Statistics for Classical Music- multiple choice

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What language is generally used in music terminology?	Italian	86%
Which composer wrote almost exclusively for the piano?	Frederic Chopin	80%
Which of the following composers had 20 children, three of whom became successful composers themselves?	Johann Sebastian Bach	75%
Which of the following is a multi-movement composition?	sonata	75%
Which of the following is NOT a member of the brass family?	English horn	74%
Which of the following is NOT a reed instrument?	flute	74%
Which of the following types of composition uses counterpoint throughout?	fugue	70%
Which of the following terms refers to tempo?	rallentando	70%
Which of the following terms refers to dynamics?	mezzoforte	66%
What does "da capo" tell the performer to do?	return to the beginning of the piece	66%
Which of the following best describes rondo form?	ABACADA	58%
Which of the following composers lived past the age of 40?	Sergei Rachmaninoff	58%
Who composed the Gregorian chants?	Anonymous	54%
What is a distinctive concluding passage of a composition called?	coda	54%
Which Russian composer served as a firefighter during the seige of Leningrad?	Dimitri Shostakovich	46%
What American concert artist won the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition during the cold war?	Van Cliburn	27%
What composer lost his life in a ship at the beginning of WWI?	Enrico Granados	23%