E: 06/01 Win a year's supply of music at Classic FM

MaineBlue

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I can't see this posted (I'm guessing 'cos of the volume of Q and A's) but it's a pretty neat prize.

We know it's the taking part that counts, but we couldn't resist offering you a fantastic prize to help you kick off 2013 in style. We're offering one lucky winner a year's supply of music - that's a copy of John Suchet's album of the week, once a week, every week until the start of 2014!

EDIT: OK, 19 out of the 20 answers are in. I'm only unsure of Q4 (see post 20) and not 100% sure of Q20 (see post 14)

HUUUUUUUUGE thanks to lilias for all their help and to kohsamui14, who came off the subs bench in the last minute to curl in a beautiful left foot volley into the top left corner. And One-Eyein extra time with that cheeky chipped penalty.

MaineBlue

Question 1: An easy one to start... Which composer recently re-worked Vivaldi's The Four Seasons?

• Eric Whitacre
• Peter Maxwell Davies
• John Rutter
• Max Richter

Question 2: "Give me a laundry list and I will set it to music." Who said this?

• Bach
• Ravel
• Rossini
• Schumann

Question 3: What did Stravinsky once call Rachmaninov?

• A grumpy genius
• A six-and-a-half foot tall scowl
• A sad excuse of a human being
• A piano concerto machine

(Hint: you'll find the answer on our page about Rachmaninov)

Question 4: Telemann composed around 9,700 works.

• True
• False

Question 5: An enigma for you now. Tram's return takes in magical land for composer (6)
Mozart

Question 6: What were Beethoven's last words before he died?

• Pity, pity, too late!
• Plaudite amici, comoedia finita est
• Freude!
• Alas, my deafness has got the better of me

(Hint: you'll find the answer in our Beethoven fact guide)

Question 7: What is Debussy's star sign?

• Aquarius
• Pisces
• Saggitarius
• Leo

Question 8: Pick out all the Romantic composers from the list...

• Berlioz
• Mozart
• Bach
• Brahms
• Haydn
• Tchaikovsky
• Whitacre
• Chopin
• Verdi
• Vivaldi
• Schumann
• Mahler
• Debussy
• Sibelius
• Maxwell-Davies
• Wagner
• John Williams
• Rachmaninov

(Hint: you'll be able to spot them on our Romantic period timeline)

Question 9: A Verdi question... of his 68 works, how many involved no singing at all? (Hint: you'll find the answer in our Verdi Fast & Friendly Guide)
Six

Question 10: Take the number of symphonies composed by Beethoven. Add the number of symphonies composed by Shostakovich. Multiply by the number in the nickname of Mahler's Eighth Symphony. Divide this number by the frequency used to tune the orchestra...

• 54.54 (9 + 15 x 1000 / 440)
• 92.54
• 74.32
• 23.83

Question 11: Approximately how many music tracks had been played on Classic FM by our 20th birthday?

• 300,000
• 1,570,000
• 2,900,00
• 3,653,000

(Hint: You'll find the answer on the Classic FM Infographic)

Question 12: Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli was dedicated to Pope Marcellus. How long did his papacy last?

• 22 hours
• 22 days
• 22 months
• 22 years

Question 13: Unlucky for some. Unless you like... Enigmas! Composer holed up in laundry basket (4)
Ryba

Question 14: Tim specialises in fiendish enigmas, but he's also written a book called Schadenfreude and one called Modern Phobias.

• True
• False

Question 15: Take the number of semitones in an octave, add the number of violins in a wind quintet, and divide by the number of movements in Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. The number left at the end is...?

• 2.8
• 2.6
• 2.4
• 2.2

Question 16: What does opus literally mean?

• Music
• Thing
• Playing
• Work

Question 17: 'Diabolus in musica'. This Latin phrase describes a musical interval. But which one?

• Octave
• Diminished fifth
• Perfect fourth
• Augmented sixth

Question 18: What is the last word of the aria 'Nessun dorma'?
Vincero

Question 19: What did Tchaikovsky study at university?
Law

Question 20: Take the year of Chopin's birth. Add the number of strings on a viola. Divide by the number of bars in Chopin's 'Minute' Waltz (without repeats). What number are you left with? (Include all the numbers after the decimal point please!)
14.512 (1810 + 4 / 125 = 14.512)

lilias

Could the

Composer holed up in laundry basket (Question 13)

be Ryba?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Jan_Ryba

lilias

Question 16

Opus means Work

lilias

Question 17

" On the surface there might appear to be no link between Black Sabbath, Wagner's Gotterdammerung, West Side Story and the theme tune to the Simpsons.
But all of them rely heavily on tritones, a musical interval that spans three whole tones, like the diminished fifth or augmented fourth. This interval, the gap between two notes played in succession or simultaneously, was branded Diabolus in Musica or the Devil's Interval by medieval musicians."




So I guess the answer is Diminished fifth??

lilias

Question 14

There are twelve semitones in an octave

There are five movements in the Fantastique

I don't think there are any violinists in a wind quartet

So I make the answer 2.4

lilias

Question 19 Tchaikovsky studied Law.

lilias

"Question 18: What is the last word of the aria 'Nessun dorma'?
Vincero *Can someone confirm this one please?"

I agree with this.

I hope someone is checking my answers.

MaineBlue

lilias wrote: »

"Question 18: What is the last word of the aria 'Nessun dorma'?
Vincero *Can someone confirm this one please?"

I agree with this.

I hope someone is checking my answers.

I'm trusting you, but did a double check on the maths one as my maths is terrible. I hate them captchas in comps e.g (What's the missing number) X x 20 = 160. I find them tougher than the quiz question :rotfl:

BTW, fab work thus far lilias

lilias

Question 9

" (Hint: you'll find the answer in our Verdi Fast & Friendly Guide)"

"Sorry - your search for " Verdi Fast & Friendly Guide" found no results."

Humph.

Okay, I've found the Guide and it says Six.

MaineBlue

lilias wrote: »

Question 9

" (Hint: you'll find the answer in our Verdi Fast & Friendly Guide)"

"Sorry - your search for " Verdi Fast & Friendly Guide" found no results."

Found it. the answer is 6
LINK (22 seconds)