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1.
This French composer wrote the melody for "O Holy Night" as well as
the ballet "Giselle" |
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2.
This composer wrote for orchestra and Broadway. He was conductor
of the New York Philharmonic, and made a famous television series
introducing children to classical music. |
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3.
This American avant guard composer wrote for piano, "prepared piano",
percussion, and orchestra. His most famous work is titled 4'33". |
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4.
A theme from a waltz written by this Austrian composer and
publisher was used by Beethoven as the basis of his variations, named
for this composer. |
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5.
Who was the composer of the "Pomp and Circumstance" marches? |
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6.
This Spaniard wrote "The Three Cornered Hat" and "Nights in the
Gardens of Spain": |
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7.
Name the American pianist and composer from New Orleans who wrote
various piano and orchestral pieces which include "The Banjo" and "A
Night in the Tropics" |
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8.
This German composer wrote an opera based on the life of Matthias Gruenwald. |
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9.
Who wrote the ballet "Diane de Poitiers" as well as a setting of
"The Ballad of Reading Jail", and a song cycle "Songs of Don Quixote"?
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10.
Who wrote the opera "The Cunning Little Vixen"? |
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11.
This Russian composer wrote the opera "The Comedians", two cello
concertos, and a suite of incidental music to "Romeo and Juliet", among
other works. |
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12.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's father was also a composer. What was his
first name? |
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13.
What American composer wrote "Amahl and the Night Visitors"?
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14.
Who wrote the opera "The Merry Wives of Windsor"? |
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15.
This German composer and musicologist wrote a book about musical
instruments, as well as composing the melody for the hymn "Lo How a
Rose E'er Blooming" |
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16.
Who was the Russian composer and teacher who composed "The Golden
Cockerel" and "Scheherazade" and who arranged and orchestrated
Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain"? |
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17.
Which Italian composer taught Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt, among
others? |
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18.
This Swiss virtuoso pianist wrote piano arrangements of operatic themes
from operas such as "Don Giovanni" or "The Barber of Seville".
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19.
"Joe Green" wrote many operas and established a home for retired
musicians in his native Milan. What name is he better known by?
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20.
Who was the German composer of "The Threepenny
Opera", a modernization of John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera"?
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