quiz 1506 – classical music

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1	"Swan Lake" was a work by which Russian Composer? Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky
2	"Symphonie Fantastique" is a work by which composer? Tchaikovsky, Gershwin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Berlioz
3	"The Blue Danube Waltz" was composed by which Strauss? George, Johann, Richard, Ludwig
4	"The Fairy Queen" is a work by which composer? Britten, Vaughn-Williams, Elgar, Purcell
5	"The Five" were a group of 18th Century composers from which country? America, Russia, England, Germany
6	"The March of the Toreadors" comes from an Opera by which composer? Mozart, Bizet, Verdi, Puccini
7	"The Planets" is a famous classical work by which composer? Beethoven, Mozart, Elgar, Holst
8	"The Ride of the Valkyries" was composed by who? Wagner, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Dvorak
9	"Tristan und Isolde" was a work by which German composer? Schumann, Brahms, Wagner, Schubert
10	"Water Music" is a work by which composer? Mozart, Beethoven, Handel, Elgar
11	Adagio refers to what kind of pace within a piece of music? Quiet, Fast, Loud, Slow
12	After which European capital is the 104th Symphony by Haydn known? Madrid, London, Rome, Paris
13	After which European city is Symphony No.38 by Mozart names? Naples, Madrid, Prague, London
14	After which planet is Mozarts Symphony No.41 named? Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Mars
15	Berlioz was a famous German composer. But what was his first name? Franz, Johannes, Giacomo, Hector
16	Charles Villiers Stanford was born in which country? America, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand
17	Chopin is famous for creating musical pieces for which instrument? Violin, Piano, Trumpet, Cello
18	Erik Satie was a composer from which country? Norway, Greece, France, Israel
19	Fidelio was the only opera by which Composer? Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Bach
20	From his Nutcracker suite, who composed "The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"? Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Purcell, Rimsky-Korsakov