Ether Game Daily Music Quiz

Here’s a hint: Wait! Which opera are we listening to?

Here’s a hint: A Romantic German composer pays homage to his musical hero.

Here’s a hint: Two virtuosos come together in a musical showstopper!

Here’s a hint: It features two German innovators from two centuries apart.

The success of this composer’s first symphony left him on top of the world. But his toppling was probably orchestrated in the form of Hostile, threatening reviews because he was so famous. Whether or not he “meant it,” his next, far more conventional fifth symphony was self-described as a “response to just criticism.”…

Here’s a hint: It’s a favorite piece among cellists!

Here’s a hint: Paris, we have lift-off…

Here’s a hint: a composer who kept a good head on his shoulders…

Here’s a hint: his master’s voice…

Here’s a hint: music hot off the presses…

It would be a “capitol” idea to visit this city! Our composer was sometimes better appreciated here than in his native Vienna, and some of his operas were premiered here. Discover the solution to this puzzle on Ether Game, Tuesday evenings at 8. For more musical fun and frustration, check our website at wfiu dot o-r-g slash ether game.

Here’s a hint: tick tock, boom boom…

Here’s a hint: It’s the perfect union of jazz and classical music.

Here’s a hint: It’s a Russian twist on America’s music.

Here’s a hint: It’s the signature chart of a famous Latin Jazz musician.

This opera tells the story of the Babylonian captivity with a sultry brew of longhaired strongmen, scheming ladies, and some pretty steamy dancing. Things might not go well for our hero once his girlfriend learns the secret of his strength. But he still has a trick up his sleeve, and his captors have danced their last exotic dance…

Here’s a hint: It’s a jazz standard taken from the Great White Way.

Here’s a hint: It’s a big hit from the king of ragtime.

Here's a hint: a hunk of burnin' love...

Here's a hint: leave that score in the freezer...