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20 questions · Separate composers, works and venues. Study the notes, then practise without the clock.
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Study notes: make the connections
Separate composers, works and venues
Make a mental distinction between orchestral music, opera, comic opera and modern musicals. Handel and Holst are easy to confuse by name but their works are different.
Theatre questions also cover long-running plays and the writers behind them. Practise recalling a work from its creator as well as the reverse.
| Remember the link | Key fact |
|---|---|
| Water Music | George Frederick Handel Handel composed Water Music for George I. |
| Messiah | George Frederick Handel Messiah is an oratorio by Handel. |
| The Planets | Gustav Holst Holst’s suite The Planets includes Jupiter. |
| Pomp and Circumstance Marches | Sir Edward Elgar Elgar’s first Pomp and Circumstance March is associated with Land of Hope and Glory. |
| Façade | Sir William Walton Walton’s Façade was adapted as a ballet. |
| Peter Grimes | Benjamin Britten Britten composed Peter Grimes and founded the Aldeburgh festival. |
| A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra | Benjamin Britten Britten’s guide introduces the sections of an orchestra. |
| The Mousetrap | Agatha Christie Christie’s murder mystery began its West End run in 1952. |
| The Mikado | Gilbert and Sullivan Gilbert and Sullivan wrote comic operas including The Mikado. |
| The Pirates of Penzance | Gilbert and Sullivan The Pirates of Penzance is a Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera. |
| Cats | Andrew Lloyd Webber Lloyd Webber wrote the music for Cats. |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Andrew Lloyd Webber The Phantom of the Opera is a Lloyd Webber musical. |
Handbook reference: Chapter 4: A modern, thriving society — Arts and culture. These are original revision notes, not a reproduction of the handbook.
Three quick study checks
Who composed or created Water Music?
George Frederick Handel
Handel composed Water Music for George I.
Which work is associated with George Frederick Handel?
Water Music
Handel composed Water Music for George I.
Who composed or created Messiah?
George Frederick Handel
Messiah is an oratorio by Handel.