Thursday 23 February 2012

Music Quiz 1

  1. Who is considered the father of Orchestra ?
  2. Which music band has won the most number of Grammy awards till date ?

  3. Who was the first Indian musician to do a symphony ?

  4. Who composed the ballet Swans in the Lake ?

  5. Who edited the book The Pelican History of Music ?

  6. Which musical instrument was invented by Italian Bartolommeo Christofori ?

  7. Which musician scored for the film Chariots of Fire to win an Oscar ?

  8. Who are known as the trinity of Carnatic Music ?

  9. Singer Harry Rodger Webb became popular in what name ?

  10. Bouzouki is a string instrument from where ?

  11. The song "Horst-Wessel-Lied" was the anthem of which infamous political party ?

  12. Which instrument is known as the King of Orchestra ?

  13. The word Music was formed from the Greek for Muses' Art. Who are the Muses ?

  14. Whom did Ringo Starr replace to join the Beatles ?

  15. Which jazz trumpeter was called the 'Prince of Darkness' ?

  16. Which Beethoven symphony was a tribute to Nepoleon Bonaparte ?

  17. Graceland was the home of which Rock N Roll legend ?

  18. Which Pink Floyd song was banned by the South African government during apartheid ?

  19. Who composed the background score of the Satyajit Ray film Pather Panchali ?

  20. The Salzburg Music Festival commommorates which music legend ?

Answers

  1. Joseph Haydn
  2. U2
  3. Ilaiyaraja
  4. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  5. Alec Robertson and Denis Stevens
  6. Piano
  7. Vangelis
  8. Thyagaraja Swamikal, Mutthuswami Dikshithar and Shyama Shastrikal
  9. Cliff Richard
  10. Greece
  11. Nazi Party
  12. Violin
  13. Muses are the 9 sons of Greek god Zeus
  14. Pete Best
  15. Miles Davis
  16. Eroica
  17. Elvis Presley
  18. Another Brick in the Wall
  19. Pandit Ravishankar
  20. Wolfgang Mozart

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