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Chopin: His Life & Works
These are some questions concerning the composer Frédéric Chopin and his music.
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Classical
Created By:
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#1 In which year was Frédéric Chopin born?
1785
1802
1810
1824
#2 In which country was Chopin born?
France
Poland
Russia
Belgium
#3 Which of the following nicknames has often been applied to Chopin?
The Red Priest
The Waltz King
The Poet of the Piano
The Prince of Darkness
#4 Chopin never composed any symphonies.
True
False
#5 Which composer referred to Chopin's 24 Preludes (Op. 28) as "sketches, beginnings of etudes, or, so to speak, ruins, individual eagle pinions, all disorder and wild confusions"?
Franz Liszt
Felix Mendelssohn
Robert Schumann
Sergei Rachmaninoff
#6 How many piano concertos did Chopin compose?
Your Answer:
1 word, 1 letters. There is also an alternate answer.
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#7 The Russian composer Alexander Glazunov orchestrated a number of Chopin's piano pieces for a ballet by Michel Fokine. What was the name of the ballet?
Les Sylphides
Don Juan
La fille du Danube
Romeo and Juliet
#8 In which year did Chopin die?
1842
1849
1854
1888
#9 Chopin requested that which piece of music be performed at his funeral?
Beethoven's "Mass in C major"
Handel's "Messiah"
Mozart's "Requiem"
J. S. Bach's "St Matthew Passion"
#10 During 2010, Chopin's Nocturne in E flat major (Op. 9 No. 2) was used on television to advertise which brand in the UK?
Apple Macintosh computers
Gillette razors
Orange telecommunications
Estée Lauder perfume
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