Established string quartet requires two violinists and a 'cellist.
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Entry Exam For The BBC Symphony Orchestra--Viola Players
The pass mark is 10% but be careful--over 45% and you are overqualified.
Who wrote the following:
a) Beethoven's Symphony No. 6
b) Fauré's Requiem
c) Wagner's Ring Cycle
[5 pts.]
Tschaikovsky wrote 6 symphonies including Symphony no. 4.
Name the other five.
[5 pts.]
Explain "counterpoint" or write your name on the reverse of
the paper.
[10 pts.]
Which of the following would you tuck under you chin?
a) a timpani
b) an organ
c) a 'cello
d) a viola
[1 pt.]
Can you explain "sonata form"? (Answer yes or no.)
[5 pts.]
Which of the following literary works was made the subject of a
Verdi opera?
a) First among Equals -- Jeffrey Archer
b) Macbeth -- William Shakespeare
c) Noddy and Big Ears -- Enid Blyton
[5 pts.]
Domenico Scarlatti wrote 555 harpsichord sonatas for which instrument?
[5 pts.]
Arrange the following movements in order of speed, starting with
the slowest first.
a) Quickly
b) Slowly
c) Very Quickly
d) At a Moderate Pace
[4 pts.]
Where would you normally expect to find the conductor during a
performance?
[5 pts.]
Which of the following wrote incidental music to A
Midsummer Night's Dream?
a) Des O'Connor
b) Mickey Mouse
c) Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
d) Terry Wogan
[5 pts.]
Which of the following is the odd one out?
a) Sir Colin Davis
b) Andrew Davis
c) Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
d) Desmond Lynham
[5 pts.]
Arrange the following words into the name of a well known Puccini
opera.
Bohème, La
[5 pts.]
Within five minutes, how long is Chopin's Minute Waltz?
[5 pts.]
From which of the following countries did Richard Strauss come?
a) Venezuela
b) Sri Lanka
c) Germany
d) Japan
[5 pts.]
For what town were Haydn's "Paris" Symphonies
written?
[5 pts.]
Which is the odd one out?
a) Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet -- Tchaikovsky
b) Romeo and Juliet -- Berlioz
c) Romeo and Juliet Ballet -- Prokofiev
d) Ten Green Bottles -- anon.
[5 pts.]
From which song do the following lines come?
"God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble
Queen."
[5 pts.]
Spell the following musical terms.
allegro
rallentando
crotchet
pizzicato
intermezzo
[5 pts.]
Tosca is a character found in which Puccini opera?
[5 pts.]
Arrange the following letters to form the abbreviation for a well
known British broadcasting corporation.
