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A Quiz for a ‘Getaway Wednesday’

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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.

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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

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Written by:

Jeffrey Freymann

Published on 10.01.2019

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