US Culture MCQs

American Classical Music MCQs with Answer

Who composed the famous orchestral work “The Nutcracker Suite”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
d) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Answer: c) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Which composer is known for the iconic symphony “Symphony No. 9 in D minor”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven

The famous composition “The Four Seasons” was written by which Baroque composer?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Antonio Vivaldi
c) George Frideric Handel
d) Franz Joseph Haydn
Answer: b) Antonio Vivaldi

Who composed the renowned opera “The Marriage of Figaro”?
a) Richard Wagner
b) Giuseppe Verdi
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Ludwig van Beethoven
Answer: c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Which composer is known for the masterpiece “Messiah”?
a) George Frideric Handel
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Ludwig van Beethoven
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) George Frideric Handel

The famous “Moonlight Sonata” was composed by whom?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
d) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven

Who composed the “William Tell Overture”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Gioachino Rossini
d) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Answer: c) Gioachino Rossini

Which composer is famous for the “Brandenburg Concertos”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Antonio Vivaldi
c) George Frideric Handel
d) Franz Joseph Haydn
Answer: a) Johann Sebastian Bach

Who composed the “Carmen Suite”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) George Frideric Handel
d) Georges Bizet
Answer: d) Georges Bizet

The “Symphony No. 5 in C minor” is a renowned work by which composer?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven

Who composed the famous ballet “Swan Lake”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
d) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Answer: c) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The composition “Ride of the Valkyries” is part of which opera?
a) The Magic Flute
b) Don Giovanni
c) Die Walküre
d) La Traviata
Answer: c) Die Walküre

Who is known for the composition “Fur Elise”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven

The famous “1812 Overture” was composed by whom?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
d) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Answer: c) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Who composed the iconic “Symphony No. 40 in G minor”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Which composer is known for the famous “Canon in D”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Antonio Vivaldi
c) George Frideric Handel
d) Johann Pachelbel
Answer: d) Johann Pachelbel

Who composed the “Symphony No. 9 in E minor” (“From the New World”)?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Antonín Dvořák
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: c) Antonín Dvořák

The famous opera “La bohème” was composed by whom?
a) Giuseppe Verdi
b) Giacomo Puccini
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Ludwig van Beethoven
Answer: b) Giacomo Puccini

Who composed the “Symphony No. 6 in F major” (“Pastoral”)?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven

The composition “The Planets” is a notable work by which composer?
a) Gustav Holst
b) Antonín Dvořák
c) Igor Stravinsky
d) Sergei Rachmaninoff
Answer: a) Gustav Holst

Who composed the “Symphony No. 3 in F major” (“Eroica”)?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven

The famous composition “Canon in D” is attributed to which composer?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Antonio Vivaldi
c) George Frideric Handel
d) Johann Pachelbel
Answer: d) Johann Pachelbel

Who is known for the “Peer Gynt Suite”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Edvard Grieg
d) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Answer: c) Edvard Grieg

Which composer is famous for the “Water Music” suites?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Antonio Vivaldi
c) George Frideric Handel
d) Franz Joseph Haydn
Answer: c) George Frideric Handel

Who composed the famous opera “Carmen”?
a) Richard Wagner
b) Giuseppe Verdi
c) Georges Bizet
d) Ludwig van Beethoven
Answer: c) Georges Bizet

The renowned “Symphony No. 9 in E minor” is commonly known as the “New World Symphony” and was composed by whom?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Antonín Dvořák
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: c) Antonín Dvořák

Who composed the “Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Gustav Mahler
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: c) Gustav Mahler

Which composer is known for the famous “Danube River Waltz?
a) Johann Strauss II
b) Antonio Vivaldi
c) Franz Joseph Haydn
d) George Frideric Handel
Answer: a) Johann Strauss II

Who composed the “Peer Gynt Suite”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Edvard Grieg
d) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Answer: c) Edvard Grieg

The famous “Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major” (“Elvira Madigan”) was composed by whom?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: c) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Who is known for the composition “The Blue Danube”?
a) Johann Strauss II
b) Antonio Vivaldi
c) Franz Joseph Haydn
d) George Frideric Handel
Answer: a) Johann Strauss II

The famous “Rhapsody in Blue” was composed by whom?
a) George Gershwin
b) Leonard Bernstein
c) Aaron Copland
d) Samuel Barber
Answer: a) George Gershwin

Who composed the famous “Scheherazade”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
d) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Answer: d) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

The composition “Carmina Burana” is a notable work by which composer?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Carl Orff
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: c) Carl Orff

Who is known for the composition “Carnival of the Animals”?
a) Camille Saint-Saëns
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
d) Sergei Prokofiev
Answer: a) Camille Saint-Saëns

Which composer is famous for the “The Firebird Suite”?
a) Gustav Mahler
b) Igor Stravinsky
c) Edvard Grieg
d) Sergei Rachmaninoff
Answer: b) Igor Stravinsky

Who composed the famous ballet “The Sleeping Beauty”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
d) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Answer: c) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The “Appalachian Spring” is a well-known work by which composer?
a) George Gershwin
b) Leonard Bernstein
c) Aaron Copland
d) Samuel Barber
Answer: c) Aaron Copland

Who composed the famous “Holberg Suite”?
a) Johann Sebastian Bach
b) Antonio Vivaldi
c) George Frideric Handel
d) Edvard Grieg
Answer: d) Edvard Grieg

The renowned “Pictures at an Exhibition” was composed by whom?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
d) Modest Mussorgsky
Answer: d) Modest Mussorgsky

Who is known for the composition “La mer”?
a) Gustav Mahler
b) Igor Stravinsky
c) Claude Debussy
d) Sergei Rachmaninoff
Answer: c) Claude Debussy

Which composer is famous for the “Symphony No. 6 in B minor” (“Pathétique”)?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: c) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Who composed the famous “Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Franz Schubert
d) Dmitri Shostakovich
Answer: d) Dmitri Shostakovich

The composition “Boléro” is a notable work by which composer?
a) Gustav Mahler
b) Igor Stravinsky
c) Maurice Ravel
d) Sergei Rachmaninoff
Answer: c) Maurice Ravel

Who is known for the composition “Pines of Rome”?
a) Gustav Mahler
b) Igor Stravinsky
c) Ottorino Respighi
d) Sergei Rachmaninoff
Answer: c) Ottorino Respighi

Which composer is famous for the “Adagio for Strings”?
a) George Gershwin
b) Leonard Bernstein
c) Aaron Copland
d) Samuel Barber
Answer: d) Samuel Barber

Who composed the famous “Symphony No. 9 in C major” (“The Great”)?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Johann Sebastian Bach
c) Franz Schubert
d) Franz Joseph Haydn
Answer: d) Franz Joseph Haydn

The “Ballet Suite” from the opera “The Bolt” was composed by whom?
a) Gustav Holst
b) Sergei Prokofiev
c) Igor Stravinsky
d) Dmitri Shostakovich
Answer: d) Dmitri Shostakovich

Who is known for the composition “Les Preludes”?
a) Gustav Mahler
b) Igor Stravinsky
c) Franz Liszt
d) Sergei Rachmaninoff
Answer: c) Franz Liszt

Which composer is famous for the “The Pines of the Appian Way” from the “Pines of Rome”?
a) Gustav Mahler
b) Igor Stravinsky
c) Ottorino Respighi
d) Sergei Rachmaninoff
Answer: c) Ottorino Respighi

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