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Franz Schubert

Franz Schubert quiz

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Which Mozart rival taught the teenage Schubert?

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  1. 1 Easy

    Which piano virtuoso transcribed dozens of Schubert's songs?

    Answer: Franz Liszt

    Why: Liszt conducted the first staging of Schubert's opera Alfonso und Estrella, in Weimar in 1854.

  2. 2 Medium

    What replaces the second violin in the Trout Quintet?

    Answer: Double bass

    Why: It was written in 1819 for Sylvester Paumgartner, an amateur cellist from Steyr.

  3. 3 Hard

    Which plucked instrument was the arpeggione a bowed version of?

    Answer: Guitar

    Why: Today Schubert's sonata for it is usually played on the cello or the viola.

  4. 4 Easy

    Which Disney film ends with Schubert's Ave Maria?

    Answer: Fantasia

    Why: In Fantasia, Ave Maria follows straight on from Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain at dawn.

  5. 5 Medium

    In which modern country were both of Schubert's parents born?

    Answer: Czechia

    Why: His father came from northern Moravia and his mother from Austrian Silesia, both now Czech regions.

  6. 6 Hard

    Who gave the song collection Schwanengesang its title?

    Answer: Tobias Haslinger

    Why: Haslinger published the 14 songs as one set in 1829, months after Schubert's death.

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