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Composers

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Antonio Vivaldi was born in what country?

a)

France

b)

Australia

c)

Italy

d)

Germany

2.

How did Vivaldi learn to play the violin?

a)

His father taught him.

b)

YouTube tutorial.

c)

A kindly neighbor gave him lessons.

d)

Trick question! He never learned to play the violin!

3.

Vivaldi was a priest.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Vivaldi's nickname was The Red Priest because

a)

Red was his favorite color.

b)

He had red hair

c)

He liked red roses.

5.

One of Vivaldi's famous compositions was

a)

Concerto for Cymbals

b)

Itsy Bitsy Spider

c)

The Chicken Dance

d)

The Four Seasons

6.

Which musical era does Vivaldi belong in?

a)

Classical

b)

Baroque

c)

Fancy

d)

Modern

7.

George Frideric Handel was born in what country?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Spain

d)

Germany

8.

Handel was interested in music at a young age, but his father wanted him to study what?

a)

Bugs

b)

The law

c)

Fossils

d)

The Bible

9.

Handel become a British citizen in 1727.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

One of Handel's most recognizable works is the __________ Chorus from "The Messiah".

a)

Sailor's

b)

Hallelujah

c)

Extremely Long

d)

Beethoven's

11.

Handel is one of the most famous composers from the Classical period.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Handel's "Water Music" was first performed on a barge on the river Thames.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Frederic Chopin was born in what country?

a)

Poland

b)

Switzerland

c)

Germany

d)

England

14.

Chopin wrote music primarily for just one instrument. What was it?

a)

Recorder

b)

Accordion

c)

Harpsichord

d)

Piano

15.

Chopin was a child prodigy.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Chopin was a composer from what musical era?

a)

Romantic

b)

Baroque

c)

Jurassic

d)

Classical

17.

The correct pronunciation of his last name is

a)

Chop in

b)

Show pan

c)

Shoe pin

d)

Choke ing

18.

Chopin lived to be 75 years old.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in what country?

a)

France

b)

Austria

c)

Japan

d)

Russia

20.

As his father wished, Tchaikovsky trained to be a _________ before turning to composing.

a)

chef

b)

civil servant

c)

priest

d)

teacher

21.

One of Tchaikovsky's most famous compositions is The Nutcracker. It is a story told as a ___________.

a)

YouTube video

b)

opera

c)

ballet

d)

symphony

22.

Tchaikovsky falls into what musical era?

a)

Boogie woogie

b)

Baroque

c)

Romantic

d)

Modern

23.

Which of these is NOT a composition by Tchaikovsky

a)

The Four Seasons

b)

1812 Overture

c)

Swan Lake

d)

The Nutcracker

24.

Tchaikovsky died at the age of 53.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Antonin Dvorak was born in

a)

Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic

b)

New York City

c)

France

d)

Mexico

26.

Dvorak is from what musical era?

a)

Modern

b)

Baroque

c)

French

d)

Romantic

27.

Dvorak started his musical training at the age of 6.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

In 1892, Dvorak moved to what country?

a)

Russia

b)

America

c)

Paris

d)

Italy

29.

Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premiered at what famous concert hall?

a)

Carnegie Hall

b)

Soldier Field

c)

The Louvre

d)

Marcus Theater

30.

Who are the other composers we will be learning about??

(Some day...)

a)

Bert and Ernie

b)

Grieg and Haydn

c)

Salt and Pepper

d)

Penn and Teller