The Grand Portobello Musical Quiz

One Performance only -7.30pm 4th May 2020

The Grand Portobello Musical Quiz Slide 1

Quiz Outline

• You will need a pencil and paper.• There are 20 multiple choice questions.• There are four bonus questions (not multiple choice).• There is one question about the quiz itself.• Four of the questions have a hint.• The hint will be shown if one or more contestants

raise their hand (electronically or physically) whenasked.

How it works

• Have your microphone muted as we go through thequestions.

• Each correct answer scores 1 point.• If you needed to take the hint on a question which

you answered correctly you score only 1/2 a point,(be honest!).

• Anyone who scores over 25 points is cheating.• Anybody found cheating will be forced to listen to the

whole of Richard Strauss’ Alpine Symphony.

Topics to be covered

1. Symphonies and Cities2. Operettas and Musicals3. Musical Scores and Notation4. Great Plagiarisers of Music5. The Deaths of Composers

The Question on the Quiz

One of the 20 multiple choice questions you are about tosee was taken (without permission) from the TV show“Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”. It was worth £250,000.

Which question was it?The Grand Portobello Musical Quiz Slide 5

Mute your microphonesplease

Round 1

Symphonies and Cities

Question 1 of 20

Shostakovich’s 7th symphony is named after the citywhere he was living at the start of the second world war.Which city is it?

A : KazanB : MoscowC : BialystokD : Leningrad

Question 2 of 20

Two of Joseph Haydn’s symphonies are named aftercities in England. The most famous is the LondonSymphony. Which is the other city?

A : BirminghamB : OxfordC : BristolD : Portsmouth

Question 3 of 20

One of Mozart’s greatest symphonies is named after thecity of Prague where it was first performed. Whichnumber is given to it in Kochel’s catalogue?

A : 31B : 36C : 38D : 39

Would you like a hint?

Question 3 of 20

A : 31B : 36C : 38D : 39

Symphony No 39 doesn’t have a name.

Question 4 of 20

A movement in Schumann’s third symphony (theRhenish) decribes a ceremonial procession in a cathedralon the river Rhine. Which cathedral city is it?

A : MeinzB : WormsC : SpeyerD : Koln

Bonus Question: Which movement describes theceremony?

Round 2

Operettas and Musicals

Question 5 of 20

In which musical by Leonard Bernstein does the song”Officer Krupke” appear?

A : On the TownB : Wonderful TownC : West Side StoryD : 1600 Pensylvania Avenue

Question 6 of 20

Kurt Weill wrote his well know song ”Mack the Knife” forone of his colaborative works with Bertol Brecht. Whichwork was it?

A : The Threepenny Opera

B :The Rise and Fall ofthe City of Mahagony

C : Happy EndD : The Seven Deadly Sins

Bonus Question: For which work did he write the song“Surabaya Johnny“?

Question 7 of 20

For which musical did George Gershwin write the song”I got Rhythm“?

A : Of thee I singB : Girl CrazyC : Oh KayD : Lady be Good

Question 7 of 20

The musical was later made into a film staring JudyGarland and Mickey Rooney.

Question 8 of 20

In which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta does the song”Poor Wandering One“ appear?

A : The Pirates of PenzanceB : The MikadoC : The GondoliersD : HMS Pinafore

Round 3

Scores and Notation

Question 9 of 20

The picture shows an extract from the second movementof a symphony by Beethoven. Which symphony is it?

A : 3B : 5C : 7D : 8

Bonus Question: What is the key of the third movement?The Grand Portobello Musical Quiz Slide 20

Question 10 of 20

Here is an extract from a work by Felice Anario(1560-1614) printed in the original notation. What is thefirst note in the Altus part?

A : EB : FC : GD : A

Would you like a hint?The Grand Portobello Musical Quiz Slide 21

Question 10 of 20

Both inner staves are written in the C Clef.The Grand Portobello Musical Quiz Slide 22

Question 11 of 20

In his string quartet ”Crisantemi“ Puccini uses a tempodirection: ”Andante Mesto”. What is the meaning of theword ”Mesto”

A : CalmB : FreeC : With deep feelingD : Sad

Question 12 of 20

If a 3/4 waltz is given a tempo direction it meansthat the composer wants the conductor to beat 3 in a barat a rate of 120 beats in one minute. It the conductordecides (as conductors do) to beat the same waltz in 1 ina bar, what should the tempo direction have be?

A :B :C :D :

Round 4

Plagiarism by famouscomposers

Question 13 of 20

Wagner’s opening motif in Parsifal was taken from anearlier work by another composer. Wagner even had thescore to hand during the composition of the first Act.Who was the other composer?

A : Ludwig van BeethovenB : Giuseppi VerdiC : Franz LisztD : Johannes Brahms

Question 14 of 20

Mozart’s 37th Symphony is very rarely performed today.The reason is that, apart from a short introduction, itwas all the work of another composer. Who was thatcomposer?

A : Carl StamitzB : Joseph HaydnC : Luigi BoccheriniD : Michael Haydn

Question 14 of 20

Leopold Mozart thought that the other composer was avery bad influence on his son Wolfgang.

Question 15 of 20

The minuet movement of Schubert’s fifth symphony isclosely modelled on a symphonic movement by anotherVienese composer. Who was that composer?

A : Wolfgang MozartB : Jan Vaclav VorisekC : Antonio SaliereD : Ludwig van Beethoven

Bonus Question: How old was Schubert when he wrotehis 5th Symphony?

Question 16 of 20

The final movement of Vivaldi’s gloria a rearrangement ofa work by an earlier composer. Who was it?:

A : Giovanni RuggieriB : Giovanni GabrielliC : Luigi CantucciniD : Arcangelo Corelli

Round 5

The Deaths of Composers

Question 17 of 20

Which French baroque composer died as a result ofstabbing himself in the foot?

A : Jean-Phillipe RameauB : Jean-Baptiste LullyC : Marc-Antoine CharpentierD : Francois Couperin

Bonus Question: Name the work that Maurice Ravelwrote evoking the spirit of the French baroque keyboardsuite.

Question 18 of 20

Which composer drowned when his ship was hit by atorpedo during the first world war. He was returningfrom the USA after a successful concert tour.

A : Max BruchB : Carl NielsenC : Alexander ScriabinD : Enrique Granados

Question 19 of 20

Which composer died peacefully while listening to a radiobroadcast of his fifth symphony?

A : Jean SibeliusB : Ralph Vaughan-WilliamsC : Gustav MahlerD : Henrik Esrum-Hellerup

Question 19 of 20

He died at his lakeside home, sitting beside the fireplacewhere, some years before, he had burned themanuscripts of many of his works.

Question 20 of 20

Which composer’s head was severed from his body andstolen from his grave by a phrenologist shortly after hisfuneral?

A : Mikhail GlinkaB : Joseph HaydnC : Hector BerliozD : Henry Purcell

The Answers

Unmute your microphonesplease

Question 1 of 20

Question 2 of 20

Question 3 of 20

A : 31B : 36C : 38D : 39

Question 3 of 20

A : 31B : 36C : 38D : 39

Question 4 of 20

Bonus Question: Which movement describes theceremony?

Question 4 of 20

Bonus Question: Which movement describes theceremony? The fourth movement

Koln Cathedral in 1862

Question 5 of 20

Question 6 of 20

Bonus Question: For which work did he write the song“Surabaya Johnny“?

Question 6 of 20

Bonus Question: For which work did he write the song“Surabaya Johnny“? Happy End

Question 7 of 20

Question 8 of 20

Question 9 of 20

A : 3B : 5C : 7D : 8

Bonus Question: What is the key of the third movement?The Grand Portobello Musical Quiz Slide 55

Question 9 of 20

A : 3B : 5C : 7D : 8

Bonus Question: What is the key of the third movement?F major

Question 10 of 20

Both inner staves are written in the C Clef.The Grand Portobello Musical Quiz Slide 57

Question 10 of 20

Both inner staves are written in the C Clef.

Evolution of Music Clefs

Question 11 of 20

The quartet is an elegy on the death of Amadeo di Savoia,Duke of Aosta, who was a friend of Puccini.

Question 12 of 20

If a 3/4 waltz is given a tempo direction it meansthat the composer wants the conductor to beat 3 in a barat a rate of 120 beats in one minute. It the conductordecides (as conductors do) to beat the same waltz in 1 ina bar, what should the tempo direction be?

A :B :C :D :

Question 12 of 20

If a 3/4 waltz is given a tempo direction it meansthat the composer wants the conductor to beat 3 in a barat a rate of 120 beats in one minute. It the conductordecides (as conductors do) to beat the same waltz in 1 ina bar, what should the tempo direction be?

A :B :C :D :

Question 13 of 20

Wagner’s opening motif of Parsifal was taken from anearlier work by another composer. Wagner even had thescore to hand during the composition of the first Act.Who was the other composer?

Question 13 of 20

Wagner’s opening motif of Parsifal was taken from anearlier work by another composer. Wagner even had thescore to hand during the composition of the first Act.Who was the other composer?

Question 14 of 20

Leopold Mozart thought that the other composer was avery bad influence on his son Wolfgang.

Question 14 of 20

Leopold Mozart thought that the other composer was abad influence on his son Wolfgang.

Question 15 of 20

Bonus Question: How old was Schubert when he wrotehis 5th Symphony?

Question 15 of 20

Bonus Question: How old was Schubert when he wrotehis 5th Symphony? 19

Question 16 of 20

Does anyone know anything about Luigi Cantuccini?Would you like to see a picture of him?

’Luigi’ Cantuccini and his family

Question 17 of 20

Bonus Question: Name the work that Maurice Ravelwrote evoking the spirit of the French baroque keyboardsuite.

Question 17 of 20

Bonus Question: Name the work that Maurice Ravelwrote evoking the spirit of the French baroque keyboardsuite. Le Tombeau de Couperin

Question 18 of 20

Question 19 of 20

He died at his lakeside home, sitting beside the fireplacewhere, some years before, he had burned themanuscripts of many of his works.

Question 19 of 20

Does anyone know who Henrik Esrum-Hellerup was?

He wasn’t a type of Norwegian biscuit!

From The New Grove Dictionary (1980)

Esrum and Hellerup are railway stations in Copenhagen.The Grand Portobello Musical Quiz Slide 79

Question 20 of 20

The head and body finally re-united in 1954.

And finally - The Question on the Quiz

One of the 20 multiple choice questions you are about tosee was taken (without permission) from the TV show“Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”. It was worth £250,000.

Which question was it?The Grand Portobello Musical Quiz Slide 82

Question 8 of 20

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