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Facing the Music
The answers to the following ten questions will be published in Salient of July 2. The writer of the first set of correct, or nearest correct, answers received by June 25 will be allowed to select an Lp of his own choice at the warehouse of H.M.V. (N.Z.) Ltd. The quiz is open to everyone (except Arthur Everard).
| 1. | Only two of his 32 well-known piano sonatas were given their names by Beethoven himself. Which two? |
| 2. | Who was the composer of the ballet Cydalise and the Satyr? |
| 3. | What have the following works in common:
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Todentanz (Liszt)
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Symphonie Fantastlque (Berlioz)
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Isle of The Dead (Rachmaninoff)
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Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Rachmaninoff)?
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| 3. | 4. Which works contain parts for:
| (a) | Charleston block |
| (b) | large iron chain |
| (c) | wind machine |
| (d) | recorded nightingale |
| (e) | Whips, hammers, whistles |
| (f) | Typewriters and sirens? |
| (g) | (6 separate works in all.) |
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| 5. | Who invented the 12-note tone-row system? |
| 6. | In which ballet does one of the chief characters lay an egg? |
| 7. | What do Stravinsky's Madrid (No. 4 of Four Studies for Orchestra) and Hindemith's Toccata (Op. 40) have in common? |
| 8. | Who wrote:
| (a) | A Hygienic Prelude for Morning use, |
| (b) | Three Pieces in The Shape of a Pear? |
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| 9. | Which Verdi operatic aria commences with the note sequence A B C D E F G ? |
| 10. | And who set a catalogue of agricultural implements to music? |
Address answers (in sealed envelope) to — "Quiz" c/o Salient, S.U.B.
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