malik@delphi.DEC (Karl Malik ZK01-1/F22 1-1440) (06/04/84)
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC QUIZ
Please send responses to this quiz to me directly. I will post the
winner(s). No prizes, just a pleasant diversion and the satisfaction
of winning.
Name the composer of the following works -
1) 'Le Marteau sans Maitre'
2) 'Threnody for the victims of Hiroshima'
3) 'Zeitmasse'
4) 'Violin Phase'
5) 'A Rainbow in Curved Air'
6) 'Available Forms'
7) 'Trio for Flute, Piano and Page-turner' (this is a toughy)
8) 'Wolfman' (for solo voice, usually performed along with 'Fourth of July')
9) 'Lyric Suite for Violin and 16 lightbulbs' (just kidding)
Misc. questions -
10) How many string quartets did Charles Ives write?
11) What instrument has the composer, Conlon Nancarrow, specialized in writing
for?
12) What American Minimalist composer once appeared in an ad for Cutty-Sark
whiskey in Gentleman's Quarterly?
13) With what style/system of music is the composer, Milton Babitt associated?
14) What was the cause of Anton Webern's death?
15) Who said the following - 'He <John Cage> is no composer, but an inventor
of genius'.
Send answers to - ...decvax!decwrl!rhea!star!malik
Have fun, Karl