Prokofiev
1. At age 13 Prokofiev entered
A
Moscow Conservatory
B
St. Petersburg Conservatory
C
Paris Conservatory
D
Royal College of Music, London
2. Violin Concerto No. 2 premiered in
A
St. Petersburg
B
Paris
C
New York
D
Madrid
3. As a performer Prokofiev was primarily a
A
percussionist
B
cellist
C
pianist
D
violinst
4. Prokofiev's opera The Love for Three Oranges
was commissioned by
A
Metropolitan Opera
B
Paris Opera
C
Chicago Opera
D
La Scala
5. In his early years Prokofiev was equally famous as a performer and a composer.
A
True
B
False
6. His early Violin Concerto No. 1 is more Romantic in style than Violin Concert No. 2
A
True
B
False
7. All of the following are Prokofiev style characteristics except
A
wide melodic leaps
B
use of serial technique
C
simple melodies combined with complex harmonies
D
use of folk materials
8. During the 1920s and early 1930s Prokofiev lived primarily in
A
Paris
B
Moscow
C
New York
D
St. Petersburg
9. Prokofiev's first major work for orchestra was
A
Scythian Suite
B
Romeo and Juliet Suite
C
Cinderella Suite
D
Lieutenant Kije Suite
10. Prokofiev worked with film director
A
Cecil B. DeMille
B
Alfred Hitchcock
C
Sergei Eisenstein
11. Like Stravinsky, Prokofiev wrote a ballet for Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballet Russes.
A
True
B
False
12. Both Lieutenant Kije and Alexander Nevsky were originally film scores.
A
True
B
False
13. Prokofiev's first wife Lina was sent to a Siberian labor camp by Stalin.
A
True
B
False
14. Both War and Peace and Alexander Nevsky were inspired by
A
the Great Depression
B
the Nazi invasion of Russia
C
World War I
D
the Russo-Japanese War
15. Prokofiev wrote the film score of Eisenstein's Boris Godunov.
A
True
B
False
16. Prokofiev died on 3-5-53, the same day as Stalin.
A
True
B
False
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