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Roger Norrington, a Common card
Sir Roger Arthur Carver Norrington was an English conductor, best known for historically informed performances of baroque, classical, and romantic music, which often entailed minimal use of vibrato and applying historically informed principles to modern orchestras.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 135
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 7,500
Power 135 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Roger Norrington quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Roger Norrington card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was a guest conductor for major orchestras and an ______ to musical societies.
Answer
advisor. He was a guest conductor for major orchestras and an advisor to musical societies. From the Roger Norrington article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
From the ____s he was the principal conductor of the Camerata Salzburg and Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, where he developed the "Stuttgart Sound".
Answer
1990s. From the 1990s he was the principal conductor of the Camerata Salzburg and Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, where he developed the "Stuttgart Sound". From the Roger Norrington article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Virginia Ruano Pascual. Virginia Ruano Pascual 84 · Ian Hamilton Finlay 73 · Roger Norrington 69 · Branislav Nušić 65 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was the musical director at the Kent Opera, the London Classical Players, Bournemouth Sinfonietta and Orchestra of St. Luke's.
- From the 1990s he was the principal conductor of the Camerata Salzburg and Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, where he developed the "Stuttgart Sound".
- He was a guest conductor for major orchestras and an advisor to musical societies.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Roger Norrington article was read about 7,500 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Roger Norrington
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Roger Norrington (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Regersmax, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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