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SB Composers Quiz

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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".

a)

Edvard Grieg

b)

Igor Stravinksy

c)

Johannes Brahms

d)

Frederic Chopin

2.

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".

a)

Richard Wagner

b)

Gustav Holst

c)

Aaron Copland

d)

John Williams

3.

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"?

a)

Ludwig van Beethoven

b)

Johann Sebastian Bach

c)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

d)

Johannes Brahms

4.

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

a)

Johann Sebastian Bach

b)

Claude Debussy

c)

George Frideric Handel

d)

George Gershwin

5.

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".

a)

Frédéric Chopin

b)

Antonio Verdi

c)

Johannes Brahms

d)

Igor Stravinsky

6.

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".

a)

Johann Sebastian Bach

b)

Ludwig van Beethoven

c)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

d)

Richard Wagner

7.

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

a)

Johann Sebastian Bach

b)

Ludwig van Beethoven

c)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

d)

Georges Bizet

8.

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.

a)

Claude Debussy

b)

Gustav Holst

c)

Edvard Grieg

d)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

9.

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

a)

Johannes Brahms

b)

Ludwig van Beethoven

c)

Richard Wagner

d)

Gustav Holst

10.

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

a)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

b)

Igor Stravinsky

c)

Gioachino Rossini

d)

Giuseppe Verdi

11.

Name this Italian composer most famous during the Baroque era and is most well known for his violin concertos known as "The Four Seasons."

a)

Antonio Vivaldi

b)

Johann Sebastian Bach

c)

George Frideric Handel

d)

Giuseppe Verdi

12.

Name the German composer who was named Wilhelm but did not perform under that name. He is most well known for his romantic operas and pieces like "The Ride of the Valkyries."

a)

Igor Stravinsky

b)

Georges Bizet

c)

Richard Wagner

d)

Felix Mendelssohn

13.

This Russian-born composer later claimed both French and American citizenship. He was considered one of the most influential and yet controversial composers of the 20th Century due to pieces like "Rite of Spring." Who is this composer?

a)

Igor Stravinsky

b)

Sergei Rachmaninoff

c)

Dmitri Shostakovich

d)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

14.

This German-born composer, pianist, and conductor was a star of the early Romantic era. He composed the "Overture" and "Wedding March" for Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

a)

Ludwig van Beethoven

b)

Johannes Brahms

c)

Felix Mendelssohn

d)

Franz Schubert

15.

This Italian-born composer is most famous for his turn of the century operas entitled "La Boheme" and "Madam Butterfly."

a)

Giuseppe Verdi

b)

Gioachino Rossini

c)

Giacomo Puccini

d)

Antonio Vivaldi

16.

This American composer often worked with his brother, Ira, on such hits as "Porgy and Bess," and "Rhapsody in Blue."

a)

George Gershwin

b)

Richard Wagner

c)

Aaron Copland

d)

Claude Debussy

17.

This French composer of the Romantic era is known for "Habanera" and "Toreador Song" in his opera "Carmen".

a)

Georges Bizet

b)

Claude Debussy

c)

George Handel

d)

Edvard Grieg

18.

One of the most successful Italian composers of the Romantic era known for his operas "Aida", "Rigoletto", and "La Traviata".

a)

Giuseppe Verdi

b)

Gioachino Rossini

c)

Giacomo Puccini

d)

Antonio Vivaldi

19.

American composer whose works were based on folk themes, such as "Billy the Kid", "Rodeo" and "Appalachian Spring".

a)

Aaron Copland

b)

Leonard Bernstein

c)

George Gershwin

d)

John Williams

20.

Italian composer of the operas "The Barber of Seville", "Cinderella", and "William Tell".

a)

Gioachino Rossini

b)

Giuseppe Verdi

c)

Giacomo Puccini

d)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

21.

Russian composer and pianist known for his ballets “Romeo and Juliet” and “Cinderella”. He also created the children’s symphony, “Peter and the Wolf”.

a)

Tchaikovsky

b)

Prokofiev

c)

Holtz

d)

Schubert

22.

American composer known for his military marches. Some of his famous works are “El Capitan”, “The President’s Own”, and “Stars and Stripes Forever”.

a)

Sousa

b)

Copland

c)

Key

d)

Joplin

23.

American composer and pianist whose most famous works include “Candide”, “On the Town” and “West Side Story”.

a)

Beethoven

b)

Webber

c)

Bernstein

d)

Gershwin

24.

American composer and pianist known as the “The King of Ragtime”. His most famous work is “The Entertainer”.

a)

Gershwin

b)

Copland

c)

Sousa

d)

Joplin