Congratulations to the top 20 scorers in Leonard Bernstein 2001 Quiz Contest!! The winners are Bonnie Hudgins and Jonathan Blumhofer with perfect scores of 64.

Top 20 Scorers

1. Jonathan Blumhofer - 64
1. Bonnie M Hudgins - 64
3. Yoshihide Kunisue - 60
4. Kris Sandon - 57
5. Thomas Halter - 54
6. Henry Dobashi - 52
7. Marjorie Ayasse - 49
7. F. Grotzinger - 49
9. Stan Punzel - 46
10. Jim Ball - 45
11. Julian Gaston Craster - 44
11. Ryan MacGavin - 44
11. Ismail Marco de Carli - 44
11. Cathleen McCann - 44
11. Michael Tredinnick - 44
16. Andrei Strizek - 43
17. Ryan McAdams - 42
17. Dan Vaiser - 42
19. Matthew Walter - 40
20. Kristin Quinn - 39


The Answers

Question #1 (2 points):
What year was Leonard Bernstein born?
(b) 1918

Question #2 (3 points):
What year did Leonard Bernstein become the Assistant Conductor of the New York Philharmonic?
(d) 1943

Question #3 (4 points):
What was the program for Bernstein's last concert?
(a) Beethoven, 7th Symphony; Britten, Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes

Question #4 (3 points):
Where did Bernstein perform his final concert?
(d) Tanglewood

Question #5 (3 points):
What Bernstein musical premiered in 1944?
(b) On The Town

Question #6 (3 points):
What Bernstein musical premiered in 1953?
(c) Wonderful Town

Question #7 (5 points):
What caused a disruption during the first of Leonard Bernstein's six Norton Lectures?
(a) a telephone bomb threat

Question #8 (5 points):
What was Leonard Bernstein's first music example at the Norton Lectures?
(b) a Mozart Symphony


Question #9 (5 points):
For whom was West Side Story a Broadway Debut?
(c) Stephen Sondheim

Question #10 (5 points):
What is the term for the 6/8 3/4 rhythm in Bernstein's 'America'?
(b) Hemiola

Question #11 (3 points):
Fill in the blank. The orchestra built to a deafening _______.
(c) fortissimo

Musical Examples

Question #12 (2 points):
Midi example for Question #12
What do you call this same bunch of notes, not played all at once?
Arpeggio

Question #13 (2 points):
Midi example for Question #13
What do you call a bunch of notes played all at once?
Chord

Question #14 (4 points):
Midi example for Question #14
What is the name of this kind of scale?
Chromatic

Question #15 (5 points):
Midi example for Question #15
If an accompaniment is played in one key and the tune in another key, what word is used to describe this phenomenon?
Bitonality or Polytonality

Bonus Question #16! (10 points):
Midi example for Question #16
This is the Olympic Hymn. In what larger Bernstein work is this melody also used?
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue or A White House Cantata. The song is 'Take Care of This House'.