Quizz Time

Can you get these questions right first time?

1.  When choirs are arranged in two sections facing each other, as often in a Cathedral, what are the two sides usually called ?
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    East and West
    Matins and Evensong
    Troillus and Cressida
    Sanctus and Benedictus
    Decani and Cantoris

    

The technical term for facing sections is "Collegiate" style.

2.  Who wrote the music for the popular setting of Blake's poem Jerusalem ?
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    Brahms
    Tallis
    Parry
    Stanford
    Handel

    

3.  Who wrote the words of the hymn beginning Love Divine, all loves excelling ?
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    Isaac Watts
    Charles Wesley
    Thomas Ken
    Graeme Kendrick
    Catherine Winkworth

    

This hymn is one of the most popular throughout the Christian world. It's final line sums up the effect of worship very well.....lost in wonder, love and praise..

4.  Who wrote the music for the oratorio Messiah ?
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    Bach
    Mozart
    Beethoven
    Handel
    Mahler

    

It is said that the composer was so moved by the words that he assembled the music in the space of three weeks.

5.  Who prepared the text of The Messiah ?
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    Charles Jennens
    George Herbert
    Geoffrey Dearmer
    Christopher Wordsworth
    Richard Baxter

    

6.  In which city was Johann Sebastian Bach a Cantor for nearly 30 years ?
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    Weimar
    Bonn
    Mannheim
    Leipzig
    Stuttgart

    

Did you REALLY get those questions right FIRST TIME? Of course you did!