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1. Musicals

Below are the Movie Posters for popular musicals with the name blanked out.

What is the name of the musical and who wrote the music? (5 marks each entry)

Choose Composers from;

Sondheim, Gershwin, Kander, Loewe, Rogers and Hammerstein, Jacobs, Loesser,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2. “Golden Oldie” Pop Stars

Name the stars, together with their country of birth and decade of birth (5 marks each entry)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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3. Musical Terms. (5 marks each)

Translate these terms into one word of Italian as they might appear on a musical score

a) The end of a piece                                                                                   ……………………….

b)  Play moderately fast                                                                                ……………………….

c) A florid solo at the end of a performance                                               ……………………….

d) The words to an opera or musical                                                          ……………………….

e) A large drum                                                                                             ……………………….

 

4. Song Lyric Extracts - Fill in the Missing Numbers! (5 marks each)

a) ”you are the Dancing Queen, young and Sweet, only ……..”  Abba

b)  “will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm ……………?”  Beatles

c)  “ my baby takes the morning train, he works from …. to ….. “  Sheena Easton

d)  “a captain with …………. children, what's so fearsome about that?” Sound of Music

e)  “she may very well pass for …….. in the dusk with the light behind her”. Trial by Jury


5. Famous Marches

Name the March and the Composer (5 marks each). Choose Composers from;

Sullivan, Johann Strauss Sr., Dvorak, Sousa, Berlioz, Prokofieff, Beethoven.

There is a bonus of 2 points each for the correct spelling of marches  (b) and (d)!

 

a) ………………………………… Composed by   ……. …………………………….

 

b) ………………………………… Composed by   ……. …………………………….

 

c)………………………………… Composed by   ……. …………………………….

d)………………………………… Composed by   ……. …………………………….

 

e) ………………………………… Composed by   ……. …………………………….