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Exploring the Cello: A Comprehensive Quiz

Test your knowledge about the cello, its history, its role in music, and its construction with this engaging quiz!

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1 Which of the following are related to Cello?

2 What mountain range is Cello a part of?

3 A player's ________ does not alter the way the cello is held or used.

4 The orch-rock group, ________, which has pioneered the use of stringed and symphonic instruments, employs the cello in very creative ways for many of their 'psychedelic-esque' melodies.

5 Which of the following titles did Cello have?

6 The Byzantine lira spread through Europe westward and in the 11th and 12th centuries European writers used the terms ________ and lira interchangeably when referring to bowed instruments (Encyclopædia Britannica).

7 The cello is rarely part of a group's standard lineup (though like its cousin the ________ it is becoming more common in mainstream pop).

8 From the Classical era, the two concertos by Joseph Haydn in C major and D major stand out, as do the five sonatas for cello and pianoforte of ________ which span the important three periods of his compositional evolution.

9 Cellos are made by ________, specialists in building and repairing stringed instruments, ranging from guitars to violins.

10 The bow is drawn across the strings roughly halfway between the end of the ________ and the bridge, in a direction perpendicular to the strings.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • conductor George Georgescu first made music as a child by playing a violin between his legs like a cello.
  • at Against All Odds, Jeff Jarrett was not allowed to use a guitar as a weapon, so he used a cello instead.
  • one of the first known instances of a composer specifically calling for the use of a bass violin, the predecessor of the modern cello, was in the opera Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi.
  • the New York Philharmonic featured cellist Lorne Munroe as a soloist more than 150 times.
  • two of cellist Jeffrey Solow's recordings were nominated for a Grammy Award.
  • Young-Chang Cho was still in his twenties when appointed professor for violoncello at the Folkwang Hochschule.
  • Carter Brey was appointed the principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic in 1996.
  • pianist Kathryn Stott first met long-term collaborator Yo-Yo Ma playing the cello in her flat in his underpants.
  • Russian cellist Valentin Berlinsky played for the Borodin Quartet for 60 years, the longest-serving member of what was described as "the longest continuously playing" string quartet in the world.
  • Russian cellist Anatoliy Brandukov (pictured) entered the Moscow Conservatory aged eight.
  • Bernhard Cossmann was a renowned German cellist who taught at the Moscow Conservatory and that many of his cello etudes are still used today.
  • cellist Felix Wurman founded the Church of Beethoven, described by NPR as "a church for people who don't go to church," in an abandoned gas station off Route 66 in New Mexico.
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