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Оглавление1 Which symphony by Felix Mendelssohn celebrated the 300th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession?
2 Completed in 1962, Montezuma is which US composer’s only full-length opera?
3 Sir Neville Marriner founded which chamber orchestra in 1958?
4 Which German composer’s third symphony is known as the Rhenish?
5 Who composed L’Amico Fritz (1891) and Guglielmo Ratcliff (1895)?
6 Verdi and Rossini both wrote operas based on which Shakespeare tragedy?
7 Which Welsh lyric mezzo-soprano made her album debut with Premiere (2004)?
8 Which French composer wrote the rhapsodic piece Tzigane (1924)?
9 Which composer scored Laurence Olivier’s films Henry V and Hamlet?
10 The composers Elgar, Holst and Delius all died in which year?
11 For which composer was the villa Wahnfried built in Bayreuth?
12 The dish pasta alla Norma took its name from an opera by which composer?
13 Which opera by Peter Maxwell Davies is about a 16th century English composer?
14 Which US minimalist composer wrote Drumming and Music for 18 Musicians?
15 Who is the title subject of the 2013 opera Oscar by composer Theodore Morrison?
16 Which younger brother of Joseph Haydn was also a highly regarded composer?
17 Peter Warlock was the byname of which English composer (1894–1930)?
18 Which composer is the first female Master of the Queen’s Music?
19 The German composer Otto Nicolai founded which orchestra in 1842?
20 Who designed the pictured music venue –
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