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Famous Composers Quiz

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Florence Price born?

a)

Little Rock, Arkansas

b)

Hamburg, Germany

c)

Kansas City, Kansas

d)

Guangzhou, China

2.

Which composer had to pass for Mexican in college due to racial prejudice?

a)

Florence Price

b)

Fanny Mendelssohn

c)

Nora Douglas Holt

d)

Chen Yi

3.

Who was the first African-American to have their composition played by a major symphony orchestra?

a)

Florence Price

b)

Fanny Mendelssohn

c)

Nora Douglas Holt

d)

Chen Yi

4.

Which composer composed more than 450 musical works?

a)

Florence Price

b)

Fanny Mendelssohn

c)

Nora Douglas Holt

d)

Chen Yi

5.

Who composed a piece entitled Rhapsody on Negro Themes?

a)

Florence Price

b)

Fanny Mendelssohn

c)

Nora Douglas Holt

d)

Chen Yi

6.

Who became the first African American to earn a Masters in Music Composition in the U.S.?

a)

Florence Price

b)

Fanny Mendelssohn

c)

Nora Douglas Holt

d)

Chen Yi

7.

Which composer was assigned to play Chinese traditional music at a forced labor camp?

a)

Florence Price

b)

Fanny Mendelssohn

c)

Nora Douglas Holt

d)

Chen Yi

8.

Who was the first woman in China to earn a masters degree in Composition?

a)

Florence Price

b)

Fanny Mendelssohn

c)

Nora Douglas Holt

d)

Chen Yi

9.

Who was the first African American woman to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra?

a)

Florence Price

b)

Fanny Mendelssohn

c)

Nora Douglas Holt

d)

Chen Yi

10.

Who was the first woman to conduct a major American symphony orchestra?

a)

Florence Price

b)

Fanny Mendelssohn

c)

Nora Douglas Holt

d)

Antonia Brico

11.

Who was the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music?

a)

Julia Perry

b)

Undine Smith Moore

c)

Valerie Capers

d)

George Walker

12.

Who was the first African American woman to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra?

a)

Florence Price

b)

Fanny Mendelssohn

c)

Nora Douglas Holt

d)

Chen Yi

13.

Where was Fanny Mendelssohn born?

a)

Little Rock, Arkansas

b)

Hamburg, Germany

c)

Kansas City, Kansas

d)

Guangzhou, China