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May 2001:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 30 Rimsky-Korsakov's favorite insect? 1 Hugo Alfven 2 Schubert's "Great Symphony 3 Telemann, Bach & Handel 4 Brahms & Tchaikovsky 7 Brahms' "Variations on a Theme by Haydn" 8 Chopin's burial place 9 CPE Bach 10 Sir Arthur Sullivan 11 William Grant Still 14 Rossini's "William Tell" 15 Luigi Cherubini 16 Beethoven's "Kreutzer" Sonata 17 Karl Goldmark 18 Brahms & Schumann 21 Maurice Andre 22 Wagner's first name 23 Johan Svendsen 24 Beethoven's "Archduke" Piano Trio 25 Telemann's "Tafelmusik" 28 Barber's "Adagio for Strings" 29 "Pictures at an Exhibition" 30 "Le Tombeau de Couperin" 31 Rossini's "Mose in Egitto" 1 Sir Edward Elgar For more classical facts, be sure to visit our Music Trivia quizzes!

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