Lesson T5.1.1
T5.1.1 Listening to great composers Quiz: KS3 Music, Unit 5
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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Which composer wrote The Four Seasons?
- Handel, a German-born composer
- Vivaldi
- Bach, a Leipzig composer
- Mozart, a Viennese composer
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Which composer wrote a famous symphony opening with a four-note motif?
- Mozart
- Bach
- Beethoven
- Haydn
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Who composed The Planets suite?
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Gustav Holst
- Edward Elgar
- Benjamin Britten
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Which composer wrote the ballet The Nutcracker?
- Prokofiev
- Tchaikovsky
- Stravinsky
- Rachmaninov
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Which composer is known for Clair de lune and the Impressionist style?
- Johann Strauss
- Frederic Chopin
- Claude Debussy
- Franz Liszt
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Who wrote Eine kleine Nachtmusik?
- Haydn
- Handel
- Bach
- Mozart
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Which composer wrote the Brandenburg Concertos?
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Henry Purcell
- George Frideric Handel
- Antonio Vivaldi
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Which composer wrote The Rite of Spring and caused a riot at its premiere in 1913?
- Igor Stravinsky
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Erik Satie
- Sergei Prokofiev
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Beethoven's Fifth Symphony begins with a short-short-short-long rhythm. What effect does this create?
- A laid-back jazz swing
- A relaxed waltz feel
- A calm lullaby mood
- Urgency and drama
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Holst's Mars, the Bringer of War is written in which time signature?
- 4/4
- 3/4
- 6/8
- 5/4
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Which texture feature is a key characteristic of Baroque music?
- Block chords
- Pentatonic melody
- Continuous bass line
- Parallel fifths
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Which composition technique creates a hazy, shimmering atmosphere in impressionism?
- Soft blurred harmony
- Strict counterpoint
- Atonal serialism
- Pitched percussion
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Chopin's nocturnes are usually written for which instrument?
- Solo violin
- String quartet
- Pipe organ
- Solo piano
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A listener hears a Viennese waltz. Which composer is famous for these?
- Gustav Mahler
- Franz Liszt
- Johann Strauss
- Claude Debussy
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What is the main descriptive feature used in Vivaldi's Four Seasons?
- Chance operations
- Programme music
- Strict minimalism
- Pentatonic tuning
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Which textural feature is typical of the Classical music style?
- Atonal clusters
- Electronic drones
- Dense polyphony
- Balanced phrases
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What is the term for the main opening theme in a fugue?
- Bridge
- Coda
- Subject
- Refrain
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Which musical features make Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring sound shocking?
- Steady metronomic beats
- Gentle modal tunes
- Irregular rhythms
- Simple major chords
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Which choral finale does Beethoven's Ninth Symphony famously use?
- Ode to Joy
- Hymn of Praise
- The Lark Ascending
- Pomp and Circumstance
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Which composer wrote the 1812 Overture featuring cannon fire?
- Brahms
- Chopin
- Tchaikovsky
- Schubert
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