Statistics for Classical Music From A-Z #7

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	Hint	Answer	% Correct
F	First name of Haydn, Schubert, and Liszt	Franz	92%
G	20th centruy American songwriter and composer of the popular "Rhapsody in Blue"	George Gershwin	88%
A	Italian term indicating to play fast and lively	allegro	87%
O	Interval of 8 notes	octave	86%
Q	A compositon for 5 performers	quintet	85%
V	Austrian city that was the major center of musical activity in the 18th century	Vienna	79%
X	That percussion instrument that starts with X	xylophone	78%
D	19th century Czechoslovakian composer who visited and worked in USA	Antonin Dvorak	75%
R	20th century French composer whose "Gaspard de la Nuit" has been described as "trascendentally difficult"	Maurice Ravel	68%
U	Birth country of Copland and Gershwin	USA	68%
W	Orchestra section that includes flutes, oboes, bassoons and clarinets	woodwinds	60%
P	Very popular opera and recording star, 1935-2007, considered one of the finest lyric tenors of the 20th century	Luciano Pavarotti	59%
T	A 3-note chord	triad	55%
S	Italian composer of 100s of 'piano 'sonatas' who was born in the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach	Domenico Scarlatti	44%
Z	Multi-stringed instrument (plucked, not bowed) particularly popular in Austria and Bavaria	zither	36%
Y	Benjamin Britten composition intended to teach children about symphonic instruments	Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra	34%
C	Italian composer of classic sonatinas beloved by piano teachers and students who spent most of his life in England	Muzio Clementi	29%
H	Rhythmic pattern with the ratio of 3:2, for example "3 against 2" in piano music	hemiola	25%
N	Term for music composed with influences of specific countries, an important force in late 19th century music	nationalism	24%
J	A music major's final exam in performance	jury	16%
B	German composer of finely crafted piano solos which are often taught as preparation for more difficult Romantic repertoire; his "Arabesque" is a favorite of piano students	Friedrich Burgmuller	14%
E	A light-hreated piece named for folk dances of Scotland, but actually based on English country dances	ecossaise	13%
K	German/Danish composer of classic sonatinas which are frequently taught as preparation for the "master composers"	Friedrich Kuhlau	10%
L	Cuban composer of the very showy and popular "Malaguena"	Ernesto Lecuona	6%
I	First name of Philipp, renowned teacher in Paris conservatory in first half of 20th century	Isidor	6%
M	America's first internationally recognized composer (1861-1908)	Edward MacDowell	4%