#9062, aired 2024-03-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $400: This 18th century group of violin concerti is "Le quattro stagioni" in Italian The Four Seasons |
#9062, aired 2024-03-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $800: Premiering in 1749, "Music for the Royal" these got set off to celebrate the end of the War of the Austrian Succession fireworks |
#9062, aired 2024-03-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $1200: In 1991 his "Liverpool Oratorio" premiered in the city's Anglican Cathedral, which once said no to his choirboy services Paul McCartney |
#9062, aired 2024-03-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $1600: The New York Times called this piece with a name in the title "Beethoven's trifle... featured on Baby Einstein albums" "Für Elise" |
#9062, aired 2024-03-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $2000: There is a sense of foreboding in the overture to his 1862 opera "La forza del destino", or "The Force of Destiny" Verdi |
#9019, aired 2024-01-18 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: His 7th Symphony premiered in 1813 at a benefit after a battle & its second movement is seen as a funeral march Beethoven |
#5, aired 2023-05-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC CLASSICS $1600: The fictional maestro in "Tár" is trying to record the 1902 fifth ("Giant") symphony by this Austrian composer Mahler |
#8800, aired 2023-02-03 | 19th CENTURY NAMES $1000: Part classicist, part romantic, this is the only one of the 3 "B"s of classical music who lived entirely in the 19th century Brahms |
#8659, aired 2022-06-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: In 1830 German composer Felix Mendelssohn traveled south & found inspiration for this "national" symphony the Italian Symphony |
#8597, aired 2022-03-15 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: Composer Aram Khachaturian's most familiar piece is this sharp "Dance" featured in his "Gayane" ballet the "Sabre Dance" |
#8500, aired 2021-10-29 | SCARY EVERYDAY HALLOWEEN STORIES $800: ...& the mechanic said, "The planetary gearset in this car part is shot. It's gonna be $1,700... before labor!" transmission |
#8401, aired 2021-05-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: While Schubert's seventh symphony is also incomplete, it's his eighth symphony in B minor that's famously called this Unfinished |
#8397, aired 2021-05-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: This French national anthem is heard in the "1812 Overture" "La Marseillaise" |
#8397, aired 2021-05-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Beethoven's Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor is better known as this, after the inscription on the autograph score "Für Elise" |
#8385, aired 2021-04-23 | MUSIC SCALES $200: The diatonic scale is widely used in classical music; this composer employed it in the finale of his 1824 9th Symphony Beethoven |
#8341, aired 2021-02-22 | HAMBURGERS $1200: Born in Hamburg in 1833, he rose from his humble beginnings, to become one of the three B's of classical music (Johannes) Brahms |
#8331, aired 2021-02-08 | CLASSICAL MUSIC TITLES $1200: The first movement of this Beethoven symphony, No. 6, is “Awakening of Happy Feelings on Arriving in the Country” the Pastoral Symphony |
#8202, aired 2020-04-14 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: "Asturias" by Isaac Albeniz is a piece in the style of this Spanish Gypsy dance music flamenco |
#8008, aired 2019-06-05 | VANS $2,000 (Daily Double): A music competition named for him has been called "the most prestigious classical piano contest in the world" Van Cliburn |
#7695, aired 2018-02-09 | YOU STAY CLASSICAL, MUSIC $400: His composing sons fanned out across Europe, from C.P.E. in Prussia to Johann Christian in London Johann Sebastian Bach |
#7506, aired 2017-04-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: This rousing piece by Aram Khachaturian that has a weapon in its name is from his ballet "Gayane" the "Sabre Dance" |
#7467, aired 2017-02-14 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: "Glory to God in the highest" is one of numerous Biblical verses used in the text of this Handel work Messiah |
#7367, aired 2016-09-27 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: This oratorio premiered Easter time in 1742, though now it is a Christmastime favorite Handel's Messiah |
#7234, aired 2016-02-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: The music heard here appears in an Edvard Grieg suite when this title character is chased by trolls Peer Gynt |
#7206, aired 2016-01-04 | CLASSICAL MUSIC VENUES $400: This Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on a 1910 novel is set in the Paris Opera House The Phantom of the Opera |
#7206, aired 2016-01-04 | CLASSICAL MUSIC VENUES $800: Named for the wife of a czar, the Marriinsky Theatre is in this city Saint Petersburg |
#7095, aired 2015-06-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC ADJECTIVES $2,600 (Daily Double): An 1804 symphony is "heroic" or this in Italian Eroica |
#7002, aired 2015-02-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: In 1953 this asst. conductor of the N.Y. Philharmonic became the first American to conduct at La Scala Leonard Bernstein |
#6867, aired 2014-06-24 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: In 1965 Jacqueline du Pre sat down & made great recording of Elgar's Concerto for this instrument the cello |
#6611, aired 2013-05-20 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Dvorak's 9th symphony, written in America, is called "Z noveho sveta" in Czech & "From" here in English From the New World |
#6554, aired 2013-02-28 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: This Mallarme poem about a day in myth-land inspired a Debussy "Prelude" to it "The Afternoon of a Faun" |
#6403, aired 2012-06-20 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: J.S. Bach played a mean violin but preferred this instrument with a slightly longer body & slightly shorter name a viola |
#6258, aired 2011-11-30 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: When Mendelssohn died, Eduard Marxsen wrote, "A master of the art is gone; a greater arises in" this "Lullaby" composer Brahms |
#6258, aired 2011-11-30 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: This Spaniard who transcribed Bach for the guitar gave his first public recital in Granada in 1909 (Andrés) Segovia |
#6023, aired 2010-11-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: "All creatures drink of joy at nature's breast" is from a verse used in an 1824 symphony by this man Beethoven |
#5876, aired 2010-03-15 | CLASSICAL TV THEMES $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1829, though he didn't know it, he composed the theme music for "The Lone Ranger" Gioachino Rossini |
#5744, aired 2009-07-23 | LITERARY ANALYSIS $2000: Says joy of classical music is akin to joy when violent; speaks odd "nadsat" slang; blames other droogs Alex DeLarge |
#5655, aired 2009-03-20 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $8,000 (Daily Double): "Blessed are they that go mourning" is the opening chorus of Brahms' "German" this Requiem |
#5402, aired 2008-02-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Chopin's funeral march is in B flat this, a group of keys used to depict sadness minor |
#5035, aired 2006-06-30 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: This type of composition whose name is from the Latin for "flight" features multiple melodies in counterpoint a fugue |
#4796, aired 2005-06-13 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Schubert wrote one of these in C for the unusual grouping of 2 violins, 1 viola & 2 cellos a quintet |
#4672, aired 2004-12-21 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: In 1874 Ibsen asked Edvard Grieg to compose incidental music for this play Peer Gynt |
#4636, aired 2004-11-01 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Robert Schumann's 1841 "Spring" symphony dealt with this important event in his life his wedding |
#4619, aired 2004-10-07 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: Born near Prague in 1841, he composed the following in 1863 Antonin Dvorák |
#4431, aired 2003-12-08 | CLASSICAL CLASSICS $200 (Daily Double): In 1749 audiences craned their necks to Handel's "Music for" these the Royal Fireworks |
#4394, aired 2003-10-16 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2000: In 2003 the Met celebrated this composer's bicentennial by mounting his epic opera "Les Troyens" Hector Berlioz |
#4174, aired 2002-10-24 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: In 1896 this "Scheherazade" composer reorchestrated Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" Rimsky-Korsakov |
#4045, aired 2002-03-15 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1600: The Franz Liszt piece heard here is the second in this series of compositions Hungarian Rhapsodies |
#4010, aired 2002-01-25 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Beethoven's "Piano Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27", is best known by this name which he never approved of "Moonlight Sonata" |
#3966, aired 2001-11-26 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: After his debut in his hometown of Naples in 1894, it was a fast climb to the top for this tenor Enrico Caruso |
#3881, aired 2001-06-18 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: In 1874 Richard Wagner & his wife moved into Haus Wahnfried, a home in this city, paid for by KIng Ludwig Bayreuth |
#3703, aired 2000-10-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: In one of his "tales" in an Offenbach opera, this poet is in love with a mechanical doll named Olympia Hoffmann |
#3703, aired 2000-10-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2,000 (Daily Double): His "Songs To Remember" include about 40 mazurkas written in a 3/4 dance rhythm Frederic Chopin |
#3691, aired 2000-09-25 | CLASSICAL MUSIC SETTINGS $200: A hall in Pharaoh's Memphis palace is the backdrop for the opening scene of Act 1 of this Verdi opera "Aida" |
#3691, aired 2000-09-25 | CLASSICAL MUSIC SETTINGS $1,500 (Daily Double): Gilbert & Sullivan's "Yeomen of the Guard" is set in this English landmark Tower of London |
#3658, aired 2000-06-28 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: In this fairy tale by Prokofiev, the title boy is represented by strings, his grandfather by a bassoon "Peter and the Wolf" |
#3594, aired 2000-03-30 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: During the Baroque period, the Amatis & others advanced violin-making in this Italian city Cremona |
#3455, aired 1999-09-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: A town in Saskatchewan is named for this "Don Giovanni" composer & its streets for other famous composers W.A. Mozart |
#3455, aired 1999-09-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $500 (Daily Double): He died in Bayreuth, Germany on July 31, 1886 during the festival honoring his son-in-law Franz Liszt (his son-in-law was Wagner) |
#3447, aired 1999-09-07 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: This German composer's 5th Symphony in C Minor has a famous opening Ludwig van Beethoven |
#3447, aired 1999-09-07 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Escamillo is a toreador in "Carmen", an opera set in this European country Spain |
#3420, aired 1999-06-18 | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS $1000: In 1907 he became professor of piano at the Royal Academy of Music in Budapest Bela Bartok |
#3408, aired 1999-06-02 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: Born the son of the town trumpeter in Pesaro, Italy, he composed "Il barbiere di Siviglia" Gioachino Rossini |
#3266, aired 1998-11-16 | LOUD CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: This Handel work heard here was composed while he was living in London "Water Music" |
#2774, aired 1996-09-26 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: In 1884 this "Clair De Lune" composer won the Grand Prix de Rome for "The Prodigal Child" Debussy |
#2548, aired 1995-10-04 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1,000 (Daily Double): In an 1829 letter from the Hebrides, he wrote the opening bars of the "Hebrides Overture" Felix Mendelssohn |
#2482, aired 1995-05-23 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: This Debussy prelude is based on a poem by Stephane Mallarme about a rural deity basking in the sun "Afternoon Of A Faun" |
#2399, aired 1995-01-26 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: In the 1750s this son of J.S. Bach wrote an "essay on the true art of playing keyboard instruments" Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach |
#2399, aired 1995-01-26 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1,500 (Daily Double): His "Les Troyens" was completed 10 years before his death, but never performed in its entirety during his lifetime Hector Berlioz |
#2345, aired 1994-11-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: J.S. Bach's best-known toccata is the Toccata in D Minor for this keyboard instrument the organ |
#2140, aired 1993-12-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: While a court organist in Salzburg, he composed his famous "Coronation" mass Mozart |
#2064, aired 1993-07-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: Most of Haydn's works were written while he was a court composer in Eisenstadt, now in this country Austria |
#2064, aired 1993-07-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: Russian composer of "Rhapsody on a Theme by Pagnini" who became a U.S. cit. just before his death in 1943 Rachmaninoff |
#2027, aired 1993-06-01 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1,200 (Daily Double): From 1892 to 1894 this Bohemian composer directed the National Conservatory in New York Antonín Dvořák |
#1948, aired 1993-02-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: In 1875 Franz Liszt became president of the Academy of Music in this city Budapest |
#1928, aired 1993-01-13 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: This six-stringed wooden instrument is used in such pieces as Rossini's "Barber of Seville" the guitar |
#1928, aired 1993-01-13 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: On Wilhelm Furtwangler's death, Herbert von Karajan became chief conductor of this orchestra the Berlin Philharmonic |
#1609, aired 1991-09-05 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: In 1708, the Mühlhausen city council paid for printing "Gott ist mein König", his first published music Johann Sebastian Bach |
#1522, aired 1991-03-26 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $100: This Vatican choir is named after the chapel in which it often sings Sistine Choir |
#1476, aired 1991-01-21 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: Beethoven's "Piano Sonata in C sharp minor" is better known by this title "The Moonlight Sonata" |
#1434, aired 1990-11-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: This guitarist gave his first concert in Granada, Spain in 1909 Andrés Segovia |
#1434, aired 1990-11-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: After years of near blindness, his sight was supposedly restored 10 days before he died in 1750 Johann Sebastian Bach |
#1333, aired 1990-05-23 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $4,600 (Daily Double): Modern composer who was called the world's outstanding specialist on Hungarian folk music Bela Bartok |
#1171, aired 1989-10-09 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: After seeing a performance of "Aida" in Pisa, he turned to composing operas, "Tosca" among them (Giacomo) Puccini |
#1099, aired 1989-05-18 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1,000 (Daily Double): Spanish city in the title of the opera that gave us the following aria... Seville |
#983, aired 1988-12-07 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $300: An international piano competition named for this pianist is held about every 4 years in Ft. Worth, Texas Van Cliburn |
#955, aired 1988-10-28 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $100: Tho German-born, this 18th century composer famed for his "Messiah" is buried in Westminster Abbey Handel |
#912, aired 1988-07-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Of tutti, frutti, or aw rootie, the one that is a direction in music tutti |
#912, aired 1988-07-19 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: Nickname for Tchaikovsky's 3rd symphony, whose finale is "In Tempo Polacca" The Polish Symphony |
#840, aired 1988-04-08 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: At age 10, this Hungarian virtuoso went to study with Salieri in Vienna Liszt |
#840, aired 1988-04-08 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $600: This noted German orchestra is reportedly the highest paid in the world Berlin Philharmonic |
#721, aired 1987-10-26 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $800: Brahms "Wiegenlied" is often known in the U.S. by this infantile title "Brahms' Lullaby" |
#627, aired 1987-05-05 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: German-born composer of Italian operas who is buried in Poets Corner at Westminster Abbey George Frideric Handel |
#494, aired 1986-10-30 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Mozart usually had a table in his home to indulge his passion for this game a billiards table |
#485, aired 1986-10-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: Famous in Bizet's "Carmen", the habanera is actually a Cuban dance, named for this city Havana |
#358, aired 1986-01-22 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $200: The Concertgebouw Orchestra is located in this Dutch city Amsterdam |
#332, aired 1985-12-17 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: Most of this Polish composer is buried in Paris, but his heart is entombed in Poland Chopin |