WorksheetsComposers
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Antonio Vivaldi was born in what country?
France
Australia
Italy
Germany
How did Vivaldi learn to play the violin?
His father taught him.
YouTube tutorial.
A kindly neighbor gave him lessons.
Trick question! He never learned to play the violin!
Vivaldi was a priest.
True
False
Vivaldi's nickname was The Red Priest because
Red was his favorite color.
He had red hair
He liked red roses.
One of Vivaldi's famous compositions was
Concerto for Cymbals
Itsy Bitsy Spider
The Chicken Dance
The Four Seasons
Which musical era does Vivaldi belong in?
Classical
Baroque
Fancy
Modern
George Frideric Handel was born in what country?
France
England
Spain
Germany
Handel was interested in music at a young age, but his father wanted him to study what?
Bugs
The law
Fossils
The Bible
Handel become a British citizen in 1727.
True
False
One of Handel's most recognizable works is the __________ Chorus from "The Messiah".
Sailor's
Hallelujah
Extremely Long
Beethoven's
Handel is one of the most famous composers from the Classical period.
True
False
Handel's "Water Music" was first performed on a barge on the river Thames.
True
False
Frederic Chopin was born in what country?
Poland
Switzerland
Germany
England
Chopin wrote music primarily for just one instrument. What was it?
Recorder
Accordion
Harpsichord
Piano
Chopin was a child prodigy.
True
False
Chopin was a composer from what musical era?
Romantic
Baroque
Jurassic
Classical
The correct pronunciation of his last name is
Chop in
Show pan
Shoe pin
Choke ing
Chopin lived to be 75 years old.
True
False
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in what country?
France
Austria
Japan
Russia
As his father wished, Tchaikovsky trained to be a _________ before turning to composing.
chef
civil servant
priest
teacher
One of Tchaikovsky's most famous compositions is The Nutcracker. It is a story told as a ___________.
YouTube video
opera
ballet
symphony
Tchaikovsky falls into what musical era?
Boogie woogie
Baroque
Romantic
Modern
Which of these is NOT a composition by Tchaikovsky
The Four Seasons
1812 Overture
Swan Lake
The Nutcracker
Tchaikovsky died at the age of 53.
True
False
Antonin Dvorak was born in
Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic
New York City
France
Mexico
Dvorak is from what musical era?
Modern
Baroque
French
Romantic
Dvorak started his musical training at the age of 6.
True
False
In 1892, Dvorak moved to what country?
Russia
America
Paris
Italy
Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premiered at what famous concert hall?
Carnegie Hall
Soldier Field
The Louvre
Marcus Theater
Who are the other composers we will be learning about??
(Some day...)
Bert and Ernie
Grieg and Haydn
Salt and Pepper
Penn and Teller
