Taking classical music to children

By Rosamund Place | May 22, 2007

Can you deduce correctly in which letter(s) the following messages are stated or implied?

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1. [Multiple choice]

Young people are used to forms of culture which are more readily accessible than classical music is.

Answers for Quiz [1].

  • 1. A
  • 2. B
  • 3. C
  • 4. D (correct)

2. [Multiple choice]

Musical children need to be helped to relate better socially to others.

Answers for Quiz [2].

  • 1. A
  • 2. B (correct)
  • 3. C
  • 4. D

3. [Multiple choice]

It is valuable for children to attend a live performance, even if just for its enjoyment value.

Answers for Quiz [3].

  • 1. A (correct)
  • 2. B
  • 3. C
  • 4. D

4. [Multiple choice]

It would cost far less for children to listen to music at school rather than visit a concert-hall.

Answers for Quiz [4].

  • 1. A
  • 2. B
  • 3. C
  • 4. D (correct)

5. [Multiple choice]

It is mistaken to think an outing to a live performance of music is anything other than fun.

Answers for Quiz [5].

  • 1. A (correct)
  • 2. B
  • 3. C
  • 4. D

6. [Multiple choice]

The conductors’ alliance is targeting only the musically uneducated. What about the musical ones?

Answers for Quiz [6].

  • 1. A
  • 2. B (correct)
  • 3. C
  • 4. D

7. [Multiple choice]

This sort of ‘new initiative’ is not ‘unprecedented’ at all.

Answers for Quiz [7].

  • 1. A and C
  • 2. B and C
  • 3. B and D
  • 4. A and D (correct)

8. [Multiple choice]

Regular listening fosters an interest in classical music, not some one-off visit.

Answers for Quiz [8].

  • 1. A
  • 2. B
  • 3. C
  • 4. D (correct)

9. [Multiple choice]

These eight conductors are overlooking the work already done and being done by and for young people.

Answers for Quiz [9].

  • 1. A
  • 2. B
  • 3. C (correct)
  • 4. D

10. [Multiple choice]

It is absurd to think that attending one concert is enough to trigger a deep interest in music.

Answers for Quiz [10].

  • 1. A
  • 2. B
  • 3. C
  • 4. D (correct)

11. [Multiple choice]

It is not new to take coachloads of schoolchildren to performances of live music.

Answers for Quiz [11].

  • 1. A (correct)
  • 2. B
  • 3. C
  • 4. D

12. [Multiple choice]

Old records enabled people to listen to music decades ago.

Answers for Quiz [12].

  • 1. A
  • 2. B
  • 3. C
  • 4. D (correct)
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