MUSIC AND DRAMA
What great singer was admitted into the musical conservatories of
Stockholm at the age of nine years? 1075. What- singer of renown born in Naples gave instructions in singing
to Queen Victoria? 1015. At what place is the famous miracle play produced every ten years?
1368. How did Adolph Sax greatly influence military music throughout the
world? 1686.
How did Ole Bull lose his large fortune? 287. What drama did Carlyle call the greatest dramatic work of the
eighteenth century? 1689. What musical instrument is regarded as the ancestor of the piano?
559.
Who was the greatest Italian composer? 1411. What was the earliest opera, and who was its founder? 1385. Where did melodrama originate? 1385. Who is the most famous modern Italian composer? 1385. When was oratorio first introduced? 1390. What great tragic actress was queen of the English stage during her
time? 1752.
Who holds the first place in London among living actresses? 1893. What is said to be the birthplace of the drama? 1898. With whom did quartettes originate? 1571.
For what two great discoveries are pianists indebted to Bach? 153. What is the national musical instrument of Scotland? 157. What famous musician was taught to play the harpsichord at the age
of four years? 194.
What famous musician became totally deaf? 194. What is the Stabat Mater? 1807. When were actresses first allowed on the French and English stage?
1898.
What was the first theater and where was it? 1898. Where was the first modern theater built? 1898. Where was the first theater opened in America? 1898. What is the purpose of religious music? 1284: What is the test for religious music? 1285. What contest is going on in church choirs? 1285. What are the three requirements for effective religious music? 1286. How may forms in music be classified? 694. To what does form apply in music? 694. What is strain? 695.
What are the primary units of thought in music? 696. What Germans put Germany at the head of the world in music? 153,
194, 834, 852, 1202. What is a saxhorn and why is it especially fitted for military music?
1685.
Name the three chief classes of opera? 1385. Who are the five great living women singers? 728, 1355, 1429, 1200,
1705. '
What famous singer is called the Queen of Song? 1429. Who is John Philip Sousa? 1783.
Who was the musical director at the Columbian Exposition? 1905. What is musical notation? 1288.
Is there a difference between miracle plays and passion plays? 1238. Who is considered the most eminent of living German musicians?
1837.
What was Wagner's last and greatest opera? 2033. What is known in music as pitch-representation? 1290. Give the name of the greatest dramatist next to Shakespeare? 550. At what early age did Adelina Patti make her first appearance? 1429. What great living American singer has sung leading parts in 40
operas? 1355. Who is the greatest living actress and how else gifted? 206.
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