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A ‘Getaway Wednesday’ Quiz…
In the spirit of our ‘Getaway Wednesday‘, here’s a whirlwind globe-trotting exercise. Can you name the geographically-themed pieces that are mashed together? There are eleven pieces and thirteen locations, since two of the works are doing double duty.
(To see the answers, click and drag over the blank space below!)
George Gershwin: An American in Paris
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Souvenir of Florence
Ludwig van Beethoven: “Turkish March” from The Ruins of Athens
Camille Saint-Saens: Africa, Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra
Jean-Baptiste Arban: Variations on Carnival of Venice
Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46
Aaron Copland: El Salon Mexico
George Enescu: Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1
Leonard Bernstein: “America” from West Side Story
Xian Xinghai: Yellow River Piano Concerto
