Do You Know Your Church Music

Name the composer of The Creation
Who composed The Dream of Gerontius?
What is a psaltery, mentioned in the bible?
Where and when was Mandelssohn’s Elijah first performed?
The famous Good Friday music comes from which opera?
Who wrote some 6000 hymns?
Who composed the famous setting of Blake’s Jerusalem?
Who composed the music for Onward, Christian Soldiers?
Which noted hymn-tune composer had as his middle name Bacchus?
In which century did Thomas Tallis live?
Who composed the oratorio The Last Judgement?
What kind of music is particularly associated with John Merbecke
Which work, and by whom, contains the duet I waited for the Lord?
The first performance of Handel’s Messiah was for charity. Who benefitted from it?
Which work of Handel was sung at the coronations of both George VI and Elizabeth II?
What was Palestrina’s nationality?
Name two famous composers who set Stabat Mater to music.
From which opera comes the traditional Bridal March and who wrote it?
From which oratorio comes the famous Dead March? Who was the composer?
From what work, and by what composer, is Sheep may safely graze taken?

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