Are you an avid classical music buff? Ready to test your knowledge of note reading in treble and bass clef and also your listening abilities?

PART I
Match the musical excerpts with the written music

A: Goes with the musical excerpt ___
B: Goes with the musical excerpt ___
C: Goes with the musical excerpt ___
D: Goes with the musical excerpt ___
E: Goes with the musical excerpt ___
F: Goes with the musical excerpt ___
G: Goes with the musical excerpt ___
H: Goes with the musical excerpt ___
I: Goes with the musical excerpt ___
J: Goes with the musical excerpt ___

Excerpt 1

Excerpt 2

Excerpt 3 (melody at 1:03)

Excerpt 4

Excerpt 5

Excerpt 6 (melody comes in at 3:50)

Excerpt 7

Excerpt 8

Excerpt 9

Excerpt 10

PART II
And now can you match the written musical excerpt with the correct piece and composer?

Scheherazade, symphonic suite by Russian composer Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov ___
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 by Antonin Dvořák ___
Symphony No. 1 in D major “Titan” by Gustav Mahler ___
Symphony No. 40 in G minor K.550 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ___
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 by Johannes Brahms, 3rd movement ___
Le Sacre de Printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet and orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky ___
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica” by Ludwig van Beethoven ___
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ___
Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Felix Mendelssohn ___
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, “Pathétique” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – II. Allegro con gracia ___

ANSWERS:

PART I
A: Goes with the musical excerpt _8_
B: Goes with the musical excerpt _2_
C: Goes with the musical excerpt _10_
D: Goes with the musical excerpt _7_
E: Goes with the musical excerpt _6_
F: Goes with the musical excerpt _3_
G: Goes with the musical excerpt _4_
H: Goes with the musical excerpt _1_
I: Goes with the musical excerpt _5_
J: Goes with the musical excerpt _9_

PART II
Scheherazade, symphonic suite by Russian composer Nicolay Rimsky-Korsakov _I_
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 by Antonin Dvořák _A_
Symphony No. 1 in D major “Titan” by Gustav Mahler _E_
Symphony No. 40 in G minor K.550 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart _G_
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 by Johannes Brahms, 3rd movement C_
Le Sacre de Printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet and orchestral work by Igor Stravinsky _J_
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica” by Ludwig van Beethoven _B_
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky _F_
Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Felix Mendelssohn _H_
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, “Pathétique” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – II. Allegro con gracia _D_

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