SB Composers Quiz

Name the Norwegian composer who was one of the leading Romantic period composers. Known for his piano concertos, "Peer Gynt", and "In the Hall of the Mountain King".

• Edvard Grieg

• Igor Stravinksy

• Johannes Brahms

• Frederic Chopin

Name the English composer most known for his symphony, "The Planets". The "Jupiter" symphony has been used in many movies such as "2001: A Space Odyssey".

• Richard Wagner

• Gustav Holst

• Aaron Copland

• John Williams

Who was the Austrian composer who composed in several genres, including opera and symphony. His most famous works are "The Magic Flute", "Eine Klein Nachtmusik" and "The Marriage of Figaro"?

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• Johann Sebastian Bach

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Johannes Brahms

Name this German composer during the Baroque and Classical era who is most famous for his work "Messiah".

• Johann Sebastian Bach

• Claude Debussy

• George Frideric Handel

• George Gershwin

Name this Polish composer most well known for his solo piano pieces during the Romantic period, including his Nocturne in E Flat Major. He is also known for his "Minute Waltz".

• Frédéric Chopin

• Antonio Verdi

• Johannes Brahms

• Igor Stravinsky

Name this German composer who is most well known for his symphonies though many he never even heard. He is also known for "Fur Elise" and "Ode to Joy".

• Johann Sebastian Bach

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Richard Wagner

Name this German-born composer most well known for his music in the late Baroque period, including The "Well Tempered Clavier" and "Brandenburg Concertos".

• Johann Sebastian Bach

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Georges Bizet

Who was the French composer that is most well-known for his work, "Clare de Lune" and was often referred to as the "first Impressionist composer" despite hating that title.

• Claude Debussy

• Gustav Holst

• Edvard Grieg

• Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Who was the German composer that was most well known for his trios and quartets written for the clarinet and his famed "Lullaby"?

• Johannes Brahms

• Ludwig van Beethoven

• Richard Wagner

• Gustav Holst

What Russian composer was most well known for his "Nutcracker Suite" and "Swan Lake"?

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

• Igor Stravinsky

• Gioachino Rossini

• Giuseppe Verdi