Classical Music Composers Quiz

Which composer is known as the 'Father of the Symphony'?

• Franz Joseph Haydn

• Johann Sebastian Bach

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

At what age did Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart start composing music?

• 5

• 18

• 13

• 10

Which composer was a child prodigy and composed over 700 works?

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Franz Joseph Haydn

• Antonio Vivaldi

• Ludwig van Beethoven

Who composed the opera 'Fidelio'?

• Johannes Brahms

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Franz Joseph Haydn

Which composer was born in Bonn, Germany?

• Franz Joseph Haydn

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Which composer's music was mainly calm, balanced, and serious with touches of humor?

• Antonín Dvořák

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• Franz Joseph Haydn

Who composed the 'Surprise Symphony'?

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Johann Strauss II

• Franz Joseph Haydn

Which composer began to go deaf in 1796?

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Franz Joseph Haydn

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• Frédéric Chopin

Who composed the symphony 'No. 40 in G Major'?

• Franz Joseph Haydn

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Gustav Mahler

• Ludwig van Beethoven

Which composer was hired by the Esterhazy family as a musical director?

• Franz Joseph Haydn

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• Giuseppe Verdi