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ABRSM Piano Exam. 2009 - Grade 1 Composers 0001   Easy

 
The answers to all of these questions can be found in the footnotes to the individual pieces in Selected Piano Exam Pieces 2009 - 2010 (published by ABRSM Publishing)
 
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1. What was the Christian name of the English composer whose surname was Duncombe?
 
Henry
Joseph
Peter
William
 

 
2. Johann Philipp Kirnberger studied with which famous composer?
 
William Byrd
J.S. Bach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Edward Elgar

Kirnberger studied with Bach in Leipzig from 1739 to 1741
 

 
3. In which country was John Rowcroft trained in classical music?
 
South Africa
England
Japan
Norway

He specializes in music for film and television
 

 
4. A famous Italian composer who lived between 1678 and 1741 had the christian name Antonio. What was his surname?
 
Cavalli
Corelli
Legrenzi
Vivaldi
 

 
5. Thomas Dunhill lived in which century or centuries?
 
Only the 18th century
Only the 19th century
Only the 20th century
Both the 19th and the 20th century

He lived from 1877 to 1946
 

 
6. Aleksandr Fyodorovich Gedike appeared in concerts playing which instrument?
 
Cello
Piano
Viola
Violin
 

 
7. Arpád Balázs was born in which country?
 
England
France
Hungary
Switzerland
 

 
8. Who wrote Never Vex a Tyrannosaurus Rex?
 
Paul Drayton
Paulette Drayton
Pauline Drayton
Peter Drayton
 

 
9. John Rowcroft wrote which of these pieces of music?
 
Kummer
Early One Morning
Trudging
African Dance
 

 
10. Which important music theorist composing during the 18th century advocated the study of keyboard dances to help students develop a good sense of time and rhythm?
 
George Frideric Handel
Ludwig van Beethoven
Franz Peter Schubert
Johann Philipp Kirnberger
 

 
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