Music Knowledge Quiz

Which Middle Classical era composer established the symphony and the four-part string quartet?

• Luigi Cherubini

• Jab Ladislav Dussek

• Franz Joseph Haydn

• Antonio Salieri

• Samuel Wesley

What additional accessory(ies) does a musician need in order to play the koto?

• three ivory picks for the right hand

• two drum sticks made of all natural materials

• a tuner

• a reed made of a synthetic material

• this simple instrument needs no other supplies

Which instrument has two parallel pipes joined together, each with its own single reed, and in which the player's fingers can cover two holes at a time, one on each pipe?

• the Ethiopian krar

• the Brazilian berimbau

• the German shawm

• the Mongolian surnai

• the Egyptian zummara

What language is used in old style Irish melodies?

• Amharic

• Celtic

• Gaelic

• Olde English

• All of the above

How many operas did George Frideric Handel write?

• 12

• 27

• 40

• 65

• over 90 that music historians know of, but it is believed he wrote more

Which father and son company set up a prestigious piano company in 1853?

• Steinway and Sons

• Stradivari Family Instruments

• Amati and Sons

• Stainer

• Fender and Family

What are some of the instruments used in early Chinese music?

• bronze bells, tuneful stone slabs, and pottery flutes

• gayageum and the koto

• the Asian harp, the gong, and the erhu

• the dizi and the gong

• the shamisen and the veena

Although some yidakis can be 10 feet long, most are between _____ and _____ feet.

• 1 and 2

• 12 and 15

• 2 and 7

• 4 and 5

• 8 and 9

During which historical period did the violin begin to be included in orchestras and chamber music?

• Romantic

• Classical

• Medieval

• Baroque

• Post-Modern

What operatic composer wrote Rusalka, which partly followed the plot of Hans Chrstian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid?

• Antonín Dvořák

• Claudio Monteverdi

• Richard Strauss

• George Frideric Handel

• Gioachino Rossini