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Ave Maria (Schubert) - Quiz
Contributed by: Frost
  • 1. How does Schubert's version fit words into his melody?
A) By changing the tempo
B) By omitting verses
C) By using only instrumental sections
D) By repeating words and phrases
  • 2. Which film used Schubert's song in its final part?
A) Sleeping Beauty
B) Pinocchio
C) The Sorcerer's Apprentice
D) Fantasia
  • 3. Schubert's song was linked to which composer's work in Fantasia?
A) Deems Taylor
B) Modest Mussorgsky
C) Leopold Stokowski
D) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • 4. What is the title of the work by Mussorgsky mentioned in the text?
A) St. John's Night on the Bare Mountain
B) Pictures at an Exhibition
C) The Great Gate of Kiev
D) Night on Bald Mountain
  • 5. In Fantasia, the bells in Night on Bald Mountain were originally meant to signal what?
A) The start of the film
B) The end of the demon's worship
C) The coming of dawn
D) The death of the monks
  • 6. What do the bells signal in the Fantasia version of Schubert's song?
A) The return of the ghosts
B) The defeat of Chernabog
C) The beginning of religious services
D) The end of the procession
  • 7. Who wrote the English text for the Fantasia version of the song?
A) Leopold Stokowski
B) Deems Taylor
C) Rachel Field
D) Julietta Novis
  • 8. How many stanzas did the original Schubert song have?
A) Two
B) Three
C) One
D) Four
  • 9. How many stanzas of the song were included in the film Fantasia?
A) Three
B) Two
C) One
D) Four
  • 10. Who arranged the version of the song heard in Fantasia?
A) Julietta Novis
B) Rachel Field
C) Leopold Stokowski
D) Modest Mussorgsky
  • 11. What is the original scoring of Schubert's Ave Maria?
A) Soprano and mixed chorus
B) String orchestra
C) Solo voice
D) Solo piano
  • 12. Which musical group accompanied the Fantasia version?
A) Philadelphia Orchestra brass section
B) London Symphony Orchestra
C) Vienna Philharmonic
D) Philadelphia Orchestra string section
  • 13. Who was the soloist for the Fantasia version?
A) Chernabog
B) Julietta Novis
C) Rachel Field
D) Deems Taylor
  • 14. What causes the demon Chernabog to stop his worship in the film?
A) The end of the music
B) The singing of the monks
C) The rising of the sun
D) The bells
  • 15. What visual element appears during the Fantasia version of the song?
A) A sunrise over the mountains
B) A procession of monks
C) The demon Chernabog
D) Ghosts returning to their graves
  • 16. In what year did Franz Schubert compose 'Ellens dritter Gesang'?
A) 1822
B) 1825
C) 1810
D) 1826
  • 17. Who wrote the narrative poem that served as the basis for Schubert's song?
A) Adam Storck
B) Johann Michael Vogl
C) Franz Liszt
D) Walter Scott
  • 18. Who translated the poem into German for Schubert's composition?
A) Sophie Weissenwolff
B) Walter Scott
C) Roderick Dhu
D) Adam Storck
  • 19. What is the Latin name of the prayer 'Hail Mary'?
A) Liederzyklus
B) Coronach
C) Ave Maria
D) Hymne an die Jungfrau
  • 20. In Scott's poem, which character sings the prayer to the Virgin Mary?
A) Roderick Dhu
B) Ellen Douglas
C) Allan-bane
D) Sophie Weissenwolff
  • 21. Where does Ellen Douglas stay with her father in the poem?
A) Loch Katrine
B) The Goblin's cave
C) The Scottish Highlands
D) Steyregg castle
  • 22. Who accompanies Ellen as she sings the prayer?
A) King James
B) Roderick Dhu
C) Allan-bane
D) Malcolm Graeme
  • 23. To whom was Schubert's setting of the song dedicated?
A) Walter Scott
B) Ellen Douglas
C) The Virgin Mary
D) Countess Sophie Weissenwolff
  • 24. Where was Schubert's setting of the song said to have been first performed?
A) London
B) The Goblin's cave
C) Loch Katrine
D) Steyregg
  • 25. What is the opus number for the collection of seven songs composed by Schubert in 1825?
A) Opus 52
B) Opus 839
C) Opus 1825
D) Opus 10
  • 26. For which voice type were the songs for Norman and Malcolm Graeme intended?
A) Baritone
B) Soprano
C) Alto
D) Tenor
  • 27. What was the main reason for difficulty in publishing the songs with their original English texts?
A) Finding correspondences to Storck's free translations
B) Schubert disliked the English language
C) The music did not fit the English meter
D) The poems were copyrighted
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