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Classical Composers Quiz

4.2
(18 votes)
10 questions
English
A quiz about the greatest music ever created
1

Who is known as the "Father of Symphony"?

Joseph Haydn

Johannes Brahms

Ludwig van Beethoven

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Hard  10% got this right

2

Ludwig van Beethoven's famous "Symphony No. 9" is also known by which title?

The Choral Symphony

The Eroica Symphony

The Glute Symphony

The Pastoral Symphony

Hard  28% got this right

3

Which composer is famous for the ballet "The Nutcracker"?

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Claude Debussy

Gustav Mahler

Sergei Rachmaninoff

78% got this right

4

Who composed the opera "Carmen"?

Georges Bizet

Giacomo Puccini

Giuseppe Verdi

Richard Wagner

Hard  33% got this right

5

Which composer is associated with the term "Impressionism" in music?

Claude Debussy

Camille Saint-Saëns

Franz Liszt

Igor Stravinsky

54% got this right

6

Which composer wrote "The Planets," a seven-movement orchestral suite?

Gustav Holst

Edward Elgar

Maurice Ravel

Richard Strauss

38% got this right

7

Which composer wrote the groundbreaking ballet The Rite of Spring, which caused a riot at its 1913 premiere?

Igor Stravinsky

Arnold Schoenberg

Claude Debussy

Sergei Prokofiev

48% got this right

8

Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1 is often referred to by what nickname, inspired by its opening movement?

Titan

The Great

The Resurrection

Tragic

Hard  29% got this right

9

Which composer is known for his "Peer Gynt Suite," including the famous piece "In the Hall of the Mountain King"?

Edvard Grieg

Carl Orff

Gustav Mahler

Jean Sibelius

53% got this right

10

Who composed the Mephisto Waltz, a virtuosic piano piece inspired by the legend of Faust?

Franz Liszt

Frédéric Chopin

Johannes Brahms

Sergei Rachmaninoff

46% got this right