Music Quiz - More serious subject matter

What do you know about music?  See how many of the following you can answer.  If you want to see some more, or would prefer questions on a more "popular" theme, there is another page for you.

Who wrote the theme from "Love Story"?

In which town was jazz thought to have originated?

Answer New Orleans

Descant, Treble, Tenor, Bass are members of which family of instruments?

Answer The Recorder Family

What is D.C. short for?

Answer Da Capa (Repeat from the beginning)

When was J. S. Bach born?

Answer 1685

Peter Grimes is an opera by whom?

Answer Benjamin Britten

What is the name given to the highest female voice?

Answer Soprano

What does "lento" mean?

Answer Slow

Who wrote an opera about the danger of sleepwalking?

Answer Bellini (La Sonnambula)

What does a double bar line indicate?

Answer The end of a piece of music. .

What is the opposite to prelude?

Answer Postlude

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