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Mozart Works
YGK These works by Mozart
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Mozart sonata movement that inspired Max Reger’s Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart | Piano Sonata No. 11 (Theme and variations) |
| The Mozart piano sonata nicknamed “for beginners” | No. 16 in C major (K. 545) |
| The Mozart piano concerto nicknamed “Jeunehomme” or “Jenamy” | No. 9 in E flat major (K. 271) |
| The Mozart piano concerto nicknamed “Elvira Madigan” due to its use in a 1967 film | No. 21 in C major (K. 467) |
| The set of six Mozart string quartets that includes the “Spring,” “Hunt,” and “Dissonant” quartets | The “Haydn” Quartets |
| The set of Mozart quartets dedicated to Friedrich Wilhelm II that prominently feature the cello | The Prussian Quartets (Nos. 21–23) |
| The translation of Eine kleine Nachtmusik that most accurately reflects its meaning | A little serenade |
| The Mozart work that parodies bad composition and ends with chords in four different keys | A Musical Joke (K. 522) |
| The nickname of Mozart’s Symphony No. 41, likely given by Johann Peter Salomon | Jupiter |
| The only "Little" symphony among Mozart's first 38 to be written in a minor key | Symphony No. 25 in G minor |
| The popular opening device—a fast upward scale—used in the “Paris” Symphony | Mannheim rocket |
| The composer whose symphony was mistaken for Mozart’s Symphony No. 37 until 1907 | Michael Haydn |
| The Singspiel featuring "Turkish" music set at the home of Pasha Selim | The Abduction from the Seraglio |
| The character in The Abduction from the Seraglio who sings the difficult aria “Martern aller Arten” | Konstanze |
| The librettist who collaborated with Mozart on Così fan tutte, The Marriage of Figaro, and Don Giovanni | Lorenzo da Ponte |
| The two sisters in Così fan tutte whose fidelity is tested by their fiancées | Fiordiligi and Dorabella |
| The person who wrote the libretto for The Magic Flute and played the role of Papageno | Emanuel Schikaneder |
| The fraternal organization whose elements are heavily incorporated into The Magic Flute | The Masons (Freemasonry) |
| The sorcerer and head of a cult of Isis and Osiris in The Magic Flute | Sarastro |
| The character in The Magic Flute who sings the famous "Der Hölle Rache" aria | The Queen of the Night |
| The anonymous patron who commissioned Mozart's Requiem | Count von Walsegg |
| The student of Mozart who famously completed the Requiem after the composer's death | Franz Xaver Süssmayr |
| The two woodwind instruments notably omitted from the scoring of the Requiem | Oboes and flutes |
| The instrument that substitutes for clarinets in the Requiem's scoring | Basset horns |
| The Handel work that provided the theme for the "Kyrie" movement | Messiah (specifically "And With His Stripes We Are Healed") |
| The movement of the Requiem that begins with a prominent trombone solo | Tuba Mirum |
| The composer falsely rumored to have murdered Mozart | Antonio Salieri |
| The Aleksandr Pushkin play inspired by the rumors of Mozart's murder | Mozart and Salieri |
| The Peter Shaffer play and subsequent Academy Award-winning film based on the relationship between Mozart and Salieri | Amadeus |