Classical Music
Instructions: Test your knowledge of classical music composers and their works!
- 1.
Which composer wrote the famous 'Für Elise' piano piece?
AWolfgang Amadeus MozartBFrédéric ChopinCLudwig van BeethovenDFranz Schubert - 2.
Which Austrian composer was a child prodigy who composed his first symphony at age eight?
AJohann Sebastian BachBFranz SchubertCJoseph HaydnDWolfgang Amadeus Mozart - 3.
Who composed 'The Four Seasons,' a set of four violin concertos?
AGeorge Frideric HandelBArcangelo CorelliCJohann Sebastian BachDAntonio Vivaldi - 4.
Which famous German composer became deaf later in life but continued to compose?
ARichard WagnerBRobert SchumannCLudwig van BeethovenDJohannes Brahms - 5.
Which composer wrote the 'Hallelujah' chorus, part of the oratorio 'Messiah'?
AJoseph HaydnBJohann Sebastian BachCHenry PurcellDGeorge Frideric Handel - 6.
Which Russian composer wrote the music for the ballets 'Swan Lake' and 'The Nutcracker'?
ANikolai Rimsky-KorsakovBPyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyCSergei RachmaninoffDIgor Stravinsky - 7.
Which Polish-born composer is known primarily for his piano compositions, including nocturnes, waltzes, and etudes?
AFrédéric ChopinBFranz LisztCFelix MendelssohnDRobert Schumann - 8.
Johann Sebastian Bach held a position as musical director at which famous church in Leipzig?
AWestminster AbbeyBNotre-Dame CathedralCSt. Thomas ChurchDSt. Peter's Basilica - 9.
Which opera by Giuseppe Verdi tells the story of an Ethiopian princess enslaved in Egypt?
AAidaBLa TraviataCRigolettoDOtello - 10.
Which Beethoven symphony is known for its famous four-note opening motif (da-da-da-DUM)?
AThird Symphony (Eroica)BFifth SymphonyCSixth Symphony (Pastoral)DNinth Symphony - 11.
Which Russian composer's 'The Rite of Spring' caused a riot at its 1913 Paris premiere?
ASergei RachmaninoffBDmitri ShostakovichCSergei ProkofievDIgor Stravinsky - 12.
Which of Mozart's operas features the character Don Giovanni, a notorious womanizer?
ACosì fan tutteBThe Marriage of FigaroCDon GiovanniDThe Magic Flute - 13.
Which German composer wrote the four-opera cycle 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' (The Ring Cycle)?
ARichard StraussBGustav MahlerCRichard WagnerDJohannes Brahms - 14.
Which Baroque-era composer wrote over 1,000 works, including 'The Well-Tempered Clavier'?
AClaudio MonteverdiBAntonio VivaldiCJohann Sebastian BachDGeorge Frideric Handel - 15.
Which Austrian composer, a friend of Beethoven and Schubert's contemporary, is known as the 'Father of the Symphony'?
AFranz SchubertBJoseph HaydnCCarl Maria von WeberDAnton Bruckner