Maestro Mayhem Trivia Quiz

Answer: Beethoven

The doyen of European classical music, Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He created masterpieces like 'Fur Elise' and the 'Moonlight Sonata'. He is regarded as a transitional figure between the Classical era and the Romantic era in music.

Answer: Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a great Austrian pianist and composer. His style of music was radical for its time and comprised of multi-layered sonatas and operas with great complexity of sounds that were influenced by the musical styles of several countries.

Answer: Chopin

Frederic Francois Chopin was a Polish composer and pianist of outstanding calibre. Chopin favored solo piano works and many of his compositions like Preludes, Etudes, Nocturnes etc are short pieces and in similar style as that of the Irish composer, John Field.

Answer: Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist, and many consider him to be the greatest composer of all times. He brought back the polyphonic style of the late Renaissance period and took it to the acme of perfection.

Answer: Schubert

One of the first among the Romantics, Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer par excellence who created outstanding works in almost every genre of music and brought a rich array of harmonies and melody to classical music.

Answer: Mendelssohn

A child prodigy who created his first piece at the age of eleven, Felix Mendelssohn belonged to a wealthy German family. Mendelssohn belonged to the Classical era and is known for his effortless melodies, but he also followed the Romantic trends of his time.

Answer: Debussy

Claude Debussy "musicien francaise" was a French pianist and composer, known for his own unique style of creating sensuous music.

Answer: Schumann

Robert Schumann was a German composer and music critic, and a true Romantic to the core. His work is largely enigmatic and personal, with cryptic clues hidden within the notes.

Answer: Handel

George Frideric Handel was a pioneering German composer, whose works for a long time had been overshadowed by later composers like Rossini, Mozart and Bellini. He is most famous for his religious music, but he also composed many secular cantatas and oratorios.

Answer: Wagner

Richard Wagner was a German composer of great renown. Although his anti-Semitic points of view, womanizing habits and other sins take a predominance in people's minds, nobody can dispute the rich wealth of melody that laces all his compositions. He revolutionized the opera and even invented a musical instrument called the Wagner tuba.