TRIVIA & FUNNIES

MATCH THESE PIECES WITH THEIR COMPOSER

(answers below if you're desparate!)

1) La Campanella Claude Monteverdi (1567-1643)

2) La Mer Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
3) Pierrot lunaire Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
4) L'Orfeo Elena Kats-Chernin (1957-)
5) Wozzeck Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
6) Songs My Mother Taught Me Alban Berg (1885-1935)
7) Symphony of Sorrowful Songs Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
8) Salut d'amour Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
9) Wild Swans Suite Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)
10) Molly on the Shore Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
9. Wild Swans Suite (Kats-Chernin), 10. Molly on the Shore (Grainger).
6. Songs My Mother Taught Me (Dvorak), 7. Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (Górecki), 8. Salut d'amour (Elgar),
1. La Campanella (Liszt), 2. La Mer (Debussy), 3. Pierrot lunaire (Schoenberg), 4. L'Orfeo (Monteverdi), 5. Wozzeck (Berg)

WHAT THESE TERMS REALLY MEAN...

From 'Nota Bene for Musicians'

Dim – thick
Obbligato – being forced to practise
Rit (and/or) Rall – coming up to the bit you HAVEN'T practised
Con Moto – I have a car
Allegro – a little motor car
Maestro – a bigger motor car
Metronome – person small enough to fit comfortably into a Mini

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