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Which Beethoven symphony opens with short-short-short-long?
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Which Mozart opera features the Queen of the Night?
Answer: The Magic Flute
Why: Her revenge aria Der Hölle Rache climbs to F6, a high F more than two octaves above middle C.
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How does Haydn's Farewell Symphony end?
Answer: Players walk off
Why: Each player snuffs out the candle on his stand before leaving, until just two muted violins are left playing.
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What does the K in Mozart's catalogue numbers stand for?
Answer: Köchel
Why: Ludwig von Köchel published the catalogue in 1862, numbering the works in the order he believed Mozart wrote them.
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What keyboard replaced the harpsichord in Mozart's day?
Answer: piano
Why: Its full name, pianoforte, means soft-loud in Italian, since its hammers let players change the volume by touch.
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Where is a Haydn melody now the national anthem?
Answer: Germany
Why: Haydn first wrote it as Austria's imperial hymn, premiered on Emperor Francis II's birthday in 1797.
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Who completed Mozart's unfinished Requiem?
Answer: Franz Xaver Süssmayr
Why: At Mozart's death just the opening Introit was finished in every orchestral and vocal part.