Rachmaninoff

Tchaikovsky

Kabalevsky

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Only the pure at heart can make a good soup." Which composer said this? Hint

Rossini

Beethoven

Delius

Katchaturian

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Rossini would have been a great composer if his teacher had spanked him enough on the backside." Which German composer said this?

Answer: Beethoven

Beethoven and Rossini met, but Beethoven was not overly impressed. Beethoven also said, "Writing to satisfy the public is very satisfying, and so easy to do."

2. "At last, fortissimo!" was said by which composer upon visiting Niagara Falls?

Answer: Mahler

Mahler conducted the New York Philharmonic and The Metropolitan Opera when he was in New York.

3. Who said this about Wagner's "Lohengrin"? "One can't judge Wagner's opera "Lohengrin" after a first hearing, and I certainly don't intend to hear it a second time."

Answer: Rossini

Towards the middle of the 19th century music in Europe divided up into two camps: those that thought Wagner's music was the music of the future, and those that thought it was rubbish.

4. "When I was young, I was told: 'You'll see when you're fifty.' I am fifty and I haven't seen a thing." Which French composer said these words?

Answer: Satie

When one of Satie's compositions was criticized by Debussy for having no form, he promptly composed a piece of music that he said was in the form of a pear.

5. A British composer said the following: "You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing." Who was it?

Answer: Bax

Bax composed in many genres, but perhaps is known best as a symphonist.

6. Bach said the following : "I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well."

Answer: True

Hard work can take a person far, but without a genius like Bach's to go with it, there can be no equal success.

7. "In opera there is always too much singing." Who said this?

Answer: Debussy

In his early years Debussy was a fan of Wagner's music, but as he aged he moderated his enthusiam for it.

8. What famous pianist from the past had this to say about Mozart's piano sonatas? "The sonatas of Mozart are unique; they are too easy for children, and too difficult for artists."

Answer: Schnabel

Schnabel was one of the great Beethoven interpreters of his time, and some say of all time. He was also a composer that wrote very severe serial music.

Answer: Stravinsky

Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky and Kabalevsky all wrote pieces for children. Rachmaninoff didn't write music for children.

10. "Only the pure at heart can make a good soup." Which composer said this?

Answer: Beethoven

Beethoven liked good soup! There is a story that Beethoven once invited some friends to supper at his apartment, but he had a spat with his housekeeper and she left. Beethoven then made the soup himself, but it was like greasy water with a few carrots floating in it!

Source: Author winkle52

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