Music is all around us. Can you answer these composers and classical music trivia questions? Test your friends and family too.
15 Great Composers and Classical Music Trivia Questions
- Question: Who composed the famous symphony “Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125” also known as the “Ode to Joy”?
- Question: Which composer is known for his “Four Seasons” violin concertos?
- Question: Who wrote the opera “The Magic Flute”?
- Question: Which composer is famous for his ballets “Swan Lake,” “The Nutcracker,” and “Sleeping Beauty”?
- Question: Who composed the “Moonlight Sonata”?
- Question: Which Baroque composer is known for the “Brandenburg Concertos”?
- Question: Who composed the opera “La Traviata”?
- Question: Which composer wrote the symphonic poem “Also sprach Zarathustra,” famously used in the film “2001: A Space Odyssey”?
- Question: Who is known as the “Father of the Symphony” and the “Father of the String Quartet”?
- Question: Which composer is famous for his “Hungarian Rhapsodies”?
- Question: Who composed the opera “Carmen”?
- Question: Which composer wrote “The Rite of Spring,” which caused a riot at its premiere?
- Question: Who composed the “Requiem Mass in D minor, K. 626”?
- Question: Which composer is known for the piece “Clair de Lune”?
- Question: Who wrote the symphony “From the New World”?
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15 Great Composers and Classical Music Trivia Questions and Answers
- Question: Who composed the famous symphony “Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125” also known as the “Ode to Joy”?
Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven - Question: Which composer is known for his “Four Seasons” violin concertos?
Answer: Antonio Vivaldi - Question: Who wrote the opera “The Magic Flute”?
Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Question: Which composer is famous for his ballets “Swan Lake,” “The Nutcracker,” and “Sleeping Beauty”?
Answer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Question: Who composed the “Moonlight Sonata”?
Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven - Question: Which Baroque composer is known for the “Brandenburg Concertos”?
Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach - Question: Who composed the opera “La Traviata”?
Answer: Giuseppe Verdi - Question: Which composer wrote the symphonic poem “Also sprach Zarathustra,” famously used in the film “2001: A Space Odyssey”?
Answer: Richard Strauss - Question: Who is known as the “Father of the Symphony” and the “Father of the String Quartet”?
Answer: Joseph Haydn - Question: Which composer is famous for his “Hungarian Rhapsodies”?
Answer: Franz Liszt - Question: Who composed the opera “Carmen”?
Answer: Georges Bizet - Question: Which composer wrote “The Rite of Spring,” which caused a riot at its premiere?
Answer: Igor Stravinsky - Question: Who composed the “Requiem Mass in D minor, K. 626”?
Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Question: Which composer is known for the piece “Clair de Lune”?
Answer: Claude Debussy - Question: Who wrote the symphony “From the New World”?
Answer: Antonín Dvořák
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