Classical Music History Trivia Questions
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A mix of easy, medium and hard — questions run from warm-up to expert, so there's a real challenge at every level. Think you know the answers? Play to find out.
This German composer, who became deaf later in life, wrote the famous "Ode to Joy" symphony.
Difficulty: Easy- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Franz Schubert
This Russian composer wrote The Nutcracker, a ballet performed every Christmas season worldwide.
Difficulty: Medium- Igor Stravinsky
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
This 14th-century French composer and poet was the leading figure of the Ars Nova movement and wrote the first complete polyphonic mass.
Difficulty: Hard- Guillaume de Machaut
- Philippe de Vitry
- Francesco Landini
- Jacopo da Bologna
This Austrian child prodigy composed over 600 works before dying at age 35, including Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
Difficulty: Easy- Joseph Haydn
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Franz Liszt
- Robert Schumann
This German composer wrote the famous Wedding March and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Difficulty: Medium- Richard Wagner
- Johannes Brahms
- Robert Schumann
- Felix Mendelssohn
This Baroque system of indicating chords by writing numbers below bass notes was realized by keyboard players.
Difficulty: Hard- Tablature
- Figured bass
- Through-bass
- Shorthand notation
This keyboard instrument, whose name means soft-loud in Italian, replaced the harpsichord as the dominant keyboard instrument.
Difficulty: Easy- Piano
- Organ
- Synthesizer
- Accordion
This type of composition for solo instrument, usually in multiple movements, was developed by Beethoven into an emotionally powerful form.
Difficulty: Medium- Concerto
- Etude
- Sonata
- Rhapsody
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