Recital Music Quiz

What year was the steelpan invented?

• 1929

• 1939

• 1947

• 1951

Caribbean music comes from a complex mix of influences. Of the list below, which is NOT one of them?

• African cultures

• European colonialism

• Pacific Cultures

• Unique charactereristics of islands

Which of these instruments is not included in a standard string quartet?

• Violin

• Cello

• Double Bass

• Viola

What is the American name for the British 'crotchet'?

• Quarter note

• Half note

• Eighth note

• Sixteenth note

What is the lowest male voice type?

• Baritone

• Bass

• Tenor

• Basso continuo

The anthem for the European Union uses a section from which larger classical work?

• Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

• Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro

• Elgar's Enigma Variations

• Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf

Shostakovich's Jazz Suite, Waltz No. 2 featured in which Stanley Kubrick film?

• A Space Odyssey

• The Shining

• Eyes Wide Shut

• A Clockwork Orange

What is the lowest pitched instrument in the orchestra?

• Double Bass

• Trombone

• Tuba

• Basset horn

The SACKBUT is an ancestor of the modern _______ ?

• Trombone

• Trumpet

• Tuba

• French horn

Which famous female artiste has Nicholas Brancker worked with?

• Aretha Franklin

• Dee Dee Bridgewater

• Roberta Flack

• Jill Scott