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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumblebee
Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee
The Bees and the Birds
There are many pieces of classical music -- besides "The Flight of the Bumblebee" -- that are about bees, birds, and other winged creatures. Composers use various instruments to imitate insects, and to create all kinds of bird calls.
1. Which composer wrote The Wasps Overture?
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Benjamin Britten
Edward Elgar
Antonio Vivaldi
2.The sounds that birds make are easy to imitate in music.
True
False
3. What work by Prokofiev includes both a duck and a bird?
Carnival of the Animals
Peter and the Wolf
The Magic Flute
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
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