Classical Composers Quiz

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Instructions: Test your knowledge of the great classical music composers and their masterpieces

1.
Which composer wrote the 'Ride of the Valkyries'?
A
Richard Wagner
B
Gustav Mahler
C
Richard Strauss
D
Johannes Brahms
2.
Who composed 'The Nutcracker' ballet?
A
Sergei Prokofiev
B
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
C
Igor Stravinsky
D
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
3.
Which composer became deaf later in life but continued composing?
A
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
B
Franz Schubert
C
Ludwig van Beethoven
D
Joseph Haydn
4.
Who composed 'The Marriage of Figaro'?
A
Mozart
B
Puccini
C
Verdi
D
Rossini
5.
Which composer is known as the 'Father of the Symphony'?
A
Bach
B
Beethoven
C
Mozart
D
Haydn
6.
Who composed the opera 'La Traviata'?
A
Giuseppe Verdi
B
Gioachino Rossini
C
Giacomo Puccini
D
Gaetano Donizetti
7.
'The Rite of Spring' caused a riot at its premiere. Who composed it?
A
Sergei Rachmaninoff
B
Dmitri Shostakovich
C
Bela Bartok
D
Igor Stravinsky
8.
Which composer wrote the 'Brandenburg Concertos'?
A
Johann Sebastian Bach
B
Antonio Vivaldi
C
Georg Philipp Telemann
D
George Frideric Handel
9.
In which country was Frederic Chopin born?
A
Austria
B
Poland
C
France
D
Hungary
10.
Who composed 'Messiah,' featuring the famous 'Hallelujah' chorus?
A
Henry Purcell
B
George Frideric Handel
C
Antonio Vivaldi
D
Johann Sebastian Bach
11.
Which composer's last symphony is nicknamed the 'Unfinished Symphony'?
A
Beethoven
B
Mozart
C
Brahms
D
Schubert
12.
'Claire de Lune' is a famous piano piece by which French composer?
A
Maurice Ravel
B
Erik Satie
C
Claude Debussy
D
Camille Saint-Saens
13.
Which composer wrote the 'New World Symphony'?
A
Bedrich Smetana
B
Leos Janacek
C
Antonin Dvorak
D
Bohuslav Martinu
14.
Who composed 'Bolero,' famous for its repetitive, building melody?
A
Claude Debussy
B
Francis Poulenc
C
Gabriel Faure
D
Maurice Ravel
15.
At what age did Mozart compose his first symphony?
A
8
B
12
C
10
D
5

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