Week 9 Quiz: Mozart's Life and Music

Mozart was born in...

• Paris, France

• Munich, Germany

• Salzburg, Austria

• Vienna, Austria

Mozart´s sister name was...

• Maria Luisa

• Maria Amadeus

• Maria Wolfgang

• Maria Anna

Mozart began to compose pieces of music for the piano at the age of...

• 6

• 4

• 5

• 7

Select which were the following reasons Mozart moved from Salzburg to Vienna?

• To pursue other musical opportunities

• To move closer to family

• To get away from his father, Leopold

• He wasn't happy with his job in Salzburg

What type of grave was Mozart given when he was buried?

• A grand burial

• No grave

• An aristocratic grave

• A common grave

Which description best describes the term "prodigy"

• A prophet

• A highly talented individual, especially a young person.

• A teacher with exceptional qualities

• A person from Prod.

Which best describes what is a Divertimento?

• A light, entertaining composition

• A serious type of composition

• A comical sounding composition

• A staged operatic composition

What type of genre did Mozart NOT compose?

• Operas

• String and Piano Concertos

• Band Music

• Church Music

How many quartets did Mozart write for Joseph Haydn?

• 1

• 6

• 30

• 20

Which composer was Mozart good friends with?

• Johann Sebastian Bach

• Franz Liszt

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• Joseph Hadyn