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American Music Quiz
To celebrate the Third London Festival of American Music, Lontano and LORELT (Lontano Records Limited) invited you to test your knowledge of American Music trivia for a chance to win a free CD from LORELT's enterprising catalogue. Entries closed on 7 Oct 2010. Out of the entries with correct answers three winners were chosen randomly and the results will be posted on this website on 11 Oct 2010. The winners were awarded a LORELT CD of their choice.
The Answers:
- Name a composer who wrote an opera about baseball:
William Schuman - an opera entitled The Mighty Casey
- Which living American composer studied for a period under Gustav Holst?
Elliot Carter
- Which American composer (featured in the Festival) has written a work which is partially based on Anne Boleyn's gallows speech?
Libby Larsen - a song from the cycle Try me, Good King
- Name an American avant-garde composer who had a keen interest in the scientific study of mushrooms:
John Cage
- Which composer wrote the first opera specifically conceived to be premièred as a TV broadcast in the U.S.?
Gian Carlo Menotti - Amahl and the Night Visitors
- Name an American composer who wrote a masterful set of variations for organ based on the tune of "God Save the Queen":
Charles Ives - although the piece was actually entitled Variations on America, America being the name of the U.S. adaptation of the same tune.
- Of the composers featured in the Festival, which has written an opera based on Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"?
John Harbison
The Winners:
We received only five entries with correct answers to all seven questions, so we've decided to be generous and give a CD to each of them. They are:
Megan Ihnen, Noam Faingold, MM, TY and MS (the last three checked the 'initials only' option). We have contacted them about sending out their prizes. Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to all who entered!
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