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LHS Fine Arts ALL
Short Fine Arts Tossups and Bonuses
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This composer reused his Sanctus in D-major for six voices in his Mass in B minor. The oldest-known harpsichord solo appears in the fifth of a set of six Brandenburg Concertos by what German Baroque composer? | Johann Sebastian Bach [or J.S. Bach] |
| This composer wrote a "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves" in his opera about Jews exiled in Babylon, titled Nabucco. Name this Italian opera composer who also wrote La Traviata. | Giuseppe Verdi |
| Hector Guimard was known for his works in this style, inspired in part by the Arts and Crafts movement. Name this modern art style that included the works of Louis Comfort Tiffany, whose name means "new art" in French. | Art Nouveau |
| Composer labeled parts of his Opus 36 with the initials and nicknames of his friends, including the thirteenth, labeled with three asterisks, and the ninth, named “Nimrod.” Name this British composer of the Enigma Variations and Pomp and Circumstance. | Edward Elgar |
| In this play, two men wearing bowling hats suspect Pozzo is the title character. Vladimir and Estragon hang themselves from a tree in what Samuel Beckett play titled for a character who never appears? | Waiting for Godot |
| In his play Helen, this playwright gave a version of the legend in which a phantom Helen flees with Paris, while the real Helen is in Egypt. Name this author who wrote about the wife of Jason in the play Medea. | Euripides |
| This musical includes the controversial song "Tomorrow Belongs to Me," which is sung by a Nazi. Name this Kander and Ebb musical set at the Kit Kab Klub, which features Sally Bowles and the Emcee? | Cabaret |
| This street's Theatre Royal was where David Garrick performed in many Shakespeare plays. London's oldest theater is found on what street, mentioned in the nursery rhyme “The Muffin Man”? | Drury Lane |
| This artist alluded to a traffic accident in a painting that replaces a spine with a broken column. Name this artist who depicted a thorn necklace and a hummingbird in a self-portrait featuring her unibrow. | Frida Kahlo |
| Ensembles of this type play Antonín Dvořák’s American and Bedřich Smetana's From My Life. Name this type of ensemble, the original setting of Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings. | string quartet [prompt on quartet] |
| In this play, a character is described as having an age that "cannot wither" by Enobarbus. John Dryden's tragedy All For Love is based on which of Shakespeare's plays, named after its historical hero and heroine? | The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra [just Antony and Cleopatra needed] |
| Paul Desmond composed this jazz standard, which showcased Joe Morello. Written in nonstandard quintuple time, what song from Time Out was the signature of the Dave Brubeck Quartet? | Take Five |
| This woman is depicted with an elongated neck in a Mannerist painting by Parmigianino. The Pieta scene depicts what woman cradling Jesus? | Virgin Mary [or Madonna; or the Virgin] |
| Diego Velázquez depicted this woman staring at herself in the mirror in his "Rokeby" version of her. Name this woman who lies nude in a Titian painting of her set in Urbino. | Venus |
| Designed by architect Giuseppe Piermarini, this location first featured Europa riconosciuta by Antonio Salieri and hosted the so-called “real” premiere of Aida. Name this opera house in Milan. | La Scala |
| In a painting by this artist, Cecilia Gallerani, the mistress of Ludovico Sforza, holds the title weasel. Lady with an Ermine is by what artist, who depicted a man surrounded by a perfect circle titled Vitruvian Man? | Leonardo da Vinci |
| In a painting by this artist, two people wrapped in yellow robes and covered with gold leaf perform the title action. Name this Art Nouveau artist from Vienna who painted The Kiss. | Gustav Klimt |
| This piece was composed 68 years after Borodino, the battle it commemorates, and it quotes "God Save the Tsar." Name this composition featuring 16 cannon shots by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. | 1812 Overture |
| In Act Two of this musical, the song “The Room Where It Happens” recounts the Compromise of 1790. George III sings “You’ll Be Back” in what Lin-Manuel Miranda musical whose characters include Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr? | Hamilton |
| A girl carrying a chicken was revealed in this painting after dark varnish was removed. A man wearing red reloads a rifle in what painting by Rembrandt depicting a militia? | The Night Watch |
| On the evening of this composer's funeral, an orchestra performed his opera The Bartered Bride. "The Moldau" is a movement from Ma Vlast by what nationalistic Czech composer? | Bedrich Smetana |
| An enslaved man says, "Call me X," in a variation of this play by Aimé Césaire. After the King of Naples’ ship wrecked near an island, Miranda, Prospero, Caliban, and Ariel live on the island in what Shakespeare play? | The Tempest |
| In response to this landmark, artists created the Crazy Horse Memorial. After designing Stone Mountain, Gutzon Borglum designed what landmark in South Dakota depicting four US presidents? | Mount Rushmore |
| Gabriel Fauré wrote a piece with this title based on a poem by Paul Verlaine.The third movement of the Suite Bergamasque by Claude Debussy has what French title, evoking moonlight? | Clair de Lune |
| This instrument was featured in Stravinsky's Ebony Concerto, written for Woody Herman. Pete Fountain and Artie Shaw were renowned virtuosos of what single-reed woodwind? | clarinet |
| This artist, who names a museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, painted a portrait of Jawaharlal Nehru and created illustrations for Boys' Life. Name this artist of The Four Freedoms, known for his illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post. | Norman Rockwell |
| An artist from this art movement had his painting Kindred Spirits sell for $35 million. Asher Durand was from what art movement with a geographic name, which also included the artist of The Oxbow, Thomas Cole? | Hudson River School |
| In a duel, this man's sons Eteocles and Polynices kill each other. Two Sophocles plays are named for what king of Thebes, who kills his father and marries his mother? | Oedipus |
| This artist depicts three maids in a crucifixion scene he called the Yellow Christ. Name this artist of Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?, which is one of his many paintings of Tahiti. | Paul Gauguin |
| In a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by this author, Mat and the title character's father, Chris Christopherson, fight over Anna Christie. Name this author who wrote about the Tyrone family in Long Day's Journey Into Night. | Eugene O'Neill |
| Frida Kahlo painted one of these works "with Monkey," while Van Gogh created one "with Bandaged Ear." What kinds of paintings get their name because the artist depicted themself? | self-portraits |
| 1. In this Rodgers and Hammerstein musical about the von Trapp family, children sing "Do-Re-Mi" with Maria. | The Sound of Music |
| In this musical, an actress becomes the powerful and controversial First Lady of Argentina, serving with her husband Juan Peron. | Evita |
| In this musical, featuring the songs of ABBA, a young woman discovers there are three possible choices for who may be the father she never met, whom wants to invite to her wedding. | Mama Mia! |
| This musical examines a group of 60s-era youth in the leadup to the Vietnam War, who live in the "Age of Aquarius." | Hair |
| When referring to organ music, it means that all stops and couplers should be used. What Italian word is written on a score to direct all musicians to play in unison? | tutti |
| In a painting by this artist, a character says, "I pressed the fire control... and ahead of me rockets blazed through the sky." Ben-Day dots were employed by what artist of Whaam!? | Roy Lichtenstein |
| This artist's controversial Man at the Crossroads was destroyed before it was completed in Rockefeller Center, but he repainted it under the title Man, Controller of the Universe. Name this Mexican painter who was married to Frida Kahlo. | Diego Rivera |
| A man in this musical asks, "Where the devil are my slippers?" "I Could Have Danced All Night" is from what musical by Lerner and Loewe, which focuses on Eliza Doolittle from Pygmalion? | My Fair Lady |
| After the earliest New Orleans brass bands played a mournful blues song to the cemetery, this lively jazz tune was played on the return. What upbeat tune inspired the New Orleans NFL team's nickname? | "When the Saints Go Marching In" |
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