Classical Music 101

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

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

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

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'? Georges Bizet George Gershwin Claude Debussy Giacomo Puccini

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

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'? Erik Bergman Ernst Mielck Jean Sibelius Leevi Madetoja

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