CLASSICAL MUSIC TRIVIA
PUZZLE #2
This crossword puzzle contains clues about classical music terms, repertoire and composers.
Patrons who have been to recent Pacific Symphony concerts have an advantage as some of the
material here is derived from information in past program books and explanations from the stage.
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CLASSICAL MUSIC TRIVIA
PUZZLE #2
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The main theme of The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra was
appropriated from a melody written by this English Baroque
composer.
The ________________ Testament is a Beethoven letter expressing his
despair over his deafness.
Composer quotation: “I am thrice homeless, as a native of Bohemia
in Austria, as an Austrian among Germans, and as a Jew throughout
the world. Everywhere an intruder, never welcomed.” (full name)
Composer quotation: “What you are, you are by accident of birth.
What I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand
princes. There is only one ________________.” (last name only)
A Baroque Trio sonata usually requires at least ________________
performers.
This collection of medieval Latin poems inspired a 20th-century
cantata and the Wheel of Fortune came show.
Johann Sebastian Bach wrote six of these for the Margrave of the
territory for which these pieces take their name. (two words)
Mass for the dead.
Lalo work which inspired Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto.
Violin Concerto in E minor, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The
Hebrides, Italian and Scottish Symphonies. (full name)
This composer worked as a successful insurance agent by day and
wrote music at night, not wanting to “let his children starve on his
dissonances.”
Keyboard instrument that produces sound by striking metal plates,
most famously heard in Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar Plum
Fairy" from The Nutcracker.
Deaf Czech composer (last name)
Both Mozart and Sibelius shared this fraternal organization in
common.
Form defined by a recurring theme ABACADA etc.
1936 denunciation of Dmitri Shostakovich which resulted in his fall
from official government favor came in the form of an article
entitled "Muddle Instead of Music" in this Communist Newspaper.
Johann Strauss, Jr. is often referred to as this. (two words)
Imitative counterpoint: uses subjects, answers, countersubjects,
episodes, and stretto.
“Three Symphonic Sketches for Orchestra” that portray the sea
by Claude Debussy. (two words)
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2 violins, viola and cello. (two words)
Victor Hartmann’s paintings inspired this Russian piano work, later
orchestrated by Ravel. (four words)
Unaccompanied showpiece for the soloist in a concerto.
Exposition, Development, Recapitulation, Coda [optional]. (two words)
This 1928 Tone Poem is also a 1951 MGM Musical film. (three words)
This Shakespeare play was musically portrayed by composers such as
Tchaikovsky, Berlioz and Prokofiev.
1960 Miles Davis album Sketches of Spain features an arrangement
of this famous “concierto.”
Oboe, English Horn, Bassoon, Contrabassoon. (two words)
Johannes Brahms and Max Bruch wrote their famous violin concerts
for this Hungarian violinist, conductor and composer. (last name)
Composed incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt. (full
name)
The swan in the Sibelius tone poem The Swan of Tuonela is depicted
by the ________________. (two words)
Handel’s Messiah is the most famous example of this musical genre.
Haydn and Mozart were the leading composers of this musical period.
“Ode to Joy” text from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony was written by
________________. (last name only)
Short musical idea associated with a person, an object or a thought in
a Wagner opera.
This Puccini opera heroine jumps to her death.
Of the Classical symphony’s traditional four movements, the
________________ movement is omitted in a concerto.
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