How is Beethoven's 3rd Symphony better known?

Eroica Click to see the answer

Who was the founder of Impressionist music?

Debussy

Who composed 'The Thieving Magpie Overture'?

Gioachino Rossini

What kind of 'Concerto' did Alban Berg compose during the Atonal era?

Violin

Who created 'The Blue Danube'?

Johann Strauss II

The Manaus Opera House lies on which river?

Nile

Liszt's 'Hungarian Rhapsodies' were composed during what era?

Middle Romantic Click to see the answer

What nationality is the composer John Adams?

American

Which of thse was NOT an Italian composer?

Liszt

Sergei Prokofiev composed a ballet based on what Shakespearian play?

Romeo And Juliet

In which country was Antonio Vivaldi born?

Italy

Who composed the Tritsch-Tratsch Polka?

Johann Strauss II

What nationality was the composer Sibelius?

Finnish

What was the name of Beethovens only Opera?

Fidelio

in which centiry did Henry Purcell live?

17th

What was the name of Beethoven's only Opera?

Fidelio Click to see the answer

What nationality is the composer Kurt Weill?

German

In what country was Gustav Mahler born?

Austria

Mozart's Symphonies No. 40 and 41 were composed during what era?

Classical

Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 'Pathetique' was composed during what era?

Late Romantic

Issac Albeniz was born is which country?

Spain

Who composed 'Revolutionary' Etude?

Frederic Chopin

Who composed 'Finlandia'?

Jean Sibelius

Who composed 'Peter and the Wolf'?

Sergei Prokofiev

Who composed the 'Grosse Fugue'?

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Who composed 'Moonlight Sonata, Movement 1'?

Ludwig Van Beethoven

In what century did Johannes Brahms live?

19th

Which of these was NOT a German composer?

Chopin Click to see the answer

Who wrote 'O Fortuna'?

Carl Orff

Which one of these was NOT a French composer?

Liszt

Which is the lowest of the male voices?

Bass

Who composed the Skater's Waltz?

Émile Waldteufel

The song 'O Fortuna' is from what opera?

Carmina Burana

Who composed the Funeral March?

Frederic Chopin

Who composed Bourrée In E Minor?

Johann Sebastian Bach

Which of these was NOT a Russian composer?

Gluck

Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4 'Italian' was composed during what era?

Middle Romantic

Who composed 'The Ride of the Valkyries'?

Wagner

Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 'From the New World' was composed during what era?

Late Romantic

Who composed the waltz 'Over The Waves'?

Juventino Rosas

How is Beethovens 3rd Symphony better known?

Eroica

In what year did the first Proms take place?

1895

Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 and 7 were composed during what era?

Early Romantic Click to see the answer

Who composed the Wedding March for the opera 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?

Felix Mendelssohn

Brahams' Symphony No. 4 was written during what era?

Late Romantic

What is the highest of all the male voices?

Alto

How many strings are there on a double bass?

4

Who wrote 'Dance of the Hours' from 'La Gioconda'?

Amilcare Ponchielli

Who composed 'Moonlight Sonata, Movement 1'?

Ludwig Van Beethoven

What classic musician is in the title of a famous Chuck Berry song?

Beethoven

What is the lowest of the Soprano voices?

Mezzo

Who composed the Washington Post March?

John Philip Sousa

Who composed 'Stars And Stripes Forever'?

John Philip Sousa

Modulation involves the movement of what?

Key

Queen Anne was the patron of which composer?

Handel

In which year did Sergei Rachmaninov die?

1943

Who composed the Anvil Chorus of 'Il Trovatore'?

Giuseppe Verdi

What does the title of Franz Liszt's 'La Campanella' mean in English?

Little Bell

What is the lowest of the female voices?

Contralto

Who composed the Radetzky March?

Johann Strauss

In which century did Thomas Tallis live?

16th

Who composed the Lacrimosa movement in The Requiem Mass in D minor?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

In what minor key did Johann Pachelbel compose his famous 'Canon'?

D

Erik Satie was a composer from which country?

France

in what year was Ralph Vaughn Williams born?

1872

Who composed the 'Minute Waltz'?

Frederic Chopin

Which one of these was NOT a Czech composer?

Franck

What nationality was compose Carl Orff?

German

Who composed 'Pomp And Circumstance March No. 1'?

Edward Elgar

Neo-Classicism emerged in which decade?

1920's

James Galway found fame playing which instrument?

Flute Click to see the answer

Which of these periods of classical music came latest?

Romantic

On which instrument is a Nocturne usually played?

Piano

Legato' is an instruction to play a piece in what style?

Smoothly

in which century did Dmitri Shostakovich live?

20th

La Scala is an Opera House in which Italian city?

Milan

What nationality was the composer Carl Weber?

German Click to see the answer

Pablo Casals is famed for playing which instrument?

Cello

Which of these was NOT one of the Three Tenors?

Andrea Bocelli

Charles Villiers Stanford was born in which country?

Ireland

The Fairy Queen' is a work by which composer?

Purcell

Which of the following means unaccompanied singing?

A Cappella

The March of the Toreadors' comes from an Opera by which composer?

Bizet

What was the first name of the Russian composer Prokofiev?

Sergei

What was the first name of prolific Opera composer Puccini?

Giacomo

Which composer once claimed to have poisoned Mozart?

Salieri Click to see the answer

The Fairy Queen' is a work by which composer?

Purcell

To what year did Tchaikovsky dedicate a famous overture?

1812

What was the first name of prolific Opera compose Puccini?

Giacomo

The Gamelan is the tradtional orchestra in which country?

Indonesia

Which of these terms describes the slowest style of playing?

Adante

Itzhak Perlman was a virtuoso on which instrument?

Violin

Swan Lake' was a work by which Russian Composer?

Tchaikovsky

Peter and the Wolf' was composed by which Russian?

Prokofiev

Prokofiev produced a work entitled 'The Love For Three…..'?

Oranges

The Planets' is a famous classical work by which composer?

Holst

Ludwig Van Kochel made catalogued which composers works?

Mozart

Which of these periods of classical music came first?

Renaissance Click to see the answer

What is the nickanme of Beethoven's 5th Piano Concerto?

Emperor

What was the surname of the composer known as Adam the Hunchback?

De La Halle

Vannesa-Mae found fame playing which musical instrument?

Violin

Which composer wrote the famous Brandenburg Concertos?

Bach

Adagio refers to what kind of pace within a piece of music?

Slow

Which of the following was buried in an unmarked paupers grave?

Mozart

Which composer had the first names Wolfgang Amadeus?

Moazart

Missa Solemnis' is a work by which composer?

Beethoven

What nationality was the composer Bela Bartok?

Hungarian

George Phillipe Telemann was born in which country?

Germany

Scheherezade' is a work by which composer?

Rimsky-Korsakov

The Salzburg Festival is associated with which composer?

Mozart

After which European cty is Symphony No.38 by Mozart names?

Prague

Stradivarius is famous for making what type of instrument?

Violin

What was the first name of the composer Mahler?

Gustav Click to see the answer

Pictures at an Exhibition' is a work by which composer?

Mussorgsky

Nigel Kennedy is famed for playing which instrument?

Violin

The Bayreuth Festival celebrates the music of which composer?

Wagner

Which American Composer wrote 'Nixon in China'?

Adams

Klavier is the German word for what instrument?

Keyboard

Symphonie Fantastique' is a work by which composer?

Berlioz

What was the first name of German composer Schumann?

Robert

What is the nickname of Beethoven's 5th symphony?

Pastoral

Chopin is famous for creating musical pieces for which instrument?

Piano

What nationality was the compost Rimsky-Korsakov?

Russian

Who composed the first Symphony that included singers?

Beethoven

Which American Composer wrtoe 'Nixon in China'?

Adams

Pizzicato is associated with which type of instrument?

String

What is the nickname of Beethovens 5th symphony?

Pastoral

The Halle Orchestra is based in which British City?

Manchester

Which of the following is NOT a stringed instrument?

Clarinet

Richard Strauss' 'Der Rosenkavalier' translates to what in English?

The Knight Of The Rose

Henry Wood was the founder of which famous classical music event?

Proms

To which composer did Elizabeth I grant a monoply of sheet music?

Tallis

Which compsoers head was removed after his death

Haydn

St Matthews Passion' is a work by which composer?

Bach

Danse Macabre' is a famous work by which composer?

Saint Saens

The 'Hungarian Rhapsodies' were a work by which composer?

Liszt

The Ride of the Valkyries' was composed by who?

Wagner

The 'Clair de Lune' is a popular work by which composer?

Debussy

Carmina Burana' is a famous work by which composer?

Orff

Joe Ventui is famous for playing which instrument?

Violin

Which of the following was NOT a Russian Composer?

Chopin

How many operas were written by Rimsky-Korsakov?

15

Which of these terms describes the fastest style of playing?

Allegro

What is the nickanme of Beethovens 5th Piano Concerto?

Emperor

How many players are involved in a string quartet?

4

How many Operas were composed by Giacomo Puccini?

12

After which planet is Mozarts Symphony No.41 named?

Jupiter

How many strings does a Harp have?

46 Click to see the answer

After which European capital is the 104th Symphony by Haydn known?

London

What is considered to be Richard Wagner's only comic opera?

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Ave Maria' was composed by whom?

Schubert

Bach's 'Brandenburg Concertos' were composed during what era?

Baroque

How many instruments will be involved in a 'Cadenza'?

1

What opera features a quack named Dulcamara?

The Elixir of Love Click to see the answer

Air on a G String' is by which composer?

Bach

Fingals Cave' is a work by which composer?

Mendelssohn

Das Rheingold,' 'Die Walküre,' 'Siegfried' and 'Götterdammerung' make up what Richard Wagner 'cycle'?

The Ring Cycle

In what century did Tchaikovsky live?

19th

If something is played 'Allegro' how is it place?

Fast

Bolero' was the work of which composer?

Ravel

Lied is the German word for what?

Song

What composer lost his right arm in WWI and composed left-hand compositions for the piano?

Paul Wittgenstein

Who composed, 'Carmina Burana'?

Orff Click to see the answer

What composer published some of his sister's compositions under his name due to societal norms that frowned on female composers?

Felix Mendelssohn

In what year was Mozart born?

1756

Rallentando refers to what?

Decrease in Speed

In what year was Beethoven born?

1770

Clock2 and 'Surprise' are common names for symphonies by which composer?

Haydn

Who composed the 'Funeral March'?

Frederic Chopin

Who composed 'Revolutionary' Etude?

Frederic Chopin

What opera contains the famous 'Casta Diva' aria?

Norma

In which country was Schubert born?

Austria

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis' ish a work by which British Composer?

Vaughn Williams

In what year did Tchaikovsky die?

1893

Berlioz was a famous German composer. But what was his first name?

Hector Click to see the answer

Lied' is the German word for what?

Song

Carl Maria von Weber's 'Der Freischütz' translates to what in English?

The Marksman

Who composed 'The Planets'?

Holst

Belshazzar's Feast' was a work by which British composer?

Walton

Dido and Aeneas' is a work by which composer?

Purcell

In what century was Gustav Mahler born?

19th

What was the first name of Sibelius?

Jean

In what year was Wagner born?

1813

How many keys does a piano have?

88

What is the name of the birdcatcher in the opera 'The Magic Flute'?

Papageno

What composition by John Cage has 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence?

4'33

In what country was Mauric Ravel born?

France

In George Frideric Handel's opera 'Xerxes,' Xerxes is the king of what land?

Persia

Which is the highest female voice?

Soprano

Eroica' is the name given to which of Beethovens Symphonies?

3rd

Who composed the 'Skater's Waltz'?

Émile Waldteufel

How many 'Seasons' feature in a famous piece by Vivaldi?

4

From his Nutcracker suite, who composed 'The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy'?

Tchaikovsky

The 'Kariela Suite' is a work by which composer?

Sibelius

Fur Elise' was a work by which composer?

Beethoven

What is the name given to the orchestral introduction to an Opera?

Overture

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' is a work by which composer?

Mozart

How many operas did Giacomo Puccini write in his lifetime?

12

Ave Maria' was composed by whom?

Schubert