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Music Trivia Quiz

"Another Bowl of Alphabet Soup!"

We'll provide you with the initials of composers and a clue designed to help you guess the identities. Press the "?" to see if your guess was right.

  Clue: Answer:
1. GPT - In Bach's lifetime, was considered the most famous composer in Europe. ?
2. JO - Once bested Johann Strauss, Jr. in a waltz-writing contest but known today for his "infernal" can-can. ?
3. NP - What Franz Liszt was with a piano, this touring virtuoso was with a violin, garnering quite a reputation as a ladies' man. ?
4. MR - His popularity increased with American movie-goers after the movie "10". ?
5. FS - His song "The Erl-King" seems to be a perfect fit with the scares of Halloween. ?
6. AV - He spent many a "four seasons" as a teacher in a school for girls. ?
7. GR - After a string of successes, he decided to stop writing operas at the age of 37; even the Lone Ranger couldn't have changed his mind. ?
8. NRK - The furious beating of the bumblebee's wings is caught perfectly in one of his most famous short pieces. ?
9. EG - He married his cousin, Nina; during their marriage, he became Norway's most celebrated composer. ?
10. CWG - Although a prolific composer, the only work of his that most audiences recognize is "Dance of the Blessed Spirits". ?

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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