quiz 1662 – classical music (QA) print friendly version Click on question to reveal answer 1 What nationality was the composer Carl Weber? Spanish, Austrian, Dutch, German 2 What nationality was the composer Sibelius? Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian 3 What nationality was the compost Rimsky-Korsakov? French, Russian, Spanish, Italian 4 What was the first name of "Bolero" composer Ravel? Jean, Maurice, Franz, Giovanni 5 What was the first name of German composer Schumann? Ronald, Arnold, Roger, Robert 6 What was the first name of of "Lohengrin" composer Wagner? Richard, Jean, Johann, Max 7 What was the first name of prolific Opera compose Puccini? Franz, Beppe, Guiseppe, Giacomo 8 What was the first name of Sibelius? Georges, Marc, Jean, Franz 9 What was the first name of the composer Mahler? Edvard, Marcel, Gustav, Georges 10 What was the first name of the composer of "Carnival of the Animals"? Camille, Jean, Claude, Jacques 11 What was the first name of the Russian composer Prokofiev? Sergio, Sergei, Alexandar, Pitor 12 What was the first name of Webern, the composer born in Austria in 1883? Jean, Anton, Ludwig, Max 13 What was the name of Beethovens only Opera? Filo, Fernilo, Fidelio, Fido 14 What was the surname of the composer known as Adam the Hunchback? Du Fay, De La Halle, Dunstable, Tallis 15 Which compsoers head was removed after his death Bach, Liszt, Wagner, Haydn 16 Which American Composer wrtoe "Nixon in China"? Bernstien, Gershwin, Adams, Copland 17 Which composer famously became deaf towards the end of his life but still produced music? Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart 18 Which composer famously wrote "4:33" which consists of nothing but silence? Alwyn, Nyman, Tippet, Cage 19 Which composer had the first names Wolfgang Amadeus? Moazart, Beethoven, Bach, Brahms 20 Which composer has amongst his work the "The Flying Dutchman" and "Rienzi"? Chopin, Bartok, Wagner, Weber