Q2 Music 50 0 What is the term given to a part-song for several voices -usually with no musical accompaniment? Madrigal Oratorio Canticle Cantata What musical term means "gradually growing softer"? Diminuendo Allegro Largo Forte To which famous pop star was Yoko Ono married? John Lennon Mick Jagger Elvis Presley Alvin Ono Which instrument did the jazz musician Louis Armstrong play? Trumpet Piano Clarinet Drums Who wrote the music for Evita,Jesus Christ Superstar and Cats? Andrew Lloyd-Webber Lionel Bart Lennon and McCartney Sir Benjamin Britten Contralto is the lowest range in pitch of a female voice. What is the highest range? Soprano Mezzo-soprano Alto Tenor Who composed a musical suite called "The Planets"? Gustav Holst Nicolo Paganini Franz Haydn Igor Stravinsky Which musical includes the songs: "Sweet Sixteen" and "Doh Ray Me"? The Sound of Music Mary Poppins Oliver Chitty Chitty Bang Bang In which woodwind instrument is a reed not used? Flute Oboe Bassoon Clarinet Who founded the Promenade concerts now held annually at the Royal Albert Hall? Sir Henry Wood Sir Thomas Beecham Arturo Toscanini Ralph Vaughan Williams What nationality was the composer Richard Wagner? German Austrian Czech Belgian Who wrote the music of the ballet "The Nutcracker"? Tchaikovsky Stravinsky Rimsky-Korsakov Mussorgsky What nationality is the world famous Andrés Segovia? Spanish Italian American Yugoslavian With which musical instrument is Yehudi Menuhin associated? Violin Guitar Clarinet Piano Which German-born composer wrote "Music for the Royal Fireworks"? Handel Bach Weber Schumann Which American composer wrote the all-Negro opera "Porgy andBess"? George Gershwin Fats Waller Stephen Foster Scott Joplin Who was known as the "Swedish Nightingale"? Jenny Lind Kirsten Flagstad Maria Callas Edith Piaf What was Brahms' Christian name? Johannes Carl Otto Felix Which German composer wrote nearly 300 church cantatas - from one of which comes "Jesu,Joy of Man's Desiring"? Bach Handel Mendelssohn Beethoven Which film musical did American Leonard Bernstein write? West Side Story Kiss Me Kate South Pacific Show Boat Who composed "Peter and the Wolf"? Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Rachmaninov Edvard Grieg Antonin Dvorak Who composed the opera "Carmen"; the story of a gypsygirl set in Spain? Bizet Fauré Debussy Ravel Which pop group won the l981 Eurovision Song Contest with "Making Your Mind Up"? Bucks Fizz Abba Sweet Dreams Bardo Sheena Easton sang the theme song to which James Bond film? For Your Eyes Only Diamonds Are Forever Goldfinger You Only Live Twice In which section of the orchestra would you find the saxophone? Woodwind Brass String Percussion For what instrument did Chopinwrite most of his music? Piano Violin Flute Cello What was the name of the backing group with which CliffRichard was originally associated? The Shadows The Dreamers The Searchers The Pacemakers Who used to be one of the presenters of the pop TV show "Ready Steady Go"? Cathy McGowan Simon Dee David Jacobs Jimmy Saville Which pop group had hits with "Brown Sugar", "Angie" and "Jumping Jack Flash"? Rolling Stones Beatles Supremes Cream Who was the lead singer of the"Who"? He also starred in thefilm rock opera "Tommy". Roger Daltry David Essex Mick Jagger Peter Frampton Which group had hits with "Money, Money, Money", "SOS" and "Dancing Queen"? Abba Blondie Pretenders Police Which Scandinavian composer wrote the incidental music to Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt"? Grieg Sibelius Nielsen What kind of music do you associate with Dixieland? Jazz Country and Western Pop Blues According to the song, what did Molly Malone sell in Dublin? Cockles and Mussels Shamrock Flowers Pegs and Heather An annual opera festival is held at Glyndebourne. In whichcounty is Glyndebourne? East Sussex Kent Gloucestershire Suffolk Which English composer foundedthe Aldeburgh Music Festival? Benjamin Britten Frederick Delius Edward Elgar John Ireland How many strings does a harp usually have? 46 32 58 70 The Beach Boys had a hit with .....? Barbara Ann Eleanor Rigby Jennifer Eccles Good Golly Miss Molly Simon and Garfunkel had a hit with .....? America Sunday Girl Michelle Space Oddity Which American wrote "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and"I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas"? Irving Berlin Aaron Copland Duke Ellington Jerome Kern What is American vocalist EllaFitzgerald noted for? Jazz Country and Western Rock n'Roll Opera Who wrote the words of "Auld Lang Syne" traditionally sung worldwide on New Year's Eve? Robert Burns Thomas Gray William Blake William Yeats By which name is Richard Starkey better known? Ringo Starr Little Richard David Bowie Sting Which was the last song the Beatles recorded together? Let It Be Hey Jude Hello Goodbye Come Together Which Old English Ballad was reputedly written by Henry VIII? Greensleeves The Ash Grove Elizabethan Serenade Nymphs and Shepherds In the English Traditional Song what was the maiden taking to "Strawberry Fair" apart from strawberries? Cherries and roses Buttercups and daisies Geese Curds and whey Which group had hits with "Dog Eat Dog", and "Stand and Deliver"? Adam and the Ants Police Soft Cell Ian Dury and Blockheads Kim Wilde had a hit with....? Kids in America Mad Eyed Dreamer It's a Mystery Woman in Love Which actress singer had a hitwith "Don't Cry for me Argentina"? Julie Covington Elaine Paige Gemma Craven Julie Andrews Who had a hit with "The Wall"? Pink Floyd Queen Yes David Bowie