UK Culture MCQs

British Choral Music MCQs with Answers

Which British composer is renowned for composing “Messiah?
a) Benjamin Britten
b) Ralph Vaughan Williams
c) Edward Elgar
d) Answer: George Frideric Handel

What British choral work includes the hymn “Jerusalem?
a) “Requiem” by John Rutter
b) “The Dream of Gerontius” by Edward Elgar
c) “A Ceremony of Carols” by Benjamin Britten
d) Answer: “The Planets” by Gustav Holst

Which composer created the choral composition “Five Mystical Songs”?
a) Hubert Parry
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Ralph Vaughan Williams
d) Answer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

What British choral piece includes movements like “Lacrymosa” and “Agnus Dei”?
a) “Messiah” by George Frideric Handel
b) “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace” by Karl Jenkins
c) “Requiem” by John Rutter
d) Answer: “Requiem” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Which British choral composer is known for works like “A Ceremony of Carols”?
a) Benjamin Britten
b) Ralph Vaughan Williams
c) Edward Elgar
d) Answer: Benjamin Britten

What choral composition by Ralph Vaughan Williams is inspired by the poetry of Walt Whitman?
a) “Five Mystical Songs”
b) “Dona Nobis Pacem”
c) “The Lark Ascending”
d) Answer: “Dona Nobis Pacem”

Which British composer is known for choral works like “Te Deum” and “The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Hubert Parry
c) Ralph Vaughan Williams
d) Answer: Hubert Parry

What British choral piece includes movements like “The Turtle Dove” and “The Twelve Apostles”?
a) “Requiem” by John Rutter
b) “A Ceremony of Carols” by Benjamin Britten
c) “Mass in G Minor” by Ralph Vaughan Williams
d) Answer: “A Garland for Linda” by John Rutter

Which British composer is known for choral works like “Mass in G Minor” and “Five Mystical Songs”?
a) Hubert Parry
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Ralph Vaughan Williams
d) Answer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

What choral composition by Edward Elgar is based on the Latin mass?
a) “The Dream of Gerontius”
b) “Lux Aeterna”
c) “Te Deum”
d) Answer: “The Dream of Gerontius”

Which British choral composer is known for works like “For the Fallen” and “Blest Pair of Sirens”?
a) Benjamin Britten
b) Ralph Vaughan Williams
c) Edward Elgar
d) Answer: Hubert Parry

What British choral work is characterized by its use of medieval texts and modal harmonies?
a) “Mass in G Minor” by Ralph Vaughan Williams
b) “A Ceremony of Carols” by Benjamin Britten
c) “Requiem” by John Rutter
d) Answer: “Mass for Four Voices” by William Byrd

Which composer is known for creating the choral composition “Ave Verum Corpus”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Hubert Parry
c) Ralph Vaughan Williams
d) Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

What choral composition by John Rutter includes movements like “The Lord Bless You and Keep You”?
a) “Requiem”
b) “Gloria”
c) “Magnificat”
d) Answer: “Requiem”

Which British choral composer is known for works like “Nunc Dimittis” and “Magnificat”?
a) Benjamin Britten
b) Ralph Vaughan Williams
c) Edward Elgar
d) Answer: John Rutter

What British choral work includes movements like “Nunc Dimittis” and “For Lo, I Raise Up”?
a) “The Dream of Gerontius” by Edward Elgar
b) “Mass in G Minor” by Ralph Vaughan Williams
c) “Te Deum” by Hubert Parry
d) Answer: “Three Latin Motets” by Charles Villiers Stanford

Which British composer is known for choral works like “The Spirit of England” and “Blest Pair of Sirens”?
a) Benjamin Britten
b) Ralph Vaughan Williams
c) Edward Elgar
d) Answer: Edward Elgar

What choral composition by Hubert Parry is often performed at the Last Night of the Proms?
a) “A Ceremony of Carols” by Benjamin Britten
b) “I Was Glad”
c) “Mass in G Minor” by Ralph Vaughan Williams
d) Answer: “Fantasia on British Sea-Songs”

Which British choral composer is known for works like “Gloria” and “Mass of the Children”?
a) John Rutter
b) Ralph Vaughan Williams
c) Edward Elgar
d) Answer: John Rutter

What choral composition by Benjamin Britten is based on a collection of medieval texts?
a) “Requiem” by John Rutter
b) “A Ceremony of Carols”
c) “Te Deum” by Hubert Parry
d) Answer: “Cantata Academica”

Which British composer is known for choral works like “The Spirit of England” and “Songs of Farewell”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Hubert Parry
c) Ralph Vaughan Williams
d) Answer: Edward Elgar

What choral composition by Karl Jenkins features movements like “Kyrie” and “Agnus Dei”?
a) “Requiem” by John Rutter
b) “The Lark Ascending” by Ralph Vaughan Williams
c) “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace”
d) Answer: “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace”

Which British choral composer is known for works like “Hymnus Paradisi” and “Five Mystical Songs”?
a) Benjamin Britten
b) Ralph Vaughan Williams
c) Edward Elgar
d) Answer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

What choral composition by Edward Elgar is often associated with World War I?
a) “Lux Aeterna”
b) “For the Fallen”
c) “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace”
d) Answer: “For the Fallen”

Which British composer is known for creating the choral composition “For the Beauty of the Earth?
a) Edward Elgar
b) John Rutter
c) Ralph Vaughan Williams
d) Answer: John Rutter

What choral composition by John Rutter features movements like “Thou Knowest, Lord” and “Agnus Dei”?
a) “Requiem”
b) “Gloria”
c) “Magnificat”
d) Answer: “Requiem”

Which British choral composer is known for works like “Mass in G Minor” and “Songs of Farewell”?
a) Hubert Parry
b) Ralph Vaughan Williams
c) Edward Elgar
d) Answer: Hubert Parry

What choral composition by Karl Jenkins includes movements like “Benedictus” and “Agnus Dei”?
a) “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace”
b) “Dona Nobis Pacem” by Ralph Vaughan Williams
c) “Requiem” by John Rutter
d) Answer: “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace”

Which British composer is known for choral works like “Cantata Misericordium” and “War Requiem”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Benjamin Britten
c) Ralph Vaughan Williams
d) Answer: Benjamin Britten

What choral composition by Edward Elgar is a setting of the Latin text from the Requiem Mass?
a) “Mass in G Minor”
b) “The Dream of Gerontius”
c) “Lux Aeterna”
d) Answer: “Lux Aeterna”

Which British choral composer is known for works like “Te Deum in C” and “Festival Te Deum”?
a) Benjamin Britten
b) Ralph Vaughan Williams
c) Edward Elgar
d) Answer: Benjamin Britten

What choral composition by Ralph Vaughan Williams includes movements like “Kyrie” and “Agnus Dei”?
a) “Dona Nobis Pacem”
b) “The Lark Ascending”
c) “Mass in G Minor”
d) Answer: “Dona Nobis Pacem”

Which British composer is known for creating the choral composition “The Lord Bless You and Keep You”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) John Rutter
c) Ralph Vaughan Williams
d) Answer: John Rutter

What choral composition by Karl Jenkins includes movements like “Sanctus” and “Benedictus”?
a) “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace”
b) “Gloria” by John Rutter
c) “Requiem” by John Rutter
d) Answer: “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace”

Which British choral composer is known for works like “Five Mystical Songs” and “Mass in G Minor”?
a) Hubert Parry
b) Ralph Vaughan Williams
c) Edward Elgar
d) Answer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

What choral composition by John Rutter features movements like “Angel’s Carol” and “Candlelight Carol”?
a) “Requiem”
b) “Gloria”
c) “Magnificat”
d) Answer: “Magnificat”

Which British composer is known for choral works like “I Was Glad” and “Songs of Farewell”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Hubert Parry
c) Ralph Vaughan Williams
d) Answer: Hubert Parry

What choral composition by Ralph Vaughan Williams is a setting of the Latin text from the Requiem Mass?
a) “Dona Nobis Pacem”
b) “Mass in G Minor”
c) “The Lark Ascending”
d) Answer: “Mass in G Minor”

Which British choral composer is known for works like “The Dream of Gerontius” and “The Apostles”?
a) Benjamin Britten
b) Ralph Vaughan Williams
c) Edward Elgar
d) Answer: Edward Elgar

What choral composition by Karl Jenkins features movements like “L’homme armé” and “Hymn Before Action”?
a) “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace”
b) “Requiem” by John Rutter
c) “Te Deum” by Hubert Parry
d) Answer: “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace”

Which British composer is known for creating the choral composition “Locus Iste”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Hubert Parry
c) Ralph Vaughan Williams
d) Answer: Anton Bruckner

What choral composition by John Rutter includes movements like “I Will Sing with the Spirit”?
a) “Requiem”
b) “Gloria”
c) “Magnificat”
d) Answer: “Gloria”

Which British choral composer is known for works like “The Spirit of England” and “Sea Pictures”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Hubert Parry
c) Ralph Vaughan Williams
d) Answer: Edward Elgar

What choral composition by Ralph Vaughan Williams includes movements like “Prelude” and “Intermezzo”?
a) “The Lark Ascending”
b) “Dona Nobis Pacem”
c) “Mass in G Minor”
d) Answer: “Dona Nobis Pacem”

Which British composer is known for choral works like “An Oxford Elegy” and “A Ceremony of Carols”?
a) Benjamin Britten
b) Ralph Vaughan Williams
c) Edward Elgar
d) Answer: Benjamin Britten

What choral composition by Hubert Parry is often performed on festive occasions?
a) “Mass in G Minor”
b) “I Was Glad”
c) “Te Deum”
d) Answer: “I Was Glad”

Which British choral composer is known for works like “The Planets” and “Jupiter”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Gustav Holst
c) Ralph Vaughan Williams
d) Answer: Gustav Holst

What choral composition by John Rutter includes movements like “For the Beauty of the Earth”?
a) “Requiem”
b) “Gloria”
c) “Magnificat”
d) Answer: “Gloria”

Which British composer is known for creating the choral composition “Nunc Dimittis”?
a) Edward Elgar
b) Hubert Parry
c) Ralph Vaughan Williams
d) Answer: John Rutter

What choral composition by Ralph Vaughan Williams is a setting of a passage from the Book of Common Prayer?
a) “The Lark Ascending”
b) “Dona Nobis Pacem”
c) “Mass in G Minor”
d) Answer: “Mass in G Minor”

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