Acadec 2026-2027 MUSIC - Section 4 (Crammable)

How many incidents of piracy occurred in 2024?

116 incidents at a rate of 2 per week

When did the visitor to Plymouth report militia drum beat assembly?

1627

When did Machiavelli note music's use to regulate armies?

1521 in Art of War

When did Anna Amalia compose regiment marches for Frederick the Great?

1760s to 1770s

When did the fife-and-drum unit assist Feast of Saint Patrick?

1766 in New York

When did the Royal American Regiment give a New York concert?

1766

When did the 64th regiment band perform in Boston?

1771

How many total marches did John Philip Sousa compose?

136 marches

Who was known as the most famous march composer?

John Philip Sousa

When did John Philip Sousa compose Semper Fidelis?

1888

When did John Philip Sousa compose The Washington Post?

1889

When did John Philip Sousa compose The Stars and Stripes Forever!?

1896

When did George Frideric Handel compose the Dead March in Saul?

1739

Whose funerals utilized George Frideric Handel's Dead March?

George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill

When did Fryderyk Chopin compose Marche funebre?

1837 as a piano concert work

When was Fryderyk Chopin's Marche funebre orchestrated?

1849 for his burial

Whose funeral processions used Fryderyk Chopin's Marche funebre?

President Kennedy and Queen Elizabeth II

When did Hector Berlioz abandon medicine to enter Paris Conservatoire?

1826 after graduating in 1824

Whose performance in 1827 caused Hector Berlioz's romantic obsession?

Miss Harriet Smithson starring in Hamlet

What inspired Hector Berlioz to create a cyclic program symphony?

Hearing Beethoven performances in 1828

Who composed Symphonie fantastique in 1830?

Hector Berlioz

What is idee fixe?

Firmly held irrational idea or belief

When did Symphonie fantastique premiere at the Paris Conservatoire?

December 5 1830

When did Hector Berlioz marry Harriet Smithson?

1833

How long did Hector Berlioz and Harriet Smithson stay together?

Six years before drifting apart

What was the original 1826 origin of March to the Scaffold?

March of the Guards for unperformed opera

What is pizzicato?

Plucking string instruments with fingers instead of bowing

What is arco?

Playing a string instrument with a bow

What key is the first theme of March to the Scaffold?

G minor

What mode does the second theme of March to the Scaffold modulate to?

Mediant key of B-flat major

How many horseback riders suffered injuries in 2023?

40000 riders

What percentage of horseback riders will experience an injury?

81 percent

What percentage of horseback riders experience serious injuries?

21 percent

What is the average hospitalization duration for adult riding injuries?

5 to 6 days

What percentage of Austin livestock incidents involved inexperienced riders?

38 percent in 2017

What percentage of Austin rancher incidents involved inexperienced riders?

43 percent in 2017

Who was Dominick John O'Malley?

Cowboy poet writing tales about ranching incidents

When did Dominick John O'Malley publish To the Memory of Wiley Collins?

1889

Who was Charles Rutledge?

Texas cowboy working for the XIT outfit in Montana

How many acres did XIT lease between Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers?

2 million acres in 1890

When did Charles Rutledge die from a horseback accident?

Spring 1891

How far did a cowpuncher travel to fetch a doctor for Rutledge?

60 miles to Miles City Montana

When was A Cowboy's Death published in Stock Grower's Journal?

July 11 1891

Who published Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads in 1910?

John A Lomax

When did John and Alan Lomax publish the revised edition?

1938 identifying DJ O'Malley's authorship

What folk song tune provided the original melody for O'Malley's poem?

The Lakes of Pontchartrain

Who composed the 1922 artistic setting Charlie Rutledge?

Charles Ives

When did Charles Ives publish 114 Songs containing Charlie Rutledge?

1922

What is a tone cluster?

Harmony filled with adjacent musical notes

How is the pianist instructed to play cluster-chords in Charlie Rutledge?

Using fists at ffff volume

When did the first known automobile accident occur?

1771

When did the first automobile fatality occur globally?

1869

When did the first USA solo car crash happen?

1891

When did the first USA car crash fatality happen?

1899

When did the first US two-car crash occur?

1900 in Kansas City Missouri

When did actor James Dean die in a car accident?

1955

When did Bill Hayes release Message from James Dean?

1956

When did Beach Boys release A Young Man is Gone?

1963

When did Eagles record James Dean?

1974

When did Suede release Daddy's Speeding?

1994

When did Princess Diana die in a car accident?

1997

Who reworded Candle in the Wind as Goodbye England's Rose?

Elton John

What is the safest form of passenger transportation?

Airplane with 0.01 injuries per 100 million miles

How much higher was car travel fatality rate than bus in 2007?

23 times higher

How much higher was car travel fatality rate than bus in 2013?

67 times higher

Who wrote the 1983 a cappella work Bus Plunge?

Gunnar Madsen and Richard Greene

What group performed the song Bus Plunge?

The Bobs

What is hocket?

Rapid-fire alternation of musical notes between voices

When was musical hocket developed historically?

13th century

When did Herbie Hancock use hocket opening Watermelon Man?

1973

When did the northeastern USA and Canada blackout occur?

November 9 1965

Where did the 1965 blackout originate?

Sir Adam Beck power plant near Ontario Canada

What time did the 1965 blackout reach New York City?

5:27 PM after starting at 5:16 PM

How many people lost electricity during the 1965 blackout?

30 million people across 80000 square miles

How many people were stranded on stopped subways in 1965?

800000 people

How long did it take to retrieve all stranded subway passengers?

Almost 14 hours

Which WABC disc jockey joked about speed dropping during the blackout?

Dan Ingram

How many pages was the emergency blackout edition of NYT?

10 pages instead of 96 pages

What computer generated weather reports during the 1965 blackout?

IBM 7090 computer

How many weather observation circuits failed during the blackout?

8 of 15 circuits

Which flight pulled out of landing approach due to dark runways?

Scandinavian Airways Flight 911

How long did Logan Airport traffic controllers lose radar?

4 hours

How long did JFK Airport controllers lose radar?

12.5 hours

How many total flights were impacted during the 1965 blackout?

500 flights

How many planes were safely landed at LaGuardia using flare pots?

240 planes

How many planes were diverted to Philadelphia during the blackout?

200 planes

Who was Peter Biff Byford?

Vocalist for British heavy-metal band Saxon

What documentary inspired the heavy-metal song 747?

The Trigger Effect written by James Burke

When was 747 Strangers in the Night released on Wheels of Steel?

1980 by Saxon

What flight number error was made in Saxon's 747 song?

Flight 101 instead of Flight 911

When did Boeing 747 make its first commercial flight?

January 1970

When did Scandinavian Airlines acquire Boeing 747s?

1971

What UK chart position did 747 Strangers in the Night reach?

Number 13

What is overdubbing?

Mixing and playing back multiple recordings simultaneously

What is an anachronism?

Historical error placing something in wrong time period

What is programmatic music?

Instrumental music that tells a specific story or narrative

What is cyclic form?

Repetition of a central melody across multiple movement sections

What is cut time?

Time signature containing two half-note beats per measure

What is ostinato?

Continually repeated musical phrase or rhythm pattern

What is verse-chorus form?

Musical structure alternating between verses and repeating chorus