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Entry Exam For The BBC Symphony Orchestra - Viola Players

The pass mark is 10% but be careful--over 45% and you are overqualified.

1. Who wrote the following:
   a) Beethoven's Symphony No. 6
   b) Fauré's Requiem
   c) Wagner's Ring Cycle   [5 pts.]
   
   
2. Tschaikovsky wrote 6 symphonies including Symphony no. 4. Name the other five. [5 pts.]
   
   
3. Explain "counterpoint" or write your name on the reverse of the paper. [10 pts.]
   
   
4. Which of the following would you tuck under you chin?
   a) a timpani
   b) an organ
   c) a 'cello
   d) a viola   [1 pt.]
   
   
5. Can you explain "sonata form"? (Answer yes or no.)   [5 pts.]
   
   
6. Which of the following literary works was made the subject of a Verdi opera?
   a) First among Equals -- Jeffrey Archer
   b) Macbeth -- William Shakespeare
   c) Noddy and Big Ears -- Enid Blyton   [5 pts.]
    
7. Domenico Scarlatti wrote 555 harpsichord sonatas for which instrument? [5 pts.]
   
   
8. Arrange the following movements in order of speed, starting with the slowest first.
   a) Quickly
   b) Slowly
   c) Very Quickly
   d) At a Moderate Pace [4 pts.]
   
   
9. Where would you normally expect to find the conductor during a performance?   [5 pts.]
   
   
10. Which of the following wrote incidental music to A Midsummer Night's Dream?
    a) Des O'Connor
    b) Mickey Mouse
    c) Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
    d) Terry Wogan   [5 pts.]
    
    
11. Which of the following is the odd one out?
    a) Sir Colin Davis
    b) Andrew Davis
    c) Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
    d) Desmond Lynham   [5 pts.]
    
    
12. Arrange the following words into the name of a well known Puccini opera.
    Bohème, La  [5 pts.]
    
    
13. Within five minutes, how long is Chopin's Minute Waltz? [5 pts.]
    
    
14. From which of the following countries did Richard Strauss come?
    a) Venezuela
    b) Sri Lanka
    c) Germany
    d) Japan   [5 pts.]
    
    
15. For what town were Haydn's "Paris" Symphonies written?   [5 pts.]
    
    
16. Which is the odd one out?
    a) Fantasy Overture Romeo and Juliet -- Tchaikovsky
    b) Romeo and Juliet -- Berlioz
    c) Romeo and Juliet Ballet -- Prokofiev
    d) Ten Green Bottles -- anon.   [5 pts.]
    
    
17. From which song do the following lines come?
    "God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen."   [5 pts.]
    
    
18. Spell the following musical terms.
    - allegro
    - rallentando
    - crotchet
    - pizzicato
    - intermezzo   [5 pts.]
    
    
19. Tosca is a character found in which Puccini opera?   [5 pts.]
    
    
20. Arrange the following letters to form the abbreviation for a well known British broadcasting corporation.
    C, B, B.   [5 pts.]

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