Here are the answers to this month’s five quiz questions. If in doubt, all should be able to be easily verified online.
January Quiz Questions: Music
- Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem was composed for the consecration of what building? The new Coventry Cathedral in 1962
- Who composed Liberty Bell? John Philip Souza
- Who created 4’33” of silence? John Cage
- JS Bach wrote a huge amount of both liturgical and secular music. But what brand of Christianity did he belong to? Lutheran
- Which Russian composer was also a renowned chemist? Alexander Borodin
Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2022.