CLASSICAL "POP" QUIZ

Everyone take out a sheet of paper and a pen or pencil, and number your paper from 1 to 10. Make sure you put your name and today's date at the top; quizzes without names get an automatic 0.

This is a fill-in-the-blank quiz. Most questions will have more than 1 answer. Keep your eyes on your own paper; your neighbor probably knows as little, if not less, than you do. Ready?

1. A very well known movie of the 90's was called Platoon. Who wrote the music? Samuel Barber What is it called?Adagio for Strings. 5 extra points if you can tell me why it was written. As an assignment for a composition class in graduate school.

2. You have all attended several weddings, I am sure, since attaining adulthood. One piece often played as a processional is Here Comes the Bride. Who wrote it? Richard Wagner 5 points extra credit if you can answer this: Who did this composer marry? Franz Liszt's daughter, Cosima Bulow. It was his second marriage.

3. A well-known Russian composer wrote a string quartet from which many of the songs from Kismet were taken. Who was the composer? Alexander Borodin What is the name of the piece? String Quartet #2 in D Major Extra credit: Name 2 of the songs: Baubles, Bangles, & Beads and Rhymes Have I

4. Another song by the same composer was called Strangers in Paradise. Where was it taken from? Polovitsian Dances This was also used as the theme (Not Since Nineveh) for Kismet.

5. A very well-known song was written quite a long time ago, and it was called Tonight We Love. Who wrote it? Peter Ilyich Tchaikovski. From what piece was it taken? Piano Concerto #3

6. A song called All By Myself has been recorded by several "pop" singers. Name the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff Name the piece it was taken from. Piano Concerto #2, second movement. Make sure you included the correct movement.

7. If you think about the year, you should be able to guess this one. What is the original name of the theme used in 2001 Space Odyssy? Also Sprach Zarathustra Name the composer. Richard Strauss. First name counts on this one. If you say Johann, you're wrong.

8. What rock "singer" sang White Christmas with Bing Crosby on a Chrismas special? David Bowie

9. Another famous movie, Elvira Madigan, literally lifted this music, used for the theme, from what piece? Piano Concerto #21 in C Major, K467, second movement Name the composerWolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Make sure you name the correct movement or I'll have to mark you wrong.

10. If you own a tv you must have seen this commercial at least once. Drink Milk, Love Life used what famous classical piece Symphony #9, 4th movement (Ode to Joy) Who was the composer? Beethoven

When you are all finished, please pass your papers to the center of the aisle and I'll be along to pick them up. Hope you had fun!

If you'd like, email me your answers.