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Music Trivia Quiz

"Hector Berlioz"

Questions about this great composer are provided below. Press the "?" to see if your answer is right.

  Clue: Answer:
1. Symphonie Fantastique bears a subtitle. Do you know what it is? ?
2. There had been only one other symphony of note with descriptions provided for each movement. What was it and who wrote it? ?
3. In the Symphonie Fantastique, what did Berlioz call the melody which represented the beloved? ?
4. In the fourth movement of the Symphonie Fantastique, what kind of execution was represented musically? ?
5. What famous plainsong melody was incorporated into the finale of the Symphonie Fantastique? ?
6. Berlioz was in demand for something other than composing. What was it? ?
7. For whom was the Symphonie Fantastique written? ?
8. What was the outcome of his passion for her? ?
9. What "band" instrument was incorporated for the first time in a major orchestral score in Symphonie Fantastique? ?
10. His opera "Beatrice and Benedict" is based upon what Shakespeare play? ?

For more music trivia, be sure to listen for WCPE's Classical Conundrum every weekday morning between 8:30 - 8:45 (ET) on "Rise and Shine!"

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