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Classical Music Volume 1 Trivia Quiz

Here are some classical music questions that I think you'll enjoy...

A multiple-choice quiz by mkp51. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
mkp51

Time
3 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
97,726

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. This composer wrote "Pictures at an Exhibition": Hint

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Modest Mussorgsky

Peter Tchaikovsky

Ludwig van Beethoven

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Question 2 of 10

2. The nickname of Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 is Hint

Emperor

Razumovsky

No nickname; just an opus number

Pastoral

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Question 3 of 10

3. True or false: Franz Josef Haydn is considered the "Father of the Symphony."

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who composed "Appalachian Spring" and "Fanfare for the Common Man"? Hint

Aaron Copland

Arnold Schonberg

Edward McDowell

Antonin Dvorak

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which one of Mozart's piano concertos is nicknamed "Elvira Madigan"? Hint

Piano Concerto No. 21

Piano Concerto No. 9

Piano Concerto No. 20

Piano Concerto No. 6

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Question 6 of 10

6. The composer who wrote "Symphonie Fantastique" was Hint

Ludwig van Beethoven

Johannes Brahms

Hector Berlioz

Franz Liszt

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who conducted the world premiere performance of Franz Schubert's Ninth Symphony ("Great") in C major, and in what year did this performance take place? Hint

Johannes Brahms, 1874

Felix Mendelssohn, 1839

Ferdinand Schubert, 1837

Robert Schumann, 1839

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which composer's Piano Concerto No. 2 is featured in the film "The Seven Year Itch"?
Hint

Sergei Rachmaninov

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Johannes Brahms

Peter Tchaikovsky

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who composed "A Musical Offering"? Hint

Johann Christian Bach

George Frideric Handel

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

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Question 10 of 10

10. How many symphonies did Johannes Brahms compose? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This composer wrote "Pictures at an Exhibition":

Answer: Modest Mussorgsky

Modest Mussorgsky was the Russian composer who composed this highly descriptive orchestral work.

2. The nickname of Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 is

Answer: Emperor

Beethoven's last and longest piano concerto was nicknamed the "Emperor."

3. True or false: Franz Josef Haydn is considered the "Father of the Symphony."

Answer: True

True. Haydn, who composed 104 symphonies, perfected the four-movement symphonic form.

4. Who composed "Appalachian Spring" and "Fanfare for the Common Man"?

Answer: Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland (1900-1990) was one of the greatest American composers of classical music.

5. Which one of Mozart's piano concertos is nicknamed "Elvira Madigan"?

Answer: Piano Concerto No. 21

Piano Concerto No. 21 earned this nickname after excerpts from it were used in the 1967 film "Elvira Madigan."

6. The composer who wrote "Symphonie Fantastique" was

Answer: Hector Berlioz

Hector Berlioz composed "Symphonie Fantastique." Berlioz stated that this composition had many autobiographical elements in it.

7. Who conducted the world premiere performance of Franz Schubert's Ninth Symphony ("Great") in C major, and in what year did this performance take place?

Answer: Felix Mendelssohn, 1839

Felix Mendelssohn conducted the world premiere of Schubert's Ninth Symphony in Leipzig, Germany, on March 29, 1839. The symphony's score had only been discovered two months earler, on January 1, 1839. Robert Schumann found the score among Schubert's papers, which were being kept by Schubert's brother, Ferdinand.

8. Which composer's Piano Concerto No. 2 is featured in the film "The Seven Year Itch"?

Answer: Sergei Rachmaninov

Excerpts from Sergei Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 appeared in this 1955 comedy that starred Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell. Rachmaninov was a Russian composer who fled the Soviet Union and eventually moved to the United States.

9. Who composed "A Musical Offering"?

Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach composed this masterful series of counterpoint variations at the suggestion of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia.

10. How many symphonies did Johannes Brahms compose?

Answer: 4

Brahms (1833-1897) composed only four symphonies. He wrote all his symphonies between 1876 and 1885. He was 43 years old when he composed his first symphony; at an equivalent age, Beethoven had composed eight of his nine symphonies.

Source: Author mkp51

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