In this year's Christmas calendar quiz from Dacapo, you will find a new question each day together with an accompanying music track. Every day, we will find a winner among the correct replies who will receive a CD gift.

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Today's question:

24 DECEMBER

Which composer wrote the song “Børn og voksne i kærlig krans” from the legendary Christmas play Nøddebo Præstegård?

1. P.E. Lange-Müller
2. J.P.E. Hartmann
3. Niels W. Gade

(today's track is not music from the play but from a symphony by the same composer)

Prize: Mozart: 45 Symphonies (12-CD box set)

23 DECEMBER

Knudåge Riisager had a dual career as composer and – ?

1. Barrister
2. Engineer with the company F.L. Smidth
3. Head of a department in the Ministry of Finance

Prize: Riisager: Violin Works

22 DECEMBER

Søren Nils Eichberg has received a rare commission. Which one?

1. A production for the opera house Covent Garden in London
2. A ballet with stage design by HM Queen Margrethe II.
3. The completion of Carl Nielsen’s draft for his Seventh Symphony

Prize: Distant Still - trios for violin, horn and piano

21 DECEMBER

How were the composers Niels W. Gade and Jacob Gade related?

1. They were father and son
2. They were uncle and nephew
3. They were not related at all

Winner: Astrid & Jan Templiner (Braunschweig, Germany) - Prize: Jacob Gade: Waltzes, Tangos and Cinema Music

20 DECEMBER

Which of these composers was brought to Denmarlk by Christian IV to write music for the wedding of the Crown Prince in 1634?

1. John Dowland
2. Dietrich Buxtehude
3. Heinrich Schütz

Winner: Gert Følsgaard Jakobsen (DK) - Prize: Heinrich Schütz: The Complete Narrative Works (4-CD box set)

19 DECEMBER

Who wrote the first concerto for accordion and orchestra in 1958?

1. Leif Kayser
2. Ole Schmidt
3. Per Nørgård

Winner: Dorothee Götz - Prize: Accordion Concertos (SACD)

18 DECEMBER

Which international orchestra is now recording all Carl Nielsen’s symphonies for Dacapo?

1. Wiener Philharmoniker
2. New York Philharmonic
3. London Symphony Orchestra

Vinder: Jesper Hendze (Odense, DK) - Prize: Carl Nielsen: Symphonies 2 and 3 (SACD)

17 DECEMBER

Who wrote the text of the song Jylland mellem tvende have (Jutland bounded by two Oceans)?

1. Jeppe Aakjær
2. Hans Christian Andersen
3. Steen Steensen Blicher

Winner: Nathan Korn (Israel) - Prize: Peter Heise: Songs for Male Voices (SACD)

16 DECEMBER

What does the composer Andy Pape have in common with George Gershwin?

1. They were both born on 26th September
2. They have both written an opera about boxers
3. They were both born in the USA

Winner: Andew Immanuel (India) - Prize: Andy Pape: An Amerikaner in Danmark (SACD)

15 DECEMBER

From which country does this folk tune come?

1. Greenland
2. Iceland
3. The Faroe Islands

Winner: Martin Bull, London (UK) - Prize: Gaman: Early & Late

14 DECEMBER

Which composer used the movement name rapinoso (rapacious)?

1. Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
2. Rued Langgaard
3. Carl Nielsen

Winner: Poul Flou Pedersen, Nørager (Denmark) - Prize: Rued Langgaard: String Quartets Vol. 1 (SACD)

13 DECEMBER

Who wrote this French-inspired piano music?

1. Jørgen Jersild
2. Knudåge Riisager
3. Svend Erik Tarp

Winner: Pasquale Lanfranco (Italy) - Prize: Svend Erik Tarp: Piano Works (CD)

12 DECEMBER

For which context did Birgitte Alsted compose the sound collage Agnete’s Laughter?

1. For a theatrical production by Hotel Proforma
2. For the climate conference COP 15
3. For a sculpture group by Suste Bonnén

Winner: Mette Nielsen (Skive, DK) - Prize: Birgitte Alsted: Agnete's Laughter (CD)

11 DECEMBER

Which of these statements about C.F.E. Horneman is wrong?

1. He and Grieg were friends in their youth
2. He wrote the tune for “Højt fra træets grønne top” (From atop the Christmas tree)
3. He had his own academy of music

Winner: Bart J. Jansen (Utrecht, NL) - Prize: C.F.E. Horneman: Orchestral Works (SACD)

10 DECEMBER

How are Herman, Anders and Benjamin Koppel related?

1. Herman is the father of Anders and the great-grandfather of Benjamin
2. Benjamin is the son of Herman and the cousin of Anders
3. Anders is the son of Herman and the father of Benjamin

Winner: Mikael Ostenfeldt Krog (DK) - Prize: Carion plays Koppel (CD)

9 DECEMBER

What is Riisager’s orchestral work T-DOXC called after?

1. Niels Bohr’s quantum theory
2. The telegraph line from Copenhagen to New York
3. An aeroplane

Winner: Christian Biskup (Germany) - Prize: Knudåge Riisager: The Symphonic Edition Vol. 2 (CD)

8 DECEMBER

In 1862 Asger Hamerik moved abroad and became a pupil of – ?

1. Liszt
2. Johann Strauss the Younger
3. Berlioz

Winner: Rodney Michie (New Zealand) - Prize: Horneman/Hamerik: String Quartets (CD)

7 DECEMBER

What has the conductor Michael Schønwandt celebrated this year?

1. His 25th Dacapo CD
2. His 60th birthday
3. His 40th anniversary as a conductor

Winner: Ralf Müller (Germany) - Prize: Peter Heise: Songs for Male Voices (SACD)

6 DECEMBER

Which is the title of a work by Rued Langgaard?

1. Stjernen i Øst / The Star in the East
2. Sisyfos-Stjerner / Sisyphus Stars
3. Røsten fra Østerland / The Voice from the East

Vinder: Trefor Owen (Essex, UK)- Prize: Rued Langgaard: Music of the Spheres (SACD)

5 DECEMBER

John Storgårds is the conductor of a chamber orchestra
from – ?

1. Gotland
2. Lapland
3. Svalbard

Prize: Vagn Holmboe: Chamber Symphonies (SACD)
Winner: Aksel Meyer (Denmark)

4 DECEMBER

The trio Gáman consists of accordion, violin and – ?

1. Clarinet
2. Recorder
3. Saxophone

Winner: Alessandro Gamba (Italy) - Prize: Early & Late (SACD)

3 DECEMBER

What is the title of Jørgen Jersild’s Wind Quintet?

1. At spille i skoven / Music-Making in the Forest
2. At danse på engen / Dancing in the Meadow
3. At blæse mod vinden / Blowing against the wind

Winner: Per Høyer Hansen (Haderslev, DK) - Prize: Jørgen Jersild: Chamber Music (CD)

2 DECEMBER

What does Per Nørgård reflect on in the choral work Libra?

1. Books
2. Freedom
3. A sign of the Zodiac

The winner is Ivan Olsen (Aalborg, DK) - Prize: Per Nørgård: Libra (SACD)

1 DECEMBER

Where does Poul Schierbeck’s opera Fête galante take place?

1. In Denmark in the time of Struensee
2. At a French court in the 18th century
3. In Paris in the 1920s

The winner is John Grimshaw, London - Prize: Poul Schierbeck: Fête Galante (SACD)