Detroit Symph. Orch Staff Librarian Exam

July 2025 - Completed Jan. 2026

Antonin Dvorak symphonies have two sets of numbering, an old and a new. Please indicate the “old” numbering for: Symphony No. 7

Symphony No. 2 in D major

Antonin Dvorak symphonies have two sets of numbering, an old and a new. Please indicate the “old” numbering for: Symphony No. 8

Symphony No. 4 in G major

Antonin Dvorak symphonies have two sets of numbering, an old and a new. Please indicate the “old” numbering for: Symphony No. 9

Symphony No. 5 in E minor

What is the full title of the “Little Russian” and who is the composer?

Symphony No. 2, Tchaikovsky

What is the full title of the “Surprise Symphony” and who is the composer?

Symphony No. 94, Haydn

What is the full title of the “Triple Concerto” and who is the composer?

Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano, BeethovenWhat is the full title of the “Little Russian” and who is the composer?

What is the full title of the “Classical Symphony” and who is the composer?

Symphony No. 1, Prokofiev

What is the full title of the “Winter Dreams” and who is the composer?

Symphony No. 1, Tchaikovsky

What is the full title of the “Prague” and who is the composer?

Symphony No. 38, Mozart

What is the full title of the “Pathetique” and who is the composer?

Symphony No. 6, Tchaikovsky

What is the full title of the “Eroice” and who is the composer?

Symphony No.3, Beethoven

What is the full title of the “Pathetique” and who is the composer?

Symphony No. 6, Beethoven

What is the full title of the “Unfinished” and who is the composer?

Symphony No. 8, Schubert

What is the full title of the “Leningrad” and who is the composer?

Symphony No. 7, Shostakovich

What is the full title of the “The Inextinguishable” and who is the composer?

Symphony No. 4, Nielson

Who is the composer of: White Peacock?

Charles Tomlinson Griffes

Who is the composer of: Dumbarton Oaks?

Igor Stravinsky

Who is the composer of: Radetzky March?

Johann Strauss

Who is the composer of: Organ Symphony?

Camille Saint-Saens

Who is the composer of: Tromba Lontana

John Adams

Who is the composer of: Farandole?

George BizetWho is the composer of:

Who is the composer of: Sinfonia India?

Carlos Chavez

Who is the composer of: Quiet City

Aaron Copland

Who is the composer of: Les Trois Rois Noirs

Duke Ellington

Who is the composer of: El Sombrero de tres Picos?

Mauel de Falla

Who is the composer of: sonata pian e forte?

Giovanni Gabrieli

Who is the composer of: Three Places in New England?

Charles Ives

Who is the composer of: Taras Bulba?

Leos Janqcek

Who is the composer of: Music Celestis

Aaron Joy Kernis

Who is the composer of: La Creation du Monde?

Darius Milhaud

Who is the composer of: The Thrill of the Orchestra?

Russell Peck

Who is the composer of: Ivan the Terrible?

Sergei Prokofiev

Who is the composer of: Tzigane?

Maurice Ravel

Who is the composer of: New England Triptych?

William Schuman

Turandot, Overture and March… name the original composer and 20th Century composer and work based on this piece

Original composer - Carl Maria Von Weber

20th Century Composer - Paul Hindemith

Based on Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis

What is the problem or concern with the clarinets in the last movement of Symphonie Fantastique, Hector Berlioz?

Written for C clarinet for the ide fix solo

What is the frequent problem with respect to high passages in cello parts in works of Gustav Mahler, Antonin Dvorak and Anton Bruckner?

Legibility with a lot of ledger lines or different clef changes. Can request “ossia passages in lower register”. Librarians can re-engrave parts to be written lower and with different clefs

What issues can you encounter while preparing music for a concert of Viennese Waltzes?

Multiple arrangements, cuts, unusual instrumentation (valve trombones), brass/perc, balance, articulation inconsistencies (need errata sheets), page turns, encore flexibility

What issue can you encounter while preparing Sergei Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Suites for a concert program?

Version/Arrangement

Grand rights/PROs

Cuts

Other Rental obstacles

What issue can you encounter with horns in the 3rd mvt. of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9?

Low register solo passages of the 4th HN

What does in mean to use “traditional Cuts” in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto?

No traditional cuts

How many versions of the “Firebird” did Stravinsky produce?

1 full ballet, 3 suites

How many versions of the “Rite of Spring” did Stravinsky produce?

3

How many versions of the “Petrouchka” did Stravinsky produce?

2

What questions will you ask a conductor if Stravinksy’s “Petrouchka” is programmed?

Which version

Full performance with dancers

Any cuts

What questions will you ask a conductor if Mozart’s “Symphony No. 40 in G minor” is programmed?

Which version (original doesn’t have CL)

Which edition

Harpsicord continuo

Reduced string partsWhat questions will you ask a conductor if Stravinksy’s “Petrouchka” is programmed?

What questions will you ask a conductor if Schoenberg “Verklarte Nacht” is programmed?

Which version

Divisi preferences

What questions will you ask a conductor if Gershwins’s “Rhapsody in Blue” is programmed?

Which version

Soloist and what cadenza will they be planning on

Ornaments are they wanting

Unusual instruments - banjo

List the information you need to provide to a publisher when placing an order

Piece title/composer/arrangement

Date of performance/how many performances

Live Streamed or not

How many parts - strings specific

Contact Info

Public or private performance

Staged? - Rights needed

Complete work be done or cuts be added

Which seldom-used instruments are needed in Brucker’s Symphony No. 7?

Wagner Tuba

Which seldom-used instruments are needed in Mozart’s Requiem?

Basset Horn

Which seldom-used instruments are needed in Strass’ Alpine Symphony?

Wagner Tuba, Heckelphone, wind machine, thunder sheet, organ

Which seldom-used instruments are needed in Strass’ Ein Heldenleben?

Piccolo TPT, tenor tuba

Which seldom-used instruments are needed in Khatchaturian’s Piano Concert?

Flexatone

Translate: Blasmusik

Brass band music

Translate: Blechinstrumente

Brass instruments - German

Translate: Vom Anfang

From the beginning - German

Translate: Alle

All - German

Translate: Geige

Violin - German

Translate: Bratsche

Viola - German

Translate: Griffbrett

On the fingerboard - German

Translate: Gli altri

The others (than the soloist) - Italian

Translate: Pultweise geteilt

Divided by desk

Translate: Ohne Dampfer

without mute - German

Translate: Hauptstimme

Principal voice/part, melody - German

Translate: Erste Fassung

first (original)version - German

Translate: Erste Ausgabe

First (original) edition - German

Translate: Kleine Trommel

snare drum - German

Translate: Piatti

Cymbals - Italian

Translate: Becken

cymbals - German

Translate: Tamburo

drum - Italian

Translate: Gran Casa

Bass drum - ItalianTranslate:

Translate: Cais Clair

snare drum - French

Translate: Petit Tamburo

Little Drum - Italian

Translate: Grosse Trommel

Bass Drum - German

List the Librarian’s responsibilities associated with “being on duty” for a concert:

Putting scores out for the conductor

Last minute requests for musicians

Placing folders out - depends on group

List some of the activities that would occur in the library following the final concert of any program:

Breakdown/Gather folders/music

Collect library scores or rentals from conductor

return rentals

Erase markings

What critical edition would you advise using for Bach?

Barenreiter

What critical edition would you advise using for Beethoven?

Henle Verlag

What critical edition would you advise using for Haydn?

Universal Edition UE

What critical edition would you advise using for Mozart?

Barenreiter

What does the term “Grand Rights” mean and when doe sit apply to a symphony orchestra?

Rights to give a performance which contains literary and visual elements that go beyond musical sound alone. If there is any choreography or costuming added to a performance

Name three publishers/rental agents for Broadway music:

Concord Theatricals

Music Theatre International

Broadway Play Publishing

Name a Shostakovich work with optional extra brass

Festive Overture, Op. 96

Name two composers who wrote concertos for the orchestra

Ramin

Kostal

How many sets of Slavic Dances did Dvorak composer? What are the Opus Numbers?

2 sets, 8 dances each

Opus 46 and Opus 72

Describe the process you follow when preparing a new set of parts of performance

Correct edition when sourcing - either owned, renting, purchasing

Get cuts from conductor

Verify errata

Scan into database (if owned)

Verify correct amount of parts, make new as needed

Check page turns

Stuff in folders

Describe the process you follow when preparing a work with cuts and or excerpts

Get cuts from conductor

Pencil in accurate cuts

Have cut and OG format scanned for future use

Name the “famous” collection of Scott Joplin music for orchestra/ Who created the arrangements?

The Red Back Book , arr. Gunther Schuller

How many versions of Verklarte Nacht did Schoenberg create?

4