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Series 27 Episode 7

7/13 Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz.

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8/13 Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz.

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  • Counterpoint Quiz

    How good is your musical knowledge? Try these typical Counterpoint questions... 

     

    1. What’s the commonly-used title or nickname of Beethoven’s 3rd symphony?

    2. In early jazz, with which instrument are the performers Buddy Bolden and Bix Beiderbecke most closely associated?

    3. Which two English composers were jointly organists at the Chapel Royal during the reign of Elizabeth I, and collaborated on a number of musical works and publications?

    4. In which classic film musical does the leading man fall in love with the girl who dubs the singing voice of the leading lady?

    5. Which rock star and opera star duetted on the 1987 hit song ‘Barcelona’?

    6. Which character in opera sings the tenor aria ‘La donna e mobile’?

    7. Using which three-letter prefix are JS Bach’s works catalogued and identified?

    8. Which Beatles song begins with the sound effect of a jet aircraft coming in to land?

    9. Which singer’s successful albums include Court And Spark and The Hissing Of Summer Lawns?

    10. Which composer wrote an overture at the age of 17, based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

     

     

    Answers:

     

    1. Eroica

    2. Cornet

    3. Thomas Tallis and William Byrd

    4. Singin’ In The Rain

    5. Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballe

    6. The Duke of Mantua – in Rigoletto

    7. BWV – ‘Bach-Werke Verzeichnis’

    8. Back In The USSR

    9. Joni Mitchell

    10. Felix Mendelssohn

     

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