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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.]