Whether you're a seasoned Tuesday Trivia pro or a first-time player, you're in the right spot to test your classical chops! Each week, we bring together five classical trivia questions ranging from common knowledge to the obscure (and no matter how you score, the chance to learn something new makes everyone a winner).
RULES: Tuesday Trivia is open to everyone, but prizes will only be awarded to residents of the United States. To qualify, responses must be received by 12 p.m. (Noon) on the Thursday after each week’s Tuesday Trivia is released. A winner will be randomly selected from the pool of participants who score the highest for that week.
An instrumental composition designed as an exercise to improve technique or demonstrate skill is a(n)...
This Benjamin Britten opera, which follows a mysterious fisherman, is based on a story from George Crabbe’s poem The Borough.
Assumed to have been lost or destroyed, this composer’s only large-scale operatic work, “Thelma,” was uncovered in 2003 - tucked away in the British Library.
When the alto and tenor clefs are used, the line that runs through the middle of the clef - dividing it in half - corresponds to the note…
This Respighi tone poem incorporates the recorded sound of a nightingale - one of the earliest examples of using recorded sound with live performers.
