Quiz/Master Musicologist
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Date of Show | Question | Answer | Master Musicologist |
28 Dec 2015 | Who was the myster singer? | Kathleen Ferrier | Duff Murphy (in the first 15 minutes of the program!) |
14 Sept 2014 | Who was the mystery singer? | Jessye Norman | Douglas Gould |
30 April 2014 | What 19th century composer wrote the requiem we're hearing tonight? | Von Suppe | Bruse Eckmann |
1 July 2012 | Who was Ives' greatest influence? | His Father | Joan Canfield |
4/22/12 | What are Barbara Bonney's hobbies? | She golfs, sews (really professionally for her own boutique) and walks her dog. | no correct answer |
1/15/12 | Tonight's mystery singer | Janet Baker | Congratulations to Bruse Eckmann (guessed correctly in the first 15 minutes of the program!) |
1/1/12 | Which poet is set in more American art song than any other. | Emily Dickinson | Dennis Moore! Many thanks. |
25/12/11 | What was the source of the words for Schubert's Ave Maria? | Sir Walter Scott's Lady of the Lake | no correct answer |
18/12/11 | Who was the singer for whom Poulenc wrote most of his songs? | Pierre Bernac | Many thanks to Ryan Hunt |
11/12/11 | What is the name of Beethoven's most famous Bagatelle? | Für Elise | Congrats to Eva Ramm! |
4/12/11 | What is the name of tonight's mystery tenor singing Benjamin Britten songs. | NOT Peter Pears as so many of you guessed, but rather Phillip Langridge, Pears' successor | No correct answer. Better Luck Next Time! |
20/11/11 | What do Finley & Gauvin have in common? | They are both Canadian | Thanks for the quesses, but no winner. |
13/11/11 | Who is tonight's mystery soprano? | Irmgard Seefried | No one got it right! Sorry |
06/11/11 | What famous composer conducted the first performance of Liszt's First Piano Concerto? | Hector Berlioz | Jamsie Herbert, congrats! |