Classical Music 101

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1. Who wrote the music of 'The Rite of Spring'? Adolphe Adam Dmitri Shostakovich Nikolai Tcherepnin Igor Stravinsky

2. Symphony No. 6 in B minor "Pathetique" was the work of which composer? Alexander Borodin Peter Ilitch Tchaikovsky Modest Mussorgsky Pavel Chesnokov

3. Who was the composer of 'The Marriage of Figaro'? Giovanni Battista Lulli Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Giuseppe Tartini Antonio Salieri

4. Symphony No. 9 in E minor "From the New World" was composed in 1893 by which Czech composer? Viktor Ullmann David Popper Antonin Dvorák Bedøich Smetana

5. Which of Verdi's operas opened in Cairo on December 24, 1871? Attila Il trovatore Rigoletto Aida

6. Who wrote the opera 'Carmen'? Giacomo Puccini Claude Debussy Georges Bizet George Gershwin

7. 'For Elise' was written by which great composer? Claude Debussy Johann Sebastian Bach Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ludwig van Beethoven

8. Who was the composer of the opera 'Madama Butterfly'? Franz Lehár Maurice Ravel Jules Massenet Giacomo Puccini

9. Which Finnish composer gave us 'Finlandia'? Ernst Mielck Erik Bergman Leevi Madetoja Jean Sibelius

10. What is the English translation of 'La Gazza Ladra' by Gioachino Rossini? The Barking Dog The Grass is Green The Laughing Bird The Thieving Magpie