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Famous Composers and Their Works

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A German composer, organist, and conductor known for Symphony No. 4, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Die Hebriden.

a)

Johannes Brahms

b)

Richard Wagner

c)

Felix Mendelssohn

d)

Robert Schumann

2.

A German conductor and composer known for the Four Last Songs, Don Juan tone poem, and the Alpine Symphony.

a)

Gustav Mahler

b)

Richard Wagner

c)

Richard Strauss

d)

Carl Orff

3.

Creator of Missa Pange Lingua. Master of the High Renaissance style of polyphonic vocal music.

a)

Palestrina

b)

Orlando di Lasso

c)

Josquin des Prez

d)

Thomas Tallis

4.

An Italian composer known for operas like Le Villi, La Bohème, and Gianni Schicchi.

a)

Giacomo Puccini

b)

Giuseppe Verdi

c)

Vincenzo Bellini

d)

Richard Wagner

5.

A German composer and conductor known for operas such as The Flying Dutchman and Lohengrin. Developed the leitmotif.

a)

Richard Wagner

b)

Johann Strauss II

c)

Gustav Mahler

d)

Carl Orff

6.

A Polish composer known for Waltz Op. 42, Heroic Polonaise Op. 53, Op. 9 or the Revolutionary Etude, and Fantaisie-Impromptu. Known for his Polish nationalism.

a)

Ludwig van Beethoven

b)

Johannes Brahms

c)

Frédéric Chopin

d)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

7.

A Norwegian pianist and composer, known for Maria Stella, Peer Gynt Suite, and Piano Concerto in A minor. Known for his Norwegian nationalism.

a)

Edvard Grieg

b)

Franz Liszt

c)

Ludwig van Beethoven

d)

Claude Debussy

8.

An Austrian composer known for the Surprise Symphony

a)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

b)

Ludwig van Beethoven

c)

Franz Joseph Haydn

d)

Johann Strauss II

9.

An Italian composer and virtuoso violinist. Most known for Gloria and The Four Seasons.

a)

Antonio Vivaldi

b)

Johann Sebastian Bach

c)

Ludwig van Beethoven

d)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

10.

A Russian composer known for the ballets Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring. Influential in 20th-century music.

a)

Igor Stravinsky

b)

Sergei Prokofiev

c)

Dmitri Shostakovich

d)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

11.

An Italian composer known for L’Orfeo, Beatus Vir, Zefiro Torna, and the Vespers of 1610. Innovator of opera.

a)

Claudio Monteverdi

b)

Giuseppe Verdi

c)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

d)

Richard Wagner

12.

A German composer known for the "Moonlight Sonata," "Rondo a Capriccio," Piano Concerto No. 5, Symphony No. 9, and Symphony No. 5.

a)

Johann Sebastian Bach

b)

Ludwig van Beethoven

c)

Richard Wagner

d)

Johannes Brahms

13.

A Russian pianist, composer, and conductor known for Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, and Symphony No. 6, also known as the Pathetique.

a)

Igor Stravinsky

b)

Sergei Rachmaninoff

c)

Peter Tchaikovsky

d)

Dmitri Shostakovich

14.

A German-born composer who moved to England. Known for Fireworks Suite, Water Music, and The Messiah.

a)

Johann Sebastian Bach

b)

Ludwig van Beethoven

c)

George Frideric Handel

d)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

15.

A Czech-born Australian composer and conductor. Known for Symphony No. 2, the Resurrection Symphony, and the Symphony of a Thousand.

a)

Gustav Mahler

b)

Antonín Dvořák

c)

Bedřich Smetana

d)

Leoš Janáček

16.

A French composer known for the Concerto for the Left Hand and Daphnis et Chloé.

a)

Claude Debussy

b)

Gabriel Fauré

c)

Maurice Ravel

d)

Erik Satie

17.

An Austrian violinist, pianist, and composer known for "Ave Maria" and Symphony No. 8, also called the Unfinished Symphony. Known as the Father of Lieder.

a)

Ludwig van Beethoven

b)

Johannes Brahms

c)

Franz Schubert

d)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

18.

A German composer, organist, and violinist known for "Badinerie," "Brandenburg Concerto No. 5," "The Suites," and "Mass in B Minor."

a)

Ludwig van Beethoven

b)

Johann Sebastian Bach

c)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

d)

Franz Schubert

19.

An English composer known for the madrigal, Ave Verum Corpus, and the Earl of Oxford’s March. Father of British music.

a)

Henry Purcell

b)

Thomas Tallis

c)

William Byrd

d)

John Dowland

20.

A French pianist and composer known for Clair de Lune and Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune.

a)

Claude Debussy

b)

Frédéric Chopin

c)

Johannes Brahms

d)

Sergei Rachmaninoff