Dartington
English Brass Academy
Prize quiz
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How was the composer Alkan supposed to have died?
Reaching for a book and toppling a bookcase onto himself
Of a bee sting
Getting sucked away by the current whilst swimming
By setting fire to himself whilst cooking
Chastelain de Coucy, a troubadour, died whilst on a pilgrimage to Palestine. He had his heart sent back to the woman he had had an affair with; what happened then?
She had it pickled
Her husband cooked it and fed it to her
It was eaten by a fox during the journey
Her husband replaced it with a pig's heart
Henry Purcell's wife got so tired of him staying out late at night that one evening she instructed their servant to lock him out. The consequence was that:
Purcell was attacked by thieves and was killed
Purcell caught a cold and later died from it
Purcell was so angry he fought the servant and died
Purcell was so distraught he killed himself
How did Enrique Granados die in 1916?
He died fighting in the First World War
He was bitten by a rabid dog
He died of pneumonia
He was on a ship that was torpedoed by a submarine
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