High Art in Song Quiz Quiz Questions

1. How many dances did Johann Strauss write?

A 200 B 100 C 300 D 400

2. When was Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring first performed?

A 1942 B 1913 C 1861 D 1892

3. Where, in the Gilbert and Sullivan musical, did a certain group of pirates live?

A Penwyth B Penzance C Pentagon D Pendragon

4. Which of these is not an example of musical theater?

A The Blue Danube B A Chorus Line C Sunday in the Park with George D West Side Story

5. Which of these was a forerunner of the madrigal?

A fromage B frappe C frottola D flotilla

6. Which of these poets was not a favorite of the 16th-century Italian madrigal composers?

A Petrarch B Shakespeare C Boccaccio D Ariosto

7. Who composed Madama Butterfly?

A Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov B Ludwig van Beethoven C Igor Stravinsky D Giacomo Puccini

8. A chanson would most likely be written in:

A America B Czechoslovakia C France D Australia