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WINNER OF OUR APRIL QUIZ!
4/01/13: Deborah Hayes of Boulder, Colorado was the first to correctly identify the work, Grazyna Bacewicz's Fifth Sonata for Violin and Piano. Listen to the excerpt.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
MARCH 2013: No one guessed the work, Francesca Caccini's Ecco Chi'io Verso Il Sangue (See How My Blood Flows). Listen to the excerpt.
FEBRUARY 2013: Eliane Aberdam (of Rhode Island) and Dafina Zeqiri (of Prishtina, Kosovo) tied! Both simultaneously sent the first correct replies identifying the work, Cécile Chaminade's La Lune Paresseuse. Listen to the excerpt.
JANUARY 2013: Deborah Hayes of Boulder, Colorado was the first to correctly identify the work, Maria Malibran's Rataplan. Listen to the excerpt.
DECEMBER 2012: Karla Hartl of Ontario, Canada was the first to correctly identify the work, Germaine Tailleferre's Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2. Listen to the excerpt.
NOVEMBER 2012: Deborah Hayes of Boulder, Colorado was the first to correctly identify the work, Debbie Wiseman's Love Theme from Tom & Viv. Listen to the excerpt.
OCTOBER 2012: Deborah Hayes of Boulder, Colorado was the first to correctly identify the work, Mary Howe's Castellana. Listen to the excerpt.
SEPTEMBER 2012: No one guessed the work, Lili Boulanger's Faust et Hêlene. Listen to the excerpt.
AUGUST 2012: Deborah Hayes of Boulder, Colorado was the first to correctly identify the work, Minna Keal's Symphony Op. 3. Listen to the excerpt.
JULY 2012: Deborah Hayes of Boulder, Colorado was the first to correctly identify the work, Ethel Smyth's Serenade in D. Listen to the excerpt.
JUNE 2012: Dr. Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner of Texas was the first to correctly identify the work, Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen's Quartet No. 2. Listen to the excerpt.
MAY 2012: Karla Hartl of Toronto, Canada was the first to correctly identify the work, Maria Perucona's Gaude plaude. Listen to the excerpt.
APRIL 2012: Deborah Hayes of Boulder, Colorado was the first to correctly identify the work, Ruth Loman's Bassoon Concerto. Listen to the excerpt.
MARCH 2012: Dafina Zeqiri of Prishtina, Kosovo was the first to correctly identify the work, Fanny Hensel's "March" from Das Jahr. Listen to the excerpt.
FEBRUARY 2012: Deborah Hayes of Boulder, Colorado was the first to correctly identify the work, Emma Lou Diemer's Suite of Homages. Listen to the excerpt.
JANUARY 2012: Deborah Hayes of Boulder, Colorado was the first to correctly identify the work, Antonia Padoani Bembo's "Psalm CXXIX" from The Seven Psalms of David. Listen to the excerpt.
DECEMBER 2011: Deborah Hayes of Boulder, Colorado was the first to correctly identify the work, Elisabeth Lutyen's Trio, Op. 135 for clarinet, cello and piano. Listen to the excerpt.
NOVEMBER 2011: Deborah Hayes of Boulder, Colorado was the first to correctly identify the work, Jennifer Higdon's City Scape. Listen to the excerpt.
OCTOBER 2011: Dafina Zeqiri of Prishtina, Kosovo was the first to correctly identify the work, Barbara Strozzi's Pensaci ben mio core. Listen to the excerpt.
SEPTEMBER 2011: No one guessed the work, Libby Larsen's Deep Summer. Listen to the excerpt.
AUGUST 2011: Deborah Hayes of Boulder, Colorado, was the first to correctly identify Amy Marcy Cheney Beach's Violin-Piano Sonata in A Minor. Listen to the excerpt.
JULY 2011: In recognition of her many many correct answers over a period of several years — her first one was in MARCH '08 — July 2011 has been designated Deborah Hayes Month in honor of her knowledge, detective skills, perseverance, and love-of-the-game.
6/01/11: Deborah Hayes of Boulder, Colorado, was the first to correctly identify Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Celebration. Listen to the excerpt.
5/01/11: No one guessed the work, Nancy Galbraith's String Quartet #3. Listen to the excerpt.
4/01/11: Deborah Hayes of Boulder, Colorado, was the first to correctly identify Sylvia Glickman's Krystalgade Synagogue. Listen to the excerpt.
3/01/11: No one guessed the work, Adrienne Albert's Boundaries for String Quintet. Listen to the excerpt.
2/01/11: IAWM President, Dr. Hsiao-Lan Wang, currently teaching at Montana State Unviersity, was the first to correctly identify Cécile Chaminade's Love Held Captive. Listen to the excerpt.
1/01/11: No one guessed the work, Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar's Concerto for 12 Instruments and Cembalo Obbligato. Listen to the excerpt.
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Entrants are only eligible to win a quiz once every six months. Composers are not eligible to win any quiz of which their own composition is the subject!
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