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