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Quiz about Classical Music Name the Composer 2
Quiz about Classical Music Name the Composer 2

Classical Music: Name the Composer 2 Quiz

This is a continuation of my first quiz. I will give a brief description, and you choose the correct composer. Good Luck.

A multiple-choice quiz by rwillia1. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
rwillia1
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
286,140
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
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1435
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Question 1 of 10
1. This early 19th century German composer, from Bonn, wrote 9 symphonies, ending with one called the "Choral". Its last movement features the famous "Ode to Joy". Who is he? Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. This 18th century composer is an icon of the Baroque era. His organ music is well known with compositions like "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor", and he also wrote the "Brandenburg Concertos". Who is he? Hint


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Question 3 of 10
3. This 19th Century Italian opera composer has been regarded by many as the greatest composer of Italian opera of all time. Some of his operas were based on Shakespeare's plays including "Macbeth", and "Othello". Who is he? Hint


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Question 4 of 10
4. This wonderful early 20th century pianist and composer, born in Czarist Russia, is known for "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini", as well as several piano works. Who is he? Hint


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Question 5 of 10
5. Born in Hamburg in 1833, this German composer continued Beethoven's symphonic tradition along with writing several Hungarian dances. His works also include the "Academic Festival Overture". Who is this composer? Hint


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Question 6 of 10
6. Who is the Bohemian composer that wrote "Carnival Overture", "New World Symphony", and several Slavonic dances? Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. This Austrian composer wrote the "Blue Danube Waltz" heard in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey", and is not related to the composer of "Also Sprach Zarathrustra". Hint


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Question 8 of 10
8. Who was the modern era English composer responsible for writing the orchestral suite called "The Planets"? Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. This Italian Baroque composer wrote the "Four Seasons" along with several concertos and operatic works. Name the composer? Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. Name the early 19th century German composer who wrote the "Italian Symphony", along with music to "A Midsummer Nights Dream"? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This early 19th century German composer, from Bonn, wrote 9 symphonies, ending with one called the "Choral". Its last movement features the famous "Ode to Joy". Who is he?

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven

 Born in 1770, Beethoven also wrote several works for the piano including the "Moonlight Sonata". He wrote the Ninth Symphony after he had gone deaf.
2. This 18th century composer is an icon of the Baroque era. His organ music is well known with compositions like "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor", and he also wrote the "Brandenburg Concertos". Who is he?

Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach

 Born in 1685, Bach was also well known for many religous works including "St. Matthew Passion", and "Easter Oratorio".
3. This 19th Century Italian opera composer has been regarded by many as the greatest composer of Italian opera of all time. Some of his operas were based on Shakespeare's plays including "Macbeth", and "Othello". Who is he?

Answer: Giuseppe Verdi

 Verdi wrote during the time of Italian unification. His operas brought him much fame as an Italian patriot among the people of Italy.
4. This wonderful early 20th century pianist and composer, born in Czarist Russia, is known for "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini", as well as several piano works. Who is he?

Answer: Sergei Rachmaninov

 As a result of the Bolshevik revolution, and events leading to World War 2, Rachmaninov spent much of his later years in Europe and eventually in the United States. He died in California in 1943.
5. Born in Hamburg in 1833, this German composer continued Beethoven's symphonic tradition along with writing several Hungarian dances. His works also include the "Academic Festival Overture". Who is this composer?

Answer: Johannes Brahms

 Brahms, also a great pianist, continued the German symphonic tradition through the late Romantic period. He was an aquaintace of Richard Wagner and Antonin Dvorak. Brahms died in Vienna in 1897.
6. Who is the Bohemian composer that wrote "Carnival Overture", "New World Symphony", and several Slavonic dances?

Answer: Antonin Dvorak

 Born in 1841 in the modern day Czech Republic, Dvorak spent much of his career in Prague during the waning years of the Habsburg Monarchy. His popularity was first in Germany and Austria, and moved with him to America where he composed his Symphony 9, also known as his "New World Symphony".
7. This Austrian composer wrote the "Blue Danube Waltz" heard in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey", and is not related to the composer of "Also Sprach Zarathrustra".

Answer: Johann Strauss II

 Johann Strauss II contiuned his fathers (Johann I) tradition in writing Austrian waltzes. He wrote dozens of them inculding the "Emperor Waltz", and the "Vienna Blood Waltz". He died in Vienna in 1899.
8. Who was the modern era English composer responsible for writing the orchestral suite called "The Planets"?

Answer: Gustav Holst

 Gustav Holst wrote "The Planets" during World War I. The first movement, "Mars", has been heard in several television shows including Carl Sagans "Cosmos" series episode "Blues for a Red Planet". Holst wrote over two hundred works. He died in London in 1934.
9. This Italian Baroque composer wrote the "Four Seasons" along with several concertos and operatic works. Name the composer?

Answer: Antonio Vivaldi

 Vivaldi completed his works in the early 18th century mostly in Venice, but travelled throughout Italy and central Europe and died in Vienna in 1741.
10. Name the early 19th century German composer who wrote the "Italian Symphony", along with music to "A Midsummer Nights Dream"?

Answer: Felix Mendelssohn

 Felix Mendelssohn spent his composing years travelling between Saxony and Prussia. He travelled briefly to London and Scotland where he gained inspiration to write the "Scottish" symphony, as well as "The Hebrides" overture. He founded the Leipzig Conservatory in 1843 and died in 1847 in Berlin.
Source: Author rwillia1

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