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Cultural Quiz, October 1

The Moscow Times
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On Oct 1, 2019
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How well do you know Russia’s classical music?

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Which of these compositions was NOT written by Pyotr Tchaikovsky?

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In the 1860s, a group of Russian composers (Cui, Borodin, Balakirev, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov) banded together to create distinctly Russian classical music. What were they known as?

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Mikhail Glinka was the first Russian composer to gain worldwide recognition. He wrote an opera based on a Pushkin poem that became one of his most famous compositions. Which composition was it?

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In 1939, Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky taught his Poetics of Music abroad. Which university did he give the lectures at?

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The Mariinsky Theater Directorate refused to take this opera, saying that there are too many choirs and ensembles and too few solos. Which opera was it?

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Russian opera singer Feodor Chaliapin made his cinematic debut in 1915. What role did he play?

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