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Which Strauss waltz was first written for a men's choir?
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In which country did Dvořák write his New World Symphony?
Answer: United States
Why: Neil Armstrong took a tape that included this symphony along on the Apollo 11 Moon mission in 1969.
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What Russian composer was also a professional chemist?
Answer: Borodin
Why: He made real discoveries in chemistry too, sharing credit for the aldol reaction, in which small aldehyde molecules join up.
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What text did Schubert's 'Ave Maria' originally set?
Answer: A Walter Scott poem
Why: The words are Ellen's prayer from Scott's poem The Lady of the Lake, sung in Adam Storck's German translation.
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Whose music did Mendelssohn revive in 1829?
Answer: Bach
Why: Performed in Berlin, the St Matthew Passion became the central event in a Bach revival that spread across Europe.
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About how long does Wagner's complete Ring cycle last?
Answer: About 15 hours
Why: Writing it took Wagner about 26 years, from his first sketches in 1848 to the finished score in 1874.
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How old was Rossini when his last opera premiered?
Answer: 37
Why: That opera was William Tell in 1829, and Rossini then lived another 39 years without writing a new one.