ÿþ<html> <BASE HREF="http://website.lineone.net/~dldixon/"> <head> <title>THE MID-SOMERSET ORCHESTRA</title> </head> <body> <h1>THE MID-SOMERSET ORCHESTRA</h1> <h2>Here are some musical trivia questions you might enjoy</h2> <p>Why not learn the answers and brag to your friends?</p> <p>1. How old was Butterworth when he died? 31? 81? 101? (ANSWER: F)</p> <p>2. What did Butterworth collect with Vaughan Williams? Autographs? Folksongs? Traditional instruments? (ANSWER: C)</p> <p>3. George S. K. Butterworth. What do S. K. stand for? Sainton Kaye? St. Kitts? Stanley Kleinflugel? (ANSWER: J)</p> <p>4. How many poems did Elgar set in the Sea Pictures? 5? 7? 9? (ANSWER: D)</p> <p>5. What other well-known work did Elgar write in 1899? Pomp & Circumstance No.1? Serenade for Strings? Enigma Variations? (ANSWER: I)</p> <p>6. Elgar was born near, and died at, which city? Newcastle? Norwich? Worcester? (ANSWER: L)</p> <p>7. Later in life Elgar enthusiastically supported which developing technology? Flying? Recording? Food preservation? (ANSWER: A)</p> <p>8. Brahms was& Austrian? German? Hungarian? (ANSWER: E)</p> <p>9. Which other major German composer was so opposed to Brahms s musical outlook that they could never be friends? Wagner? Mendelssohn? Schumann? (ANSWER: B)</p> <p>10. Why did Brahms write no symphony until the age of 43? Was he too busy in his work at the Vienna Singakadamie? Was he overawed by Beethoven s 9th symphony? Or was he more interested in writing chamber music? (ANSWER: G)</p> <p>11. How many of these statements are true about Brahms? He drank extra strong coffee. He smoked cigars. He died of cancer. 1? 2? 3? (ANSWER: H)</p> <p>12. Apart from music, what was Brahms passionately keen on? Toy soldiers? Astronomy? Sculpture? (ANSWER: K)</p> <p><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p>ANSWERS</p> <p><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> <p>A. He made many recordings.</p> <p>B. Wagner.</p> <p>C. Folksongs.</p> <p>D. 5.</p> <p>E. He was born in Hamburg, in Germany.</p> <p>F. 31. He was killed on the Somme in 1916.</p> <p>G. None. They couldn't afford to. His father, a musician, was his first teacher</p> <p>H. All three.</p> <p>I. Enigma Variations.</p> <p>J. Sainton Kaye.</p> <p>K. He never got rid of his toy soldiers! </p> <p>L. Worcester.</p> <p><a href="index.html">Click here to return to our homepage</a></p> </div> </body> </html>