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- 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
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- 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
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