TEASER….
Other than being composers, what do Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Puccini, Copland, Janacek, and Schonberg (amngst others) have in common?
Clue: Gustav Holst (surprisingly) is not featured).
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Other than being composers, what do Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Puccini, Copland, Janacek, and Schonberg (amngst others) have in common?
Clue: Gustav Holst (surprisingly) is not featured).
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Rearrange these groups of letters to form the names of six instruments: (Scroll down for the ‘Answers’ button) 1. PIEOHMUNU 2. PETINS 3. BEHOTOR 4. PHASENOOX 5. CODERERR 6. COLICOP
Unscramble these words to find the names (in English) of 6 operas: 1. CASUAL JURIES (2 words) 2. HEAVEN INCITED (3 words) 3. AND TROUT 4. A LARK US 5. DOME ONE I 6. MERGE RIPEST ( 2 words) Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the Answers button.
(Scroll to the bottom pf the page for answers) 1. Composed in 1941 as a response to the 900 day long German siege of this city. 2. It premiered in 1942 and was written for re-consecration of a cathedral destroyed in bombing during World War II but wasn’t performed here till 1962. Rather than glorifying war it was…
Australia Day is just around the corner! Take this quiz and see how much you know about some of the nation’s musicians: 1. Match these Australian musicians with the cities in which they were born Who: Peter Sculthorpe, Nigel Westlake, Joan Sutherland, Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Elena Kats-Chernin. Where: Melbourne, VIC; Perth WA; Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Launceston, TAS;…
Do you know the link between these three? (Answer at the bottom of the page)