Ready For Another Lame Classical Music Quiz?

A few may be easy, several a lot harder (requiring considering what a few specific words refer to) and the last question is just plain silly. But this is all in fun. So, here goes ...

1. This soprano has sung the same lead as both a black women and a white woman. Can you name the soprano and the lead character?

2. In the art imitating life and life imitating art category two men falsely accused their wives of infidelity and both murdered their wives. And in their own way both are prominent figures in the realm of classical music. A semi-easy question, but can you name both?

3. The $1,000 ballet. This may be too easy, but who commissioned it, who composed it and what was it’s name?

4. One of the endearing characters from this long symphonic work is a lovesick seahorse. Can you name both the composition and the composer?

5. This classical Bond girl is someone even a snob like Miss Moneypenny would have approved of. Can you guess who this girl is?

6. Don’t like the music of Schoenberg or Adams or Arnold or Milhaud or Hindemith? You’re not along in rejecting music outside your comfort zone. In fact, there is a Latin phrase defining what you find unappealing. Can you name this phrase and it’s English translation and, for some super-duper bonus points, name the music it was first commonly applied to.

7. The photo is of a page from a specific score. Can you name the composer and the composition based on this photo?

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8. The driver of this SUV is most likely:

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a. An auto thief with very little taste?

b. A car-jacker with very discerning taste?

c. A good ‘ol boy truck driver from Butte, Montana?

d. An old fart like me who put these stickers on the rear window of his Ford Explorer because there are thousands like this in his area of LA and the decals make it easier to spot his SUV in a crowded parking lot?