Classical Composers

What this quiz asks

• Which Venetian composer, a priest nicknamed the Red Priest for his hair, taught music at an orphanage for girls?
• In which city was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born?
• Ludwig van Beethoven was born in the German city of Bonn.
• Which composer wrote the music for the ballet Swan Lake?
• Which composer wrote the frantic orchestral piece named after the flight of this insect?
• Almost every work Frédéric Chopin composed includes which instrument?
• Which Italian composer wrote the operas La traviata and Aida?
• Handel's oratorio Messiah was first performed in 1742 in which city?
• Select ALL of these composers who were born in what is now Germany.
• How old was Mozart when he died in Vienna in December 1791?
• Order these composers by year of birth, earliest first.
• Did Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel ever meet in person?
• The 1913 Paris premiere of Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring erupted into uproar, with the audience jeering and brawling.
• Which French composer wrote Boléro, built on one melody repeated over a relentless snare-drum rhythm?
• Which composer's Symphony No. 9 is nicknamed From the New World?
• Select ALL of these works that are operas.
• Which celebrated pianist and composer married Robert Schumann in 1840?
• Which composer wrote the piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition, inspired by a friend's paintings?
• Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 got its nickname Moonlight from whom, years after his death?
• Which Russian composer was also a professional chemist, with a chemical reaction named after him?