Famous Composers
Instructions: Classical music composers and their masterworks
- 1.
Which composer continued to write music even after becoming completely deaf?
AHandelBBachCMozartDBeethoven - 2.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a child prodigy from which country?
AItalyBGermanyCAustriaDHungary - 3.
Which composer wrote 'The Four Seasons,' a set of four violin concertos?
AArcangelo CorelliBGeorge Frideric HandelCJohann Sebastian BachDAntonio Vivaldi - 4.
Johann Sebastian Bach is best associated with which musical period?
AClassicalBRenaissanceCBaroqueDRomantic - 5.
Which Russian composer wrote 'The Nutcracker' ballet?
APyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyBSergei RachmaninoffCNikolai Rimsky-KorsakovDIgor Stravinsky - 6.
Which composer's 'Ninth Symphony' includes the famous 'Ode to Joy' melody?
ABrahmsBBeethovenCSchubertDMozart - 7.
Frédéric Chopin was a master of which musical instrument?
AViolinBCelloCPianoDOrgan - 8.
Which composer wrote the opera 'The Marriage of Figaro'?
ARichard WagnerBWolfgang Amadeus MozartCGiuseppe VerdiDGioachino Rossini - 9.
George Frideric Handel is best known for which oratorio, often performed during the Easter season?
AThe CreationBRequiemCMessiahDElijah - 10.
Which composer wrote the famous 'Ride of the Valkyries'?
ARichard WagnerBAnton BrucknerCGustav MahlerDRichard Strauss - 11.
Johannes Brahms composed his famous 'Lullaby' in which century?
A18th centuryB17th centuryC20th centuryD19th century - 12.
Which Austrian composer is known as the 'Father of the Symphony'?
AMozartBJoseph HaydnCBeethovenDSchubert - 13.
Claude Debussy, known for 'Clair de Lune,' is associated with which musical movement?
ANeoclassicismBImpressionismCExpressionismDRomanticism - 14.
Which Italian composer wrote famous operas including 'Aida,' 'La Traviata,' and 'Rigoletto'?
AGioachino RossiniBGaetano DonizettiCGiacomo PucciniDGiuseppe Verdi - 15.
Igor Stravinsky's ballet 'The Rite of Spring' caused a riot at its 1913 premiere in which city?
AViennaBParisCLondonDSt. Petersburg